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Heroine Shikkaku Live-Action Film's Short Trailer Streamed
posted on by Karen Ressler
The official website of the live-action film adaptation of Momoko Kōda's Heroine Shikkaku (Failure as a Heroine) shōjo manga began streaming a 30-second version of the film's trailer on Tuesday. The trailer previews the film's theme "Torisetsu," by Kana Nishino.
Narrator: To all the proper heroines of the world... A declaration of war!?
Text: Hatori Matsuzaki - Heroine
Narrator: Hatori had believed that she would be bound to her beloved childhood friend.
Rita: I decided to date Adachi.
Hatori: If the seat of heroine is filled, I just have to take it back!
Hatori: I'll crush her!
Kōsuke: I'll make you forget about him.
Rita: Don't mess with Hatori too much.
Kōsuke: What if I'm serious?
Text: Should I choose the person I love?
Text: Or the person who's in love with me?
Narrator: Which is Hatori's real hero?
Title: Heroine Shikkaku (Failure as a Heroine)
The romantic comedy centers around a high school girl named Hatori Matsuzaki who firmly believes that she has to marry her childhood friend, Rita Terasaka, someday. Kōsuke Hiromitsu, the most popular boy in school, completes the love triangle. Actress Mirei Kiritani (live-action Arakawa Under the Bridge, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Jigoku Sensei Nube) stars as Hatori (center in photo below). Kento Yamazaki (L DK, Another, 2015 Death Note's L) plays Rita (left), and Kentarō Sakaguchi (Umimachi Diary, My Love Story!!) plays Hiromitsu (right).
Rounding out the cast are (from top left to bottom right in photographs below) Ayano Fukuda (Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo, Harlock: Space Pirate) as Hattori's friend Kyōko Nakajima, Miwako Wakajima (Garo -Makai no Hana-) as Rita's girlfriend Miho Adachi, Maryjun Takahashi (live-action Rurouni Kenshin, Kikaider Reboot) as Emi, Mari Hamada (Modern Choki Chokies, The Cat Returns) as Rita's mother, and Riki Takeuchi (Dead or Alive, Battle Royale II: Requiem, Thermae Romae) as the Cafeteria Guy.
Singer Kana Nishino will contribute her song "Torisetsu" (Manual) as the theme song for the film. Nishino also sang themes in Soul Eater, Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower, and Chocolate Underground.
Tsutomu Hanabusa (High School Debut, Handsome Suit, Sadako 3D) is directing the film, which will open on September 19. The original manga ran in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine from 2010 to 2013, and Shueisha published 10 compiled book volumes.
