In 2022 Studio Ghibli Spiritually gone will get its first live-action film adaptation.
This is the first Studio Ghibli film to receive a stage adaptation. In 2013, Studio Ghibli and Whole Hog Theater were working on one Live action Princess Mononokewhich ran at London’s New Diorama Theater.
This time the Tony and Olivier Award-winning director John Caird (Les Misérables, Nicholas Nickleby and Daddy Long Legs) will write and control the customization.
Known as Sen to Chihiro in Japan, Spiritually gone was released in 2001 and became a huge hit in Japan.
“I am so excited and privileged to be working on the very first piece of work Stage adjustment from Sen to Chihiro“Caird said in an official statement.” I have viewed Miyazaki Hayao as one of the pre-eminent geniuses of world cinema and the greatest proponent of the anime form for many years.
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“I must have worked on it for a thousand hours Sen to Chihiro and look forward to spending many thousands more, ”he said.
Both Mone Kamishiraishi and Kanna Hashimoto were doubled as the main Chihiro. Mone is perhaps best known for her work in anime Your name while Hashimoto has starred in a number of film and television.
“We, Hayao and I, both liked John’s vision. He’s a person we can trust, ”said Studio Ghibli’s Toshio Suzuki, who produced the original film. “I’m looking forward to seeing Chihiro grow on stage under his leadership.”
“I could tell from his delighted face how much he loves this story when I gave him a no-face Piggy bank,Added Suzuki.
The stage version of Spiritually gone will debut at the Imperial Theater in Tokyo Japan in February 2022 and run through March. Production will Travel by road to Osaka (April), Fukuoka (May), Sapporo (June), and Nagoya (June and July).
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