is a Japanese film directed by

Tatsushi Ōmori is a Japanese film director and actor. Career Ōmori was born in Tokyo as the eldest son of Akaji Maro, an actor and butoh dancer. His younger brother, Nao Ōmori, is an actor. While in college, he began making 8 mm films, but started working ...

and starring

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and Masaki Suda. It is a

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of the Japanese

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series of the same name written and illustrated by Kazuya Konomoto.

Cast

as Utsumi * Masaki Suda as Seto *

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as Ichigo Kashimura * * *

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*Isao Okamura *Kumi Kasa * *

Production

The film was announced in April 2015 on volume 3 of the manga.

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started in the fall of 2015.

References

External links

* * Live-action films based on manga Films directed by Tatsushi Ōmori 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub