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'Spirited Away' theatrical production looks exactly like the film

Published On: March 7, 2022, 01:00 PM
By Angelo Garcia, Author

Toby Olié, puppeteer and director, released photos from the stage play 'Spirited Away,' which is currently playing in Japan. The play opened last March 4 and will run until March 29 at Imperial Theater in Tokyo.

The play is an adaptation of Studio Ghibli's Oscar-winning animated film 'Spirited Away.' Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the film was originally released in 2001 in Japan and has won many awards since including Best Animated Feature Film in the 75th Academy Awards.

It tells the story of a child named Chihiro who stumbled upon an abandoned theme park with her parents. It turns out that the park was a mystical place where gods, spirits, and other non-human beings roam during nighttime. Her parents turned into pigs after indulging in mysterious food and she ends up in a bathhouse run by a witch.

The new theater production is in celebration of Toho Stage's 90th anniversary and it was written and directed by John Caird, honorary associate director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Chihiro is played by two actresses, Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi.

The photos released by Olié show different scenes from the stage play, which look very similar to the scenes of the iconic film. Check out the photos below:

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