Spirited Away. John Caird, who worked on
Les Misérables and
Daddy Long Legs in the past, will write and direct it. It will premiere in Tokyo in February 2022.
Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi were both cast as Chihiro. Hashimoto played Ritsu in the
Assassination Classroom film adaptation and Kagura in the live-action
Gintama film. This will also be Hashimoto’s debut role as a stage actor. Kamishiraishi voiced Mitsuha Miyamizu in
Your Name and Keno in
Wolf Children. Kamishiraishi has worked with Caird in the past on
Knight’s Tale, a musical that premiered in Japan in 2018.
Spirited Away is a universally acclaimed animated film that was produced by Studio Ghibli in 2001. It was the highest-grossing film in Japanese history for 19 years until