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Live-Action '4-Gatsu no Kimi, Spica.' Film Reveals Additional Cast
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The official website for the live-action film Miwako Sugiyama's 4-Gatsu no Kimi, Spica. romance manga revealed additional cast on Wednesday.
The new cast are:
- Igeta Hiroe as Saki Amakawa (far left in image above)
- Jin Suzuki as Mizuki Ōtaka (far right)
- Kana Natsume as Rui Sudō
- Azusa Minamiyama as Suzu Kōnoike
- Yūno Ōhara as Kaede Tachibana
The film stars Haruka Fukuhara (right) as Sei Saotome.
The film is slated to open in spring 2019.
After the Rain) is composing the music for the film.
The manga centers on Sei Saotome, a high school girl who has just failed an exam, and began going to a prep school to study for her next one. She can't keep up with her studies, and talking to her friends is awkward, so she thinks this is the end of her high school life. However, she meets two boys: Mizuki, a silent and handsome boy who likes astronomy; and Taiyō, a foul-mouthed prodigy who is at the top of his class. Both are planning to enter the astronomy club, and they invite her. Sei's everyday life is still spent trying to find a place to belong, but it is about to to become brighter.
Sugiyama Misato Kawauchi as Sei Saotome, and Kōji Kominami as Mizuki Ōtaka.
Sugiyama's Hana ni Kedamono manga previously inspired a live-action series adaptation that premiered in October 2017. Kentaro Otani also directed the series. The original manga ran in Shogakukan's Sho-Comi magazine from 2010 to 2012. Shogakukan published the manga in 10 compiled volumes that have more than 2 million copies in print.
Sources: 4-Gatsu no Kimi, Spica. film's website, Comic Natalie
