'Spirited Away' stage play in the works, to premiere in 2022

The blockbuster Studio Ghibli film "Spirited Away" will come to life on stage and is set to premiere in Tokyo in 2022.

According to movie studio Toho Co., the theater adaptation will star Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi as Chihiro. It is set to premiere at the Imperial Theatre in February next year.

It will be written and directed by "Les Misérables" director John Caird, who also won the 1982 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for his theatrical masterpieces.

"I feel so excited and privileged to be working on the first ever stage adaptation of Spirited Away. I have for many years now regarded Hayao Miyazaki as one of the preeminent geniuses of world cinema and the greatest ever proponent of the anime form," he said in a statement.

The show is Toho Co.'s 90th anniversary theatrical production and it follows the story of a young girl who encounters gods and supernatural beings in a bathhouse for spirits.

In order to save her parents, she must hold onto her sense of identity in this unfamiliar world, where she meets friends and foe alike. —Franchesca Viernes/MGP, GMA News