Cast for the upcoming movie, Naoko ( http://www.naoko-movie.com/ ):

From Tokyograph:
The comic, which was serialized in Big Comic Spirits from 1993 to 2001, tells the story of a gifted young runner named Yusuke Iki. When he was a child, his father died trying to save a girl, Naoko Shinomiya. The two meet again unexpectedly, as Naoko has become a track and field club manager.

Although Haruma Miura will play the central role of Yusuke, Ueno is being billed as the film's lead, taking on the part of the title character. Interestingly, it has been noted that Ueno was herself a member of the track and field club until she entered show business in junior high; this film marks her "return" to the track after seven years.

Other cast members include Tsurube Shofukutei. Director Tomoyuki Furumaya ("Robocon") is helming the pic.

hmmm... this looks interesting. of course, juri-chan is in it!

pinkroma wrote:

hmmm... this looks interesting. of course, juri-chan is in it!

Yup.

That's enough to make me interested.

interesting to see that Yusuke's brother isn't in the movie.

in the manga, the older brother, Daisuke, had a crush on Naoko whereas Naoko liked Yusuke.

noblsheep wrote:

interesting to see that Yusuke's brother isn't in the movie. in the manga, the older brother, Daisuke, had a crush on Naoko whereas Naoko liked Yusuke.

Hmm.

When is it going to be released?

qnuy wrote:

When is it going to be released?

I read Spring 2008.

bmwracer wrote:

I read Spring 2008.

qnuy wrote:

It'll be worth the wait if it's good, ne?

And there's English subtitles.

Trailers for the movie: http://www.naoko-movie.com/trailer/index_tokuho.html

Looks like the movie will debut February 16, 2008.

and then another half year wait for the dvd

noblsheep wrote:

and then another half year wait for the dvd

If there's English subs, I can wait.

Movie scenes.

bmwracer wrote:

If there's English subs, I can wait.

haha..me too

japanese movies don't have English subtitles recently

qnuy wrote:

haha..me too japanese movies don't have English subtitles recently

I guess it depends if they plan to release it internationally for film festivals like Cannes...

New Stage6 videos for Naoko:

http://tinyurl.com/2vv623

http://tinyurl.com/2wrbv4

bmwracer wrote:

New Stage6 videos for Naoko: http://tinyurl.com/2vv623 http://tinyurl.com/2wrbv4

All your pix say bandwith exceeded....