To try to attract a younger audience (as well as foreigners), a new kabuki play has been produced -- one with a sci-fi flavor. Dialog has also been adjusted to be closer to current Japanese to help make it more accessible (analogous to updating Shakespeare to 20th century style English).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkBRrFvFtQ4 (Japanese-language)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20150218/k10015544621000.html (Japanese language)
A mysterious invader (Daashi Beidyu) from space suddenly appears in a spaceship over Edo (former name of Tokyo up until the 1860s)...
I wonder if one of the characters is the retired swordsman Benkei Nobi...
