Kota Nomura and Juri Uesaka Lead Live-Action Fukakoryoku no I LOVE YOU
The casting puts two performers who have only shared a TV commercial into their first roles as a couple, carrying a manga whose selling point is what happens after the confession rather than the chase.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Kota Nomura and Juri Uesaka will co-star in the live-action film of Mizuki Hoshino's manga Fukakoryoku no I LOVE YOU, opening in Japan on March 5, 2027. Nomura plays Wataru Watatani, the basketball ace whose devotion turns possessive, and Uesaka plays Kodama Hoshinagi, who confesses to end her unrequited love. The manga has passed 1.8 million copies in circulation. Yuka Yasukawa directs, Haruka Okita writes the screenplay.
Nomura and Uesaka have appeared together in a TV commercial, but this is their first time playing a couple. The story starts where most romances stop: Hoshinagi confesses to end her unrequited feelings, and Watatani, her senior and the basketball club's ace, answers by proposing they try dating. From there the film follows the fluttering and the misunderstandings of an actual relationship.
Hoshino said she read the script and found the film-only setups and developments fresh, and that she looks forward to seeing the two characters breathe and fall in love in live action. Yasukawa directs from Okita's screenplay.
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