Hayao Miyazaki's anime Nausicaa to get Kabuki remake

Oscar-winning Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's animated film "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" will be adapted into a Kabuki production next year, becoming the first of his works to appear on the stage of the traditional Japanese performing art.Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke, who proposed doing the remake, will play the 1984 animation's protagonist Nausicaa, while Nakamura Shichinosuke will play Princess Kushana, the main antagonist, according to Tokyo's Shimbashi Enbujo Theater where the kabuki will be performed in December 2019.The film tells the story of Nausicaa, the young princess o…READ FULL ARTICLE