Contents of the NEW KABUKI: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND Japanese Blu-ray set. Photo courtesy of Wright Film. ©Table ©Shochiku Co., Ltd.Source: Wright Film press release
Special Thanks to Tanaka Hara
You still don’t know all of the epic story…
Walt Disney Japan Co., Ltd. has announced that NEW KABUKI: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (新作歌舞伎『風の谷のナウシカ』, Shinsaku Kabuki Kaze no Tani no Naushika) will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on January 20, 2021. The live stage performance ran from December 6-25, 2019 at the Shinbashi Enbujo theater in Tokyo’s Ginza district. Tickets for the shows sold out in a single same day.
The kabuki show is based on Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki’s 1982 manga series masterpiece Nausicaä of the Valley of the Windm which Mayazki adapted into a internationally acclaimed anime feature film in 1984. The live version presents all seven volumes of the manga, including major story elements that were not depicted in the movie. This is the first time that a Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli’s work has been staged in Kabuki.
The cast features two famous Kabuki actors with the main character Nausicaä played by Onoe Kikunosuke V, and her opponent Princess Kushana played by Nakamura Shichinosuke II. The script was written by Keiko Niwa, screenwriter for several Studio Ghibli films such as TALES FROM EARTHSEA (ゲド戦記, Gedo Senki, 2006), THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (借りぐらしのアリエッティ, Karigurashi no Arrietty, 2010), FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (コクリコ坂から, Kokuriko-Zaka Kara, 2011) and WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (思い出のマーニー, Omoide no Mānī, 2014), working with Kazuhisa Tobe (NEW KABUKI: NARUTO) to create the onstage world of NAUSICAÄ.
NEW KABUKI: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND Blu-ray and DVD will present the story in two chapters; “day” and “night.” The discs will be packaged in a clamshell case with reversible cover art, inside a three-sided hard case. Bonus content include a 32 page photo book and the videos “Production Announcement”, “Senryaku Curtain Call”, and “Interview with Onoe Kikunosuke V ~ A Heart That Never Gives Up, a Challenge to Nausicaä ~”.
Blu-ray case, cover art and reversible cover art. Photos courtesy of Wright Film. ©Table ©Shochiku Co., Ltd.PRODUCT DETAILS
■ Blu-ray
Japanese Release Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Manufacturer: Shochiku
Distributor: Walt Disney Japan
Product No: VWBS7147
Number of Discs: 2
Price: ¥12,000 (Approximately $116.09 US, Plus Tax)
● Disc 1: Part 1 Running Time: Approximately 187 Minutes (Main Story 171 Minutes + Extras 16 Minutes)
● Disc 2: Part 2 Running Time: Approximately 203 Minutes (Main Story 192 minutes + Extras 11 Minutes)
● Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0ch
● 16:9/HD Full Size, 1080p/Hi-Def
■ DVD
Japanese Release Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Manufacturer: Shochiku
Distributor: Walt Disney Japan
Product No: VWDZ7147
Number of Discs: 4
Price: ¥9,600 (Approximately $92.87 US, Plus Tax)
● Disc 1: Part 1 Running Time: Approximately 100 Minutes (Main Story 84 Minutes + Extras 16 Minutes)
● Disc 2: Part 2 Running Time: Approximately 87 Minutes (Main Story)
● Disc 3: Part 1 Running Time: Approximately 98 Minutes (Main Story)
● Disc 4: Part 2 Running Time: Approximately 105 Minutes (Main Story 94 Minutes + Extras 11 Minutes)
● Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0ch
● 16:9/Full Size
©Table ©Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Photo courtesy of Wright Film. ©Table ©Shochiku Co., Ltd.About Walt Disney Japan Co., Ltd.
The Walt Disney Company (US headquarters) established a local Japanese subsidiary in 1959 and made a full-scale entry into the Japanese market. In April 2000, several affiliated subsidiaries in Japan were integrated, and in August 2002, the company name was changed to Walt Disney Japan Co., Ltd., which controls Disney’s business in Japan. THey are developing diversified businesses while mutually increasing “synergies” in a wide range of businesses such as Studio Motion Pictures, Television, Consumer Products, Media Distribution, Disney Store and Parks & Resorts.