群ぐん集しゅう劇げき

noun

ensemble drama; multiprotagonist story

Refers to a narrative work (film, play, novel, etc.) that follows multiple characters with parallel storylines, often without a single central protagonist. Similar to 群像劇.

See also: 群像劇

• この映えい画がは群ぐん集しゅう劇げきで、登とう場じょう人じん物ぶつそれぞれの視し点てんから物もの語がたりが進すすむ。

  This film is an ensemble drama, and the story unfolds from the perspective of each character.

• 彼かれの新しん作さく小しょう説せつは群ぐん集しゅう劇げきの形けい式しきをとっている。

  His new novel takes the form of a multiprotagonist story.