The play is set against the backdrop of the transitional period of 'Shogunate era' to 'Meiji' resurrection. Eksho Bosta Chaal features a chaotic scenario of the post 'Boshin War' (1868-69) when the legendary Japanese warriors, popularly known as Samurai, had to constantly struggle to be financially solvent. As a result, like many other Japanese domains, people of Nagaoka became corrupt.

Abdus Selim has translated Eksho Bosta Chaal from the Japanese original -- a play by Yuzo Yamamoto. Optimistically the play concludes with the fact that human beings can keep alive a dream even under the harshest of circumstances.

Directed by Golam Sarwar, Faiz Zahir and Zunaid Eusuf are the set designers of the play. Thandu Raihan is the light designer and Ahsan Reza Khan Tushar is the music composer.

The play performed by young actors from different troupes from Dhaka, is an output of a 10-day workshop on Samurai style conducted by Japanese instructor Kimura Shinji. It is a joint production by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Embassy of Japan, The Japan Foundation and Japan Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry.