Hayao Miyazaki Turned Down Hollywood But Allowed Kabuki Version of Nausicaä kotaku.com

A s NHK reports, Hayao Miyazaki has turned down that offer.
Announced last year, the kabuki version will star Onoe Kikunosuke as Nausicaä and Nakamura Shichinosuke as Princess Kushana.
Talks about a kabuki version of Nausicaä began several years back.
He turned them all down.”AdvertisementKnowing how important Nausicaä is for Miyazaki, Suzuki was willing to offer Princess Mononoke, instead, thinking that it would be suitable for kabuki.
Second, he would not offer assistance to press events and whatnot.”AdvertisementThe kabuki version will run from December 6 to 25 in Tokyo.