The Nikkan Sports and Sports Nippon newspapers announced that a live-action movie adaptation of Silver Spoon farming manga will premiere next spring.
Sexy Zone's Kento Nakajima (Bad Boys J) will star in the film as Yugo Hachiken with Alice Hirose (Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie War 2010) will co-star as Aki Mikage. Nakajima started filming in the city of Obihiro in Hokkaido on Saturday, and he also practiced horse riding and got experience working on a dairy farm to prepare for the role.
Other cast members include Ryūhei Ueshima (Kaibutsu-kun) will play the principal, Nakamura Shidō (Gatchaman, Death Note) will play Nakajima, the equestrian club adviser, and Tomohiro Ichikawa will play Hachiken's classmate Ichirō Komaba.
Directed by Keisuke Yoshida (Cafe Isobe, Triangle), the movie is produced by TBS and Wilco (All About Lily Chou-Chou) and the distributor TOHO.
Source: Anime News Network
Sexy Zone's Kento Nakajima (Bad Boys J) will star in the film as Yugo Hachiken with Alice Hirose (Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Double & Decade: Movie War 2010) will co-star as Aki Mikage. Nakajima started filming in the city of Obihiro in Hokkaido on Saturday, and he also practiced horse riding and got experience working on a dairy farm to prepare for the role.
Other cast members include Ryūhei Ueshima (Kaibutsu-kun) will play the principal, Nakamura Shidō (Gatchaman, Death Note) will play Nakajima, the equestrian club adviser, and Tomohiro Ichikawa will play Hachiken's classmate Ichirō Komaba.
Directed by Keisuke Yoshida (Cafe Isobe, Triangle), the movie is produced by TBS and Wilco (All About Lily Chou-Chou) and the distributor TOHO.
Source: Anime News Network
