Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning animated feature is brought to life in Tony Award-winner John Caird’s (Les Misérables) stage adaptation Spirited Away: Live on Stage. Filmed during the production’s 2022 run at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo, the critically acclaimed stage show will be available on all major digital platforms from October 24 and on Blu-ray on November 14 from GKIDS with distribution from Shout! Studios. GKIDs released the filmed version across North America this spring as part of the 2023 Studio Ghibli Fest.
Brought to life with puppets designed by Toby Olié, costuming by Sachiko Nakahara, sets by Jon Bausor and musical numbers inspired by the 2001 animated fantasy (composed for the film by Joe Hisashi, orchestrated and arranged for the show by Brad Haak with support from Conor Kee), the stage show is released as two separate filmed performances of the production, starring renowned Japanese actresses Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi, double-cast as the lead heroine Chihiro. Character actor Mari Natsuki, who voiced the sorceress Yubaba and her twin sister Zeniba in the original movie, returns to her original role, mirrored by voice actor Romi Park double cast as the characters.
Both performances will be available on digital platforms. The Blu-ray will house a two-disc set to include both versions and can now be pre-ordered on GKIDS.com/SpiritedAwayStage and ShoutFactory.com.
Spirited Away: Live on Stage with Kanna Hashimoto – Cast:
Chihiro: Kanna Hashimoto
Haku: Hiroki Miura
Kaonashi (No Face): Tomohiko Tsujimoto
Lin/Chihiro’s Mother: Fu Hinami
Kamajî: Satoshi Hashimoto
Yubaba/Zeniba: Mari Natsuki
Spirited Away: Live on Stagewith Mone Kamishiraishi – Cast:
Chihiro: Mone Kamishiraishi
Haku: Kotaro Daigo
Kaonashi (No Face): Koharu Sugawara
Lin/Chihiro’s Mother: Miyu Sakihi
Kamajî: Tomorowo Taguchi
Yubaba/Zeniba: Romi Park
