First-day-screening event of new movie "Kekkon"

The first-day-screening event of new movie "Kekkon" was held at Kadokawa Cinema Shinjuku on 24 June which was attended by the director Nishitani Shinichi and cast members Dean Fujioka, Shuuko, Manda Hisako and Kanjiya Shihori. The movie is based on the 2012 novel by Naoki Award-winning author Inoue Areno and features Fujioka as a fraudster Koumi Kenji who dupes women into believing that he will marry them and cheats them of their money by taking on a variety of names and identities. During the process, he is assisted by his buddy Sengoku Ruriko (Shuuko) who was almost cheated by Koumi in the past. In order to find out the truth, Koumi's victims launch an investigation which leads them to Ruriko where they subsequently find out the real motive of Koumi. Kanjiya plays Hatsune who is Koumi's wife. The women who are besotted with Koumi include Nakamura Eriko who plays Kudo Asami, an employee at a furniture shop, Matsumoto Wakana who plays Yoshioka Mana, an aspiring editor, Ando Tamae who plays a city office employee Hobara Hatoko. Furutachi Kanji plays a detective Yajima who tries to investigate Koumi with Hatoko while Manda plays a mysterious woman Hiragi Yasue who helps Koumi.

Kanjiya revealed that this was the third time she had acted in a Nishitani movie and she had to do kissing scenes without fail each time without advance notice. As such, she was told only on the day of the filming that she had a kissing scene with Fujioka which led to squeals of envy from the audience. However, Kanjiya revealed that it wasn't as romantic as they thought because they had to film in the pouring rain due to the bad weather on that day so she ended up having lots of water in her mouth because she had to look up towards Fujioka who is much taller than her. As such, she felt as if she was about to drown and suffocate during the kissing scene.

When asked about the difference between Koumi and himself, Fujioka joked that this would be Koumi being a criminal. As for their similarity, Fujioka said that acting involves convincing himself to become an entirely different individual so that's the same as what Koumi is doing in the movie when he appears in front of different women. Manda echoed his view and said that Fujioka is such a natural at playing this marriage fraudster.

Sources: Eiga.com / Oricon

Completion screening event of new movie "Kekkon"

The completion screening event of new movie "Kekkon" was held at Kadokawa Cinema Shinjuku on 8 June which was attended by the director Nishitani Shinichi and cast members Dean Fujioka, Shuko, Nakamura Eriko, Matsumoto Wakana, Ando Tamae, Manda Hisako and Kanjiya Shihori. The movie is based on the 2012 novel by Naoki Award-winning author Inoue Areno and features Fujioka as a fraudster Koumi Kenji who dupes women into believing that he will marry them and cheats them of their money by taking on a variety of names and identities. During the process, he is assisted by his buddy Sengoku Ruriko (Shuuko) who was almost cheated by Koumi in the past. In order to find out the truth, Koumi's victims launch an investigation which leads them to Ruriko where they subsequently find out the real motive of Koumi. Kanjiya plays Hatsune who is Koumi's wife. The women who are besotted with Koumi include Nakamura who plays Kudo Asami, an employee at a furniture shop, Matsumoto who plays Yoshioka Mana, an aspiring editor, Ando who plays a city office employee Hobara Hatoko. Furutachi Kanji plays a detective Yajima who tries to investigate Koumi with Hatoko while Manda plays a mysterious woman Hiragi Yasue who helps Koumi.

Fujioka commented that although his character is a criminal after all, there is a reason why he became the way he is. As such, when he delved deeper into his character, he could see the parts in Koumi's character's which people may identify with and find it hard to ignore. When the host followed with a question to the audience if they would be willing to be deceived by Fujioka, they replied uniformly with a loud "yes" which made him smile in embarrassment.

Other than the audience which was going ga-ga ove Fujioka, his female co-stars were full of praise for him as well, Shuko cited a dance scene which she did with him and gushed about how gentlemanly and gentle he was so she was glad to let him take the lead. Nakamura chipped in to say that Fujioka is always very cool and consistent even though she had expected that he may let down his guard at times. Matsumoto commented that he's too perfect and treated them so gentlemanly that it's hard not to like him. When asked about the charm of Fujioka, Manda said that the expression of him as he looks towards somewhere far is especially appealing and seems to be a natural part of him rather than an acquired technique. As such, if Fujioka is a real marriage fraudster, his victims would probably be willing to continue being deceived by him.

The movie will be shown in cinemas from 24 June while the theme song "Permanent Vacation" written and sung by Fujioka will be released on 5 July.

Sources: Oricon / Nikkansports / Eiga.com

Supporting cast lineup of new movie "Kekkon" announced

The supporting cast lineup of new movie "Kekkon" starring Dean Fujioka has been announced. The movie which is based on the 2012 novel by Naoki Award-winning author Inoue Areno, features Fujioka as a fraudster Koumi Kenji who dupes women into believing that he will marry them and cheats them of their money by taking on a variety of names and identities. During the process, he is assisted by his buddy Sengoku Ruriko (Shuuko) who was almost cheated by Koumi in the past. In order to find out the truth, Koumi's victims launch an investigation which leads them to Ruriko where they subsequently find out the real motive of Koumi.

Kanjiya Shihori will be playing Hatsune who is Koumi's wife. The women who are besotted with Koumi include Nakamura Eriko who plays Kudo Asami, an employee at a furniture shop, Matsumoto Wakana who plays Yoshioka Mana, an aspiring editor, Ando Tamae who plays a city office employee Hobara Hatoko. Furutachi Kanji will play a detective Yajima who tries to investigate Koumi with Hatoko while Manda Hisako will play a mysterious woman Hiragi Yasue who helps Koumi.

The theme song of this movie "Permanent Vacation" was specially written by Fujioka for this movie and will be sung by himself. The movie will be shown in cinemas from 24 Jun.

Sources: Sanspo / Eiga.com

Dean Fujioka to star in new movie "Kekkon" as a marriage fraudster

Dean Fujioka will be starring in the new movie "Kekkon" (Marriage) which is based on the 2012 novel by Naoki Award-winning author Inoue Areno. The movie which is due to be shown in summer this year, features Fujioka as a fraudster Koumi Kenji who dupes women into believing that he will marry them and cheats them of their money by taking on a variety of names and identities. During the process, he is assisted by his buddy Sengoku Ruriko (Shuuko) who was almost cheated by Koumi in the past. In order to find out the truth, Koumi's victims launch an investigation which leads them to Ruriko where they subsequently find out the real motive of Koumi.

Fujioka commented that as this character is unlike what he has played to date, he feels quite uneasy but hopes to work hard to make his character convincing. As for Shuuko, she commented that her character Ruriko is so much in love with Koumi that it feels sad so she hopes to show the complex mix of emotions of her character in this movie.

Filming begins this month.

Sources: Nikkansports / Sanspo / Eiga.com