Source: Tokyograph
Ishii "covers" Shimizu film, SMAP's Kusanagi stars
Sun, June 3, 2007 (4:53pm EDT)
SMAP's Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is starring in "Yama no Anata ~Tokuichi no Koi~," a new film by director Katsuhito Ishii. The movie is being labeled as a "cover" of Hiroshi Shimizu's 1938 opus, "Anma to Onna," which told the story of a romance between a blind masseur and a beautiful woman. In Ishii's version, Kusanagi will be paired up with model Maiko.
Filming began in early May, and the theatrical release is scheduled for next year. The supporting cast includes Ryo Kase and Shinichi Tsutsumi.
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2007.06.25
10th Shanghai Film Festival, the result.
Love and Honor (starred Kimura Takuya, Dan Rei) followed the competition at 10th Shanghai Film Festival. Isao Tomita's excellent score for "Love and Honor" won him the best music award.
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Also known as "I Want to Be a Shellfish," the work was originally written as a drama special in 1958, starring Frankie Sakai. The following year, it was turned into a highly-acclaimed feature-length film. It was also later remade as another drama special in 1994, starring George Tokoro.
The new movie is being handled by TBS director Katsuo Fukuzawa and screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto (who wrote the script for the original drama). Filming will begin this fall.
This is Nakai's first movie since "Mohouhan" in 2002, and his first acting role since the 2004 drama series, "Suna no Utsuwa."
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