First-day-screening event of new movie "Hitsuji no Ki"

The first-day-screening event of new movie "Hitsuji no Ki" was held at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills on 3 February which was attended by the director Yoshida Daihachi and cast members Nishikido Ryo, Kimura Fumino, Kitamura Kazuki, Yuka, Ichikawa Mikako, Mizusawa Shingo, Tanaka Min and Matsuda Ryuhei. The movie is based on the same-titled manga by Yamagami Tatsuhiko and Igarashi Mikio where it describes how former offenders of serious crimes are allowed to live at a seaside town but face conflicts with the local residents after various cases happen after their arrival.

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 24th & 25th February 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) The Greatest Showman (374)

2) KU-KAI Utsukushiki Ouhi no Nazo (306)

3) Konya, Romance Gekijou de (296)

4) Inori no maku ga oriru toki (334)

5) Sayonara no asa ni yakusoku no hana wo kazarou (76)

6) Funouhan (296)

7) Hitsuji no Ki (213)

8) Paddington 2 (317)

9) Geostorm (348)

10) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (377)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 17th & 18th February 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) The Greatest Showman (374)

2) Konya, Romance Gekijou de (296)

3) Inori no maku ga oriru toki (334)

4) Funouhan (296)

5) Hitsuji no Ki (213)

6) Manhunt (251)

7) Geostorm (348)

8) Paddington 2 (317)

9) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (377)

10) Uso wo aisuru onna (284)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 10th & 11th February 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Konya, Romance Gekijou de (296)

2) Inori no maku ga oriru toki (334)

3) Funouhan (296)

4) Manhunt (251)

5) Hitsuji no Ki (213)

6) Geostorm (348)

7) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (377)

8) Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch II Handou (79)

9) Paddington 2 (317)

10) Uso wo aisuru onna (284)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 3rd & 4th February 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Inori no maku ga oriru toki (334)

2) Hitsuji no Ki (213)

3) Funouhan (296)

4) Geostorm (348)

5) Paddington 2 (317)

6) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (377)

7) Uso wo aisuru onna (284)

8) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (127)

9) Kingsman: The Golden Circle (369)

10) Hachinengoshi no Hanayome Kiseki no Jitsuwa (320)

Source: Eiga.com

Completion screening event of new movie "Hitsuji no Ki"

The completion screening event of new movie "Hitsuji no Ki" was held at Yomiuri Hall on 13 December which was attended by the director Yoshida Daihachi and cast members Nishikido Ryo, Kimura Fumino, Yuka, Ichikawa Mikako, Mizusawa Shingo, Tanaka Min and Matsuda Ryuhei. The movie will be screened in cinemas from 3 February and is based on the same-titled manga by Yamagami Tatsuhiko and Igarashi Mikio where it describes how former offenders of serious crimes are allowed to live at a seaside town but face conflicts with the local residents after various cases happen after their arrival. The manga won the 2014 Agency for Cultural Affairs' Excellence Award in the Media Arts Awards.

Kanjani 8's Nishikido Ryo to star in new movie "Hitsuji no Ki"

Kanjani 8's Nishikido Ryo will be starring in the new movie "Hitsuji no Ki" which will be directed by Yoshida Daihachi and due to be shown in 2018. Filming is expected to begin in October and this will be his first movie in two and a half years since "Eight Rangers 2" in 2014.

The movie which is based on the same-titled manga by Yamagami Tatsuhiko and Igarashi Mikio, describes how former offenders of serious crimes are allowed to live at a seaside town but face conflicts with the local residents after various cases happen after their arrival. The manga had won the 2014 Agency for Cultural Affairs' Excellence Award in the Media Arts Awards.

Nishikido plays the role of Tsukisue Hajime, an employee in the city government at Uobukashi City which is located beside the sea and is tasked to be the person-in-charge of taking in the former offenders. Kimura Fumino plays the character Aya who was Tsukisue's ex-classmate and returns to her hometown. The six former offenders who were murderers will be played by Kitamura Kazuki who plays an arrogant man working on a fishing boat Sugiyama Katsushi, Yuka who plays a sexy welfare worker Ota Rieko, Ichikawa Mikako who plays a meticulous and shy cleaner Kurimoto Kiyomi, Mizusawa Shingo who plays a timid hair stylist Fukumoto Hiroki, Tanaka Min who plays a quiet man working at a laundry shop Ono Katsumi and Matsuda Ryuhei who plays an innocent and curious courier deliveryman Miyakoshi Ichiro.

Nishikido commented that he is looking forward to the start of the filming since this is the first time he is working with the director and co-stars and he hopes to do his best to play Tsukisue. Although the lead character in the manga is the old city mayor, the director decided to change this setting and put Tsukisue as the lead character who will have to deal with the former murderers who come to live in the city.

Sources: Sanspo / Oricon