The Medicine Seller Arrives in Mononoke Stage Play Key Visual
A new key visual, the main cast, and the main staff have been revealed for Mononoke ~Bakeneko~, an upcoming stage play adaptation based on the Mononoke and Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales TV anime about a mysterious medicine peddler combatting dark forces in Edo era Japan.
The play is directed by Jun Yoriko and features a script by Aoi Tsukimori and production by Hitomi Akahori, Miyuki Mai, and Ai Kisugi. The main cast for the play includes:
- Hirofumi Araki as The Medicine Seller.
- Mei Okada as Tamaki.
- Shunya Ohira and Wataru Ohshige as Yoshiyuki Sakai.
- Yuki Mizuhara as Kayo.
- Yūichi Itō as Yoshikuni Sakai.
- Atsushi Shiramata as Odajima.
- Yosuke Nishi as Katsuyama.
- Takumi Endou as Sasaoka.
- Wako Ito as Sato.
- Takehisa Takayama as Yoshiaki Sakai.
- Minami Shimbaru as Mizue Sakai.
- Tetsuto Nakamura as Yahei.
- Hina Hatano as Mao Sakai.
- And Risa Kawamura, Yoshimi Hidano, Miyuu Ohashi, and Ayami Suzuki (G-Rockets) as Ensemble Performers.
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Mononoke ~Bakeneko~ adapts the “Bake Neko” story arc from the Medicine Seller’s first appearance in the 2006 TV anime, Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales, which is described by Discotek Media as follows:
When a young samurai bride dies, the village druggist swears it’s the work of bakeneko (a catlike monster), which hunts each family member before revealing itself to horrified villagers, exposing a long forgotten scandal.
Mononoke ~Bake Neko~ will run from February 03 – 15, 2023 at the HIKOSEN Theater venue in Taito City, Tokyo, Japan.
Source: Comic Natalie
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