Yamashita Nobuhiro goes back to school
Posted on Thursday, 15 February 2007 at 8:45 pm
“Linda Linda Linda” director Yamashita Nobuhiro is returning with another typically laidback bucolic tale; this time based on a shojo manga entitled “Tennen Kokekko“.
The first-love story revolves around Soyo (Kaho), the only student in her year at a rural branch school with a total roll of six, and Osawa (Okada Masaki), a handsome transfer student from Tokyo. Other cast members include Yanagi Erisa, Fujimura Seiko and Sato Koichi.
The original manga by Kuramochi Fusako was serialised in monthly comic magazine Chorus from January 1994 to July 2000, and has been adapted for the screen by “Josee, the Tiger and the Fish” and “La Maison de Himiko” writer Watanabe Aya. Techno/electronica muso Rei Harakami provides the score.
Filming took place between July and November last year on location in Shimane, where the comic is set. Distributor Asmik Ace plans to release the film nationwide this summer. Check out the Iwami Film Commission’s homepage for some on-set pics. (source: Cinematopics)