Nelke Planning has announced the cast for the upcoming musical adaptation of the 2004 TV anime Samurai 7. The 26-episode show produced by Gonzo was based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 live-action masterpiece Shichinin no Samurai/Seven Samurai. After the broadcast in Japan from June to December 2004, its English dub version was also aired on the Independent Film Channel in April 2006, then on other stations including Adult Swim's Toonami block.
The actor on the top of the list is 49-year-old Tetsuya Bessho. Among the Japanese tokusatsu fans, he is especially known for his starring works in Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (1992) and ULTRAMAN (2004). The musical is directed/choreographed by Yukio Ueshima (The Prince of Tennis musicals), and its music is composed by Toshihiko Sato (The Big O, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed). It is scheduled to be performed at The Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from January 17 to 25, 2015.
The announced cast:
Tetsuya Bessho
Hiroshi Yazaki (TV anime Bokura ga Ita, Heroic Age)
Yuta Furukawa (Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy)
Naoto Nojima
Takashi Nagayama(Live-action film/musical The Prince of Tennis)
Hirotsugu Kurosu
Kenya Osumi (Musical Legend of the Galactic Heroes)
Mari Iriki (Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum)
Masakatsu Nemoto (TV anime Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, Yu-Gi-Oh!5D's)
Hedekazu Ichinose (Ultraman Cosmos)
Masahiro Suguzaki (Kamen Rider OOO)
Testuya Bessho
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"Samurai 7" anime image
via: Eiga. com
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