Live-Action Ao no Hana Utsuwa no Mori Casts Hayate Ichinose
The casting of a Ryusoulger veteran as the male lead and a former idol in the female lead sets the tone for NHK's fall Yorudora drama based on the completed ceramics romance manga.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
NHK announced that Hayate Ichinose will play male lead Tatsuki Manabe in the live-action series of Yuki Kodama's Ao no Hana Utsuwa no Mori manga. Rena Matsui also stars. The series premieres on NHK's Yorudora block this fall. The manga ran in Shogakukan's Flowers from March 2018 to March 2022.
The live-action adaptation of Yuki Kodama's Ao no Hana Utsuwa no Mori has its male lead. Hayate Ichinose, known for Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger, will play Tatsuki Manabe, the young man who visits a ceramics painter's studio in Hasami, a Nagasaki town known for pottery. Former SKE48 and Nogizaka46 idol Rena Matsui stars as the painter Aoko.
The series will air on NHK's Yorudora programming block this fall. The manga, serialized in Shogakukan's Flowers magazine, ended in March 2022 with its 10th compiled volume released that August. Kodama is also known for Sakamichi no Apollon, which previously received an anime and a live-action film.
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