MINNA! im once again back from the LJ world :Dand your asking why im back?
well, i've been quite busy for a while because of studies.
toma doesn't want to see me being so much distracted just because of him xDlet's go back to that question up there... why im back?
well, first of all i have no intention to write today in my LJ, but when i saw this
HUGE news at
ikuta_toma my blood just suddenly woke up!! and thought about posting this in my LJ. here it goes..
TOMA HAS A NEW MOVIE!!now tell me... this news really makes your world go crazy! RIGHT?!
this is such a nice birthday gift for me! :D
from toma to me :Dafter ningen shikkaku here comes toma with another new movie!
he's really becoming a product of the silver screen :D
this movie is entitled "Seaside Motel"
his the lead in this movie, and his female lead is Kumiko Aso
filming already started on august 30 in Guam
[toma just visited GUAM! how lucky for the fans of toma in guam! ENVY THEM SO MUCH!]
for more details about the movie please read the following details :)
DOUZO!A live-action Seaside Motel film adaptation of Yukio Okada's Motel manga has been green-lit with lead actor Toma Ikuta (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradise, Akihabara @ DEEP) from the Johnny's Jr. idol talent firm. As the film's title implies, the story is set in a motel called Seaside. Brought together by chance, a number of young men and women check into the motel and cross paths. Ikuta will play Kameda, a salesman peddling a fake cosmetic cream. Kumiko Asou (Casshern, Yunagi City, Sakura Country, Ring Ø: Birthday) will co-star as Candy, a call girl in her 20s, with whom Kameda falls in love.
Okada serialized the manga in Nihonbungeisha's Bessatsu Manga Goraku magazine, and it was compiled into one book volume last year. Kentarō Moriya is directing his first feature film after his debut outing in the school comedy School Daze (no relation to Spike Lee's film of the same name). Filming on Seaside Motel began in Guam on August 30, and the film will open in Japan next year.
from animenewsnetwork.com (pia article)
Yukio Okada's manga "MOTEL" is being turned into a live-action film, starring popular young actor Toma Ikuta (24). This is Ikuta's second movie role, after the Osamu Dazai adaptation "Ningen Shikkaku" ("No Longer Human") which is scheduled for release next year.
This new movie is titled "Seaside Motel," set in a motel that is curiously named Seaside despite being surrounded by mountains. Ikuta plays Kameda, a traveling salesman who peddles questionable cosmetic products. His female lead is Kumiko Aso (31), playing a call girl named Candy whose popularity is already fading even before she hits the age of thirty. The two happen to meet at Seaside, and Kameda falls in love.
The manga is full of distinctive characters, but none of the film's supporting cast have been announced, other than stage actors Masaaki Akahori and Seiji Nozoe, playing a pair of cops.
"Seaside Hotel" is being directed by Kentaro Moriya, whose only other feature-length film is the 2005 picture "School Daze." Filming already started on August 30 in Guam. Theatrical release is scheduled for sometime in 2010.
- Tokyograph
other sources (in japanese):
entertainment/cinema/news/f-et-tp1-20090910-541797.html
www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/69046/full/
topics.jp.msn.com/entertainment/movie/article.aspx
news.pia.jp/pia/news.do
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