Hayao Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away' to Get Stage Adaptation

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The adaptation has studio Ghibli's full cooperation and it will be written and directed by Tony winner John Caird ('Les Misérables').

). Crucially, Miyazaki's notoriously reclusive Studio Ghibli has given the project its full support.

"We, Hayao and I, both liked John’s vision; he is a person we can trust," said Miyazaki's long-time producer partner Toshio Suzuki."I am looking forward to seeing's original Japanese title,"I feel so excited and privileged to be working on the first ever stage adaptation of," Caird said in a statement."I have for many years now regarded Miyazaki Hayao as one of the pre-eminent geniuses of world cinema and the greatest ever proponent of the anime form.

The part of Chihiro already has been double-cast for 22-year-old pop star-turned-film actress Kanna Hashimoto , who will be making her stage debut, and Mone Kamishiraishi, best known for her voice world one the smash hit animewill premiere on stage at Toho's Imperial Theatre in central Tokyo, playing there from February through March, 2022. The production will then tour the Japanese cities of Osaka , Fukuoka , Sapporo and Nagoya .

Caird, an honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, said he has already spent over 1,000 hours developing his stage version ofHe added:"I share a belief in all the most dominant themes of Miyazaki's work, themes that are at the core of theworld — care for the environment, reverence for nature, a belief in the force of the good spirits within us and the empowerment of young women and men to change the world for the better.

 

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