After the theatrical success of "Nausicaa della valle del vento", "The Enchanted City", a masterpiece by Hayao Miyazaki, arrives at the theater.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himAfter the success of the theatrical adaptation of "Nausicaa della Valle del Vento", a feature film by the famous master of Japanese animation Hayao Miyazaki, arrives at the theater, to the delight of all fans, the work that draws inspiration from "La città incantata”, The undisputed masterpiece of the Japanese director and screenwriter released in theaters in 2001
In fact, “The Enchanted City” is not the first film adapted into a live-action play, as “Nausicaa della Valle del Vento” also received its own theatrical performance which took place in Japan. Read also: Master Miyazaki returns from retirement to direct a new Studio Ghibli film
The enchanted city, inspired by the fantastic novel "The wonderful country beyond the fog" by writer Sachiko Kashiwaba, is the absolute masterpiece of animation written and directed by Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli, founded by his will in Tokyo in 1985. This wonderful cartoon was the first to win an Academy Award in 2003, making Japan famous around the world for its motion picture animation products.
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The theatrical adaptation
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The award-winning film, which tells the story of Chihiro, a little girl who lives together with her parents in an enchanted city inhabited by spirits, has currently been adapted into a fantastic play entitled "Spirited Away”, Which incorporates the presence of spirits, signed by the British theater director John Caird, produced by the important Japanese company Toho Stage and on stage until March 29 at the Imperial Theater in Tokyo.
The collaboration with John Caird
Over the years, Studio Ghibli has become very famous both in Japan and in the rest of the world, becoming a real example for all production studios of film animation products and beyond.
Although the Ghibli studio is known for being very selective for its collaborations, the feeling of trust and appreciation towards the British theater director, a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and a great connoisseur of Japanese theater and Miyazaki's opera is well known.
The cast of "Spirited Away"
As often happens with Japanese productions, the play will adopt a system "W-cast", Or double cast, which means that each role is divided and interpreted equally by two actors.
John Caird, who previously worked in Japan, personally selected the cast for the long-awaited adaptation of Miyazaki's famous opera.
To play the protagonist Chihiro, the role that created the most expectation, the director chose two excellent actresses and singers who alternate in the role: Kanna Hashimoto, in her theatrical debut, and Mone Kamishiraishi, already known by Caird because she was in the cast of an earlier play by the British theater director.
The soundtrack
The music and the entire soundtrack of the film is entrusted to Joe hisaishi, historian and trusted composer and pianist of Studio Ghibli, who has collaborated countless times with the master Miyazaki, making the soundtracks of many animated films of the Japanese filmmaker, including "My Neighbor Totoro", "Howl's Moving Castle "And" The enchanted city ".
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