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Tenchu Ninja Action Games Get Stage Play Next Month

From Software announced on Friday that a stage play adaptation of its Tenchu video game series has been green-lit.

The play will be held at the Theater Sun Mall in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward once a day from May 7 to 11. During this time, a pamphlet featuring an original illustration of Ayame drawn will be sold (seen above).

The following cast photos have been unveiled:

The story takes place after some time has passed since Rikimaru became head of the East ninja clan with female ninja Ayame by his side. During a fight between the assassin Rin and Rikimaru, a ninja who shoulders a painful past, Ayame goes missing. The country begins to shake when the Goda clan is faced with a dilemma. "The Goda clan sends an emergency message! Where is the Princess Kiku, and what is she thinking? What will she do as the princess of an entire country?"

The full cast list is as follows:

Yuka Eda as Ayame
Shō Tomita
Yūki Kimoto
Rin Aizawa
Kōjirō Kino
Reiko Hayama
Gorō Takeishi
Yōsuke Aoi
Daisuke Ishihara
Tetsu Itonaga
Kumiko Imai
Tomota Uchida
Fumiko Ōoto
Takuya Ōga
Ayumi Ōtomo
Yūji Kise
Naoya Kumano
Yūko Kasuhara
Shōta Soeda
Atsushi Takata
Kumi Takebana
Takahiro Nakamura
Tororo Nanami
Tomoyuki Fukuda
Katsuyuki Miyake
Karen Miyauchi
Kanon Miyahara
Aya Yamaoki
Hidekazu Ichinose

The staff list has also been posted:

Scripts/Direction: Shō Kubota
Planning: Theater Troupe Bokura Dangi
Music: Noriyuki Asakura (Tenchu, Way of the Samurai, Rurouni Kenshin anime composer)
Planning/Production: ACRAFT
Production Assistance: Theater Troupe Bokura Dangi, DECCA
Special Assistance: From Software
Acting Assistance: Kannagawa Engineering College Advanced Tech Laboratory, Motion Analysis Corp.
Support: Fuji Creative Corporation, Fujipacific Music Publications

The latest game in the franchise, Tenchu: Shadow Assassins, was released in 2008 for the Wii and PSP.

Source: Inside Games via Hachima Kikō