Set in a post-apocalyptic future, both the manga and the anime versions of “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” tell the story of Princess Nausicaä's attempts to prevent humanity from destroying itself and all other remaining life forms on a poisoned, largely inhospitable Earth. “Nausicaa” Kabuki stage play is opening tomorrow in Japan. The stage play began its run at Tokyo's Shinbashi Enbujo on Friday, December 6, and will continue until December 25.Ī short synopsis of the kabuki adaptation can be viewed on YouTube and on Twitter: The kabuki version of Nausicaä is performed by an all-male cast featuring famed kabuki performers Onoe Kikugorō V and Nakamura Shichinosuke II. Onoe plays Nausicaä, the female protagonist of the story, while Nakamura portrays Princess Kushana, the antagonist. Created by famed Japanese director, animator and storyteller Miyazaki Hayao, “ Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” (風の谷のナウシカ, Kaze no Tani no Naushika) first appeared as a manga serial starting in 1982, and then as a hit animated movie in 1984 that still popular with audiences around the world.
One of Japan's most popular stories is being staged as a kabuki play in December 2019. Princess Nausicaä and an Ohmu in a new kabuki stage production of Miyazaki Hayao's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
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