Actress Miki Mizuno, who has earned a reputation as an action star, has taken on her most demanding role yet. She was cast as the lead in Takanori Tsujimoto's "Hard Revenge, Milly," which follows in the same vein as Quentin Tarantino's violent action film "Kill Bill." Similar to Uma Thurman's character in that movie, Mizuno's Milly is a woman seeking revenge against those who killed her family.

Mizuno previously worked with Tsujimoto in a segment of Mamoru Oshii's omnibus work "Shin Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden." Impressed with her ability, Tsujimoto decided to do a full-fledged action film with her. Mizuno has long been active in the action genre, studying martial arts at a young age and later joining the stunt agency Kurata Action Club. Her filmography includes "Koibito wa Sniper" (2004) and the Hong Kong remake of "Sasori" (scheduled for release later this year).

Filming for "Hard Revenge, Milly" took place at the end of last year. Mizuno did not use any stunt doubles for her scenes, some of which include wire action work. One climactic battle features her against actor Mitsuki Koga.

"Hard Revenge" opens in theaters this August.

Technopop trio HASYMO (formerly Yellow Magic Orchestra) has provided the ending theme song for the movie "Tokyo!," which is slated for release in late summer. The movie is a collaborative triptych bringing together three internationally recognized directors: Korea's Bong Joon-ho and France's Michel Gondry and Leos Carax. It will make its world premiere on May 15 at Cannes.

The song is an instrumental piece titled "Tokyo Town Pages." It will be included on the film's soundtrack, due out on August 6. On the same day, it will also be sold as a double A-side single with "The City of Light," the theme song to TBS's "News 23."

On Monday, Hey! Say! JUMP performed a concert at the Yokohama Arena. During the concert, they announced that they are bringing back the entertainment show "SUMMARY," which was started in 2004 and was last held in 2005 by Ya-Ya-yah and NEWS.

The production cost for the show is said to be 1.5 billion yen. A special structure is being built in Odaiba for it, measuring roughly 60 meters in diameter and 30 meters tall, with a capacity of 3,000 people. Hey! Say! JUMP won't be the only ones appearing in the show, as a total of 200 members of Johnny's Jr. are expected to participate.

30 performances are scheduled between August 2 and August 31.

Fumi Mori, a 34-year-old announcer for NTV, is expecting her first child. She is reportedly in her 4th month of pregnancy.

Mori has been married since March 2002. Her husband was part of the staff for NTV's long-running show "The Wide," which Mori hosted at the time.

HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR will be doing a cover of T.M.Revolution's 1998 hit single "HOT LIMIT." H&MC's version will be released on June 25, and the limited edition DVD will include the song's music video, in which TMR (Takanori Nishikawa) makes a guest appearance.

The seed for the project was planted last year when H&MC performed with Nishikawa's other project, abingdon boys school, during that band's nationwide tour.

Singer Kiko Ohtsu has changed her stage name to COON (コーン, pronounced like "cone"). On Wednesday, she is releasing her first single under that name, titled "Hoshi Kirari."

Ohtsu made her major label debut just last year. She decided to change her name due to a suggestion by celebrity feng shui practitioner Dr. Copa, who linked the name with the idea of "bursting into show business like popcorn" ("corn" is pronounced like "cone" in Japanese). Dr. Copa gave her the advice during a radio show on which they appeared together.