Famed Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi has partnered with the U.K.’s Royal Shakespeare Company to create a stage version of Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 hand-drawn classic My Neighbour Totoro, a beloved film that follows the adventures of two young sisters who move from Tokyo city to the countryside.Set in 1950s Japan, the film introduces us to Satsuki and Mei who move with their father to their new home, near a forest.
Left to their own devices, they discover spirits and magical creatures; two furry ones are of particular interest – a giant fluffy creature known as the Totoro, and a mammoth cat bus that takes on passengers then soars off into the sky.Hisaishi will executive produce the show with the RSC in partnership with Studio Ghibli, where Miyazaki creates his films, in collaboration with UK theater company Improbable and Nippon TV.Miyazaki’s Spirited Away won the Oscar for best animated feature film at the 2003 Academy Awards.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened last year with an exhibition of Miyazaki’s work. Also his full catalogue of feature films have become immensely popular on Netflix.
Hisaishi’s score from the film My Neighbour Totoro will be used in the stage production plus orchestral pieces and songs that were written for the movie but weren’t included in it.The film has been adapted for the stage by British playwright Tom Morton-Smith (Oppenheimer).
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