<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMara nyingi wahusika huchukua dakika kadhaa kuingia na kutoka kwenye jukwaa, wakisonga polepole sana katika moja ya mifano mikubwa ya Japani ya fomu juu ya kazi.  <response>: Characters often take several minutes to enter and exit the stage, moving painfully slowly in one of Japans greatest examples of form over function. 