Sola Aoi (Aoi Sora)! Update on Masashi Yamamoto's KIKARETA ONNA (KIKARETA ONNA NO MIRARETA YORU)
The official website for Masashi Yamamoto's ero-pop suspense (eropoppu sasupensu) Kikareta onna (Kikareta onna no mirareta yoru) is now partly functional. (Note: "Kikareta onna" is the title that the movie is being released theatrically under; "Kikareta onna no mirareta yoru" was the title that it premièred under.)
As was previously reported here on ScreenAnarchy, the screenplay for Kikareta onna was written by Yamamoto, based on a story by Fumihiro Yamada (given name may be "Fumio", etc.). The movie stars (listed order corresponds to order on cast page of official website) Sola Aoi (Aoi Sora), Keita Ôno, Hiroto Katô, Shô Nishino, Mutsuo Yoshioka, and Rumi Ôtori.
Kikareta onna had its world première at the Theater Pole-Pole Higashi-Nakano (Pore-Pore Higashi-Nakano) in Tokyo on April 15th. Transformer Inc. (K.K. Toransufômâ) is scheduled to release it at that same theatre on February 10th of next year.
Those who are interested in Kikareta onna may also wish to check out the official subsite for Jun'ichi Ishikawa and Kazuyuki Iwata's 12-episode TV series Shimokita Glory Days, which TV Tokyo K.K. (K.K. Terebi Tôkyô) originally broadcast in Japan from April 14th to July 7th, and VAP Inc. (K.K. Bappu) released in a 5-disc sale DVD box set (VPBX-12966; NTSC, region 2, no subtitles) there on August 23rd. The teleplay for the series was written by Saemi Endô, based on the eponymous manga serial by Jirô Ôtani. The series starred (listed order corresponds to order on cast page of official subsite) Ichitarô, Saki Seto (1st column, 5th row), Manami Hashimoto, Rie Mashiko, Haruna Yabuki, Honoka, Yuma Asami, (Sola) Aoi, and Aya Sugimoto.
Kikareta onna official website
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Shimokita Glory Days official subsite
YesAsia.com: Shimokita Glory Days 5-disc sale DVD box set
