In October, it was announced that Jin Akanishi's first starring movie role will be in "BANDAGE," which is being directed by music producer Takeshi Kobayashi and written by Shunji Iwai. Although the film isn't scheduled for release until 2010, the rest of the main cast has already been revealed as of Monday.

Leading the list of names are Kie Kitano, Kengo Kora, and Yuki Shibamoto. Nobuaki Kaneko (the drummer of RIZE), Hideyuki Kasahara, model Anne, Ayumi Ito, and Kazuo Zaitsu have also been cast. Besides Akanishi's role, specific character details have not been revealed yet.