Oscar Promotion has announced that three of its top actresses will be providing support for young star Saki Fukuda by making guest appearances in her upcoming movie "Sakura no Sono."

The movie, first announced last year, is a remake of a 1990 film of the same name. Both are based on a manga by Akimi Yoshida about a group of high school girls who put on a performance of Anton Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard" (titled "Sakura no Sono" in Japanese). Shun Nakahara and Hiroaki Jinno, the director and writer of the first movie, are again in charge.

Fukuda is one of Oscar Promotion's top teen actresses, having recently landed the lead female role in next year's "Yatterman" movie. "Sakura no Sono" is her first starring movie role, and the company has arranged to have Ryoko Yonekura, Rei Kikukawa, and Aya Ueto to lend the movie some extra publicity.

Fukuda's character Momo starts out as a student of a violin teacher (Yonekura), but she later transfers to an elite school where Kikukawa plays her homeroom teacher. Ueto has been cast as the vocalist of one of Momo's favorite bands.

"Sakura no Sono" is scheduled for theatrical release in November.