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Fri, December 5, 2008 (1:18am EST)
Noted film director Mamoru Oshii is directing and writing his first stage production, it was learned on Thursday. He is tackling an adaptation of Mitsuteru Yokoyama's manga "Tetsujin 28-go," which was turned into an anime series in the '60s that became the basis of the American show "Gigantor."

Unexpectedly, 44-year-old actress Kaho Minami will be starring in two roles, as the 15-year-old male protagonist Shotaro Kaneda and as a mysterious female "fast food grifter" (more accurately, a "tachiguishi," as seen in Oshii's live-action film "Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden"). The supporting cast includes Narushi Ikeda, rocker Diamond Yukai, and musician/writer Sunplaza Nakano-kun (appearing in his first play).

"Tetsujin 28-go" will be performed at Tokyo's Galaxy Theatre on January 10-25 and at Osaka's Umeda Arts Theater on February 5-8.
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