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Purple Plan Opens 'Fireworks' Film in Singapore, Malaysia on November 30
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Southeast Asian film distributor Purple Plan Shunji Iwai's 1993 live-action drama of the same name — in Singapore and Malaysia on November 30.
The film opened in Japan on August 18, and earned a cumulative total of 1,324,536,300 yen (US$11,967,185) in Japan as of September 10. The film is expected to earn a total of 4 billion yen (US$36.6 million).
The cast includes:
- Chihayafuru) as Nazuna
- Gintama) as Norimichi
- Yuri!!! on Ice) as Yūsuke
- Kana Hanazawa as the homeroom teacher Miura-sensei
- Shintarō Asanuma as Junichi, a classmate
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kazuhiro, a classmate
- Yūki Kaji as Jin, a classmate
- Takako Matsu as Nazuna's mother
Wandering Son) composed the music. Iwai is credited with the original work.
song "Uchiage Hanabi." DAOKO also performed a cover of the original drama's theme song "Forever Friends" for the film.
Ōne's script added modern elements to Iwai's original story. The film is set on one day during summer vacation, and follows a group of boys who try to view a fireworks display from the town lighthouse to see if they look round or flat when viewed from the side. Meanwhile, one of the boys, Norimichi, receives an invitation from his crush Nazuna to run away with her.
Young Ace magazine on June 2.
The original 45-minute television drama premiered in Japan in August 1993 as part of the If: Yūta Yamazaki.
Iwai wrote, directed, and composed the music for The Case of Hana & Alice, his first-feature length anime film and prequel to his earlier live-action film Hana & Alice. The anime film debuted in February 2015.
