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The Anthem of the Heart Live-Action Film Casts Nene Ōtsuka, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Film starring Kento Nakajima, Kyōko Yoshine, Anna Ishii, Ichirō Kan opens on July 22

The official website of the live-action film adaptation of The Anthem of the Heart (Kokosake or Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun Da.) anime film began streaming a teaser for the film and revealed new cast members on Thursday. Japanese entertainment news website Cinema Today is streaming the teaser.

The new cast includes Nene Ōtsuka as heroine Jun Naruse's mother, and Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as the homeroom teacher of the main characters.

The film will open in Japan on July 22.

The cast includes:

Naoto Kumazawa (live-action Kimi ni Todoke, Kin Kyori Renai) is directing the film. Filming began in March in Chichibu, where the film is set.

The original anime film opened in Japan in September 2015, and opened in selected theaters in the United States and Canada in November 2015.

The anime film reunited staff members from the anohana and Toradora! anime. Tatsuyuki Nagai (A Certain Scientific Railgun, Waiting in the Summer) again directied the film at the studio A-1 Pictures. Mari Okada (A Lull in the Sea, Hana-Saku Iroha) wrote the script, and Masayoshi Tanaka (Highschool of the Dead, your name.) designed the characters. Like the anohana anime, the story of the film is set in Chichibu. The idols of the Nogizaka46 group contributed their 13th single, "Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru" (Now, There Is Someone I Want to Talk With) as the film's theme song.

The official English website for the anime film describes the story:

Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away. She was once a happy girl, but because of a [certain thing] she said when she was very young, her family was torn apart. One day, the egg fairy appeared in front of her and sealed away her ability to talk in order to stop her from hurting anybody else. Since this traumatic experience, Jun lives in the shadows away from the limelight. But, one day she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...

The Anthem of the Heart is ranked the 35th highest grossing domestic Japanese film for 2015, and earned 1.12 billion yen (about US$9.46 million).

Source: Animate Times


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