Kusanagi, Takeuchi reunite in “Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari”

SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (35) and actress Yuko Takeuchi (29) will co-star in a new movie titled “Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari.” The pair previously acted together in Akihiko Shiota’s box office hit “Yomigaeri” in 2003.

“Boku to Tsuma” is based on the real-life story of science fiction writer Taku Mayumura (75) and his wife Setsuko, who died of colon cancer in 2002. Mayumura took the advice of a doctor who said that laughter helps the immune system, and he wrote a short story every day for Setsuko. Initially, she was expected to live for only a year, but she didn’t die until five years later, after a total of 1,778 stories.

Kusanagi’s character, modeled after Mayumura, is a sci-fi author named Sakutaro Makimura. Takeuchi plays his wife Setsuko. Other characters are played by Shosuke Tanihara, Michiko Kichise, and Ren Osugi.

The movie is being directed by Mamoru Hoshi, whose credits include the television dramas “Boku no Ikiru Michi” and “Boku no Aruku Michi,” which both starred Kusanagi. Filming started last month and is scheduled to finish on December 26. Toho plans to have the film screened overseas, including at Cannes in May, with a theatrical release the following winter.

Source:
Nippon Cinema