First-day-screening event of new movie "Sekai wa kyou kara kimi no mono"

The first-day-screening event of new movie "Sekai wa kyou kara kimi no mono" was held at Shibuya Cinepalace on 15 July which was attended by the director Ozaki Masaya and cast members Kadowaki Mugi, Miura Takahiro, Hirukawa Yu, Makita Sports and YOU. The movie is an original story featuring Kadowaki as the lead character Konuma Mami who has been shutting herself at home since she was in senior high school and spends all her time on manga and copying illustrations. At the recommendation of her father Eisuke (Makita Sports), she goes to work at a gaming company where she finds bugs in their products. One day, she helps to draw the illustrations in the game managed by her colleague Yabe Ryotaro (Miura Takahiro) and is recognised for her talent so she is asked to take on the job of drawing character illustrations. Mami develops feelings for Ryotaro and decides to face up to her own issues through her illustration work.

Kadowaki described the movie as a reflection of the director's character and expressed her relief and joy at seeing the film being ready to meet the public especially since she had fallen ill before the filming and caused some inconveniences as a result. When asked to comment on her character, Kadowaki said that Mami is rather different from her as she spent a lot of her time on her own during senior high school but was training for her runs day and night rather than be at home. She also spent her time at the video rental shop where she would rent movies based on their titles in alphabetical order so as to learn acting but later realised that this was an unproductive way. On hindsight, Kadowaki said that she should have watched the movies based on the directors' names rather than search by their titles.

When asked what he would be doing if he wasn't an actor, Miura admitted that he doesn't like to stand out and is still rather uncomfortable in front of the camera so he felt that he would be happy to spend his life in a small flower shop. Upon hearing this, Makita teased him and asked if he was feeling ill.

As for Makita who plays Mami's meddling father, he said that there was a scene where he had to keep sending LINE messages to his daughter who read them but did not reply. When he finally got replies, he was so happy that he almost cried just like his character. In response, Kadowaki said that she couldn't reply as much as she wanted since she had to stay in character.

Source: Eiga.com

Completion screening event of new movie "Sekai wa kyou kara kimi no mono"

The completion screening event of new movie "Sekai wa kyou kara kimi no mono" was held on 5 July which was attended by the director Ozaki Masaya, cast members Kadowaki Mugi, Miura Takahiro and Hirukawa Yu as well as Fujiwara Sakura who sings the theme song for the movie. The movie will be shown in cinemas from 15 July.

Kadowaki plays the lead character Konuma Mami who has been shutting herself at home since she was in senior high school and spends all her time on manga and copying illustrations. At the recommendation of her father Eisuke (Makita Sports), she goes to work at a gaming company where she finds bugs in their products. One day, she helps to draw the illustrations in the game managed by her colleague Yabe Ryotaro (Miura Takahiro) and is recognised for her talent so she is asked to take on the job of drawing character illustrations. Mami develops feelings for Ryotaro and decides to face up to her own issues through her illustration work. Co-stars also include Hirukawa Yu and YOU.

The director revealed that he made this movie with the intention of doing a comedy featuring an unusual girl who is an introvert and discovers a new world through her talent. As such, he decided to choose Kadowaki to play the lead since they had worked together in the FujiTV drama "Black President" before when Ozaki wrote its script. On the other hand, Kadowaki commented that her character Mami is like the female version of Ozaki as she saw similarities between them during the filming e.g. a slightly hunched back. As for similarities with herself, Kadowaki cited the lack of interest in trends and the gap in how they treat the things which matter and don't matter to them.

As Miura who plays Mami's colleague had a lot of scenes with Kadowaki, he was asked about what kind of advice he had for people who needed to break out of their comfort zone. In response, Miura said that there was no need to do something drastic but rather, a small change will probably be sufficient. Upon hearing this, Kadowaki laughed and said that he has an interesting way of looking at things.

Source: Eiga.com

Kadowaki Mugi to star in new movie "Sekai wa kyou kara kimi no mono"

Kadowaki Mugi will be starring in the new movie "Sekai wa kyou kara kimi no mono" (The world will be yours from today onwards) which is due to be shown in cinemas from 15 July. The movie is an original story directed by scriptwriter Ozaki Masaya who has dramas such as "Ume-chan Sensei" and "Kekkon dekinai otoko" under his belt.

Kadowaki plays the lead character Konuma Mami who has been shutting herself at home since she was in senior high school and spends all her time on manga and copying illustrations. At the recommendation of her father Eisuke (Makita Sports), she goes to work at a gaming company where she finds bugs in their products. One day, she helps to draw the illustrations in the game managed by her colleague Yabe Ryotaro (Miura Takahiro) and is recognised for her talent so she is asked to take on the job of drawing character illustrations. Mami develops feelings for Ryotaro and decides to face up to her own issues through her illustration work. Co-stars also include Hirukawa Yu and YOU.

Source: Eiga.com