Film opens simultaneously with Tonari no Uchūjin movie
Japanese production company Leone announced on Friday that the live-action film adaptation of Naoki Yamamoto‘s Young & Fine manga will open on June 27. The staff unveiled a poster visual:
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The film will open simultaneously at the Shinjuku Musashinokan movie theater in Tokyo and other theaters in Japan with the live-action film of Ryo Hanmura‘s text short story Tonari no Uchūjin (The Alien Next Door).
The Young & Fine manga depicts a year in the life of Katsuhiko Haino, a high school student in a quiet seaside town. He is dating a girl named Reiko Arai, though they seem hesitant to fully commit to the relationship. One day, a new teacher named Manabu Izawa begins working at their school, and she also finds lodging with Haino’s family. They strike up a fast friendhsip, and Izawa hatches a plan to get Haino and Reiko closer.
Yamamoto published the Young & Fine manga in 1992.
Toshiya Kominami, the assistant director for the live-action film of Naoki Yamamoto‘s Believers manga (which Leone also produced), is directing Young & Fine. Hideo Jōjō, who directed the Believers film, is penning the script for the film. Taisuke Niihara, Yūka Kōri, and Yuki Araho star in the film.
Yūjirō Koseki is directing the live-action Tonari no Uchūjin film, with a script by Shinji Imaoka. The film stars Shōhei Uno, Ōshirō Maeda, Yūka Yoshimura, and Kenta Izuka.
The projects celebrate the 20th anniversary of Leone.
Viz Media released Yamamoto’s Dance Till Tomorrow manga in English. Yamamoto’s other manga include Arigatou, Happa 64, and Red.
Sources: Eiga.com, Comic Natalie
