Koshiba Fuuka to play the lead role Kiki in the movie "Majo no Takkyubin"

Koshiba Fuuka will take on the lead role of Kiki in the movie "Majo no Takkyubin" after winning the audition involving 500 people. The movie which is due to be shown next spring, is based on the children's classic by Kadono Eiko and will be the first real-life adaptation movie as well as the first movie where Koshiba takes on a leading role.

"Majo no Takkyubin" consists of 6 volumes and has sold about 1.8m copies since it was published from 1985. It has been translated into various languages such as English, Italian, Chinese, Swedish and Korean. The movie will focus on the first two volumes which describe how Kiki who is the child of a witch mother and an ordinary man, grows up to be a witch at a seaside town named Koriko and opens this shop named "Majo no Takkyubin". Filming will begin at an island in Seto Inland Sea from late May.

Source: Yomiuri Hochi