Shingo Natsume's Ghost／Night's End Adds Tsuda, Yasumoto, Kamiya
Natsume built this film as his own original theatrical work at Madhouse, and the three added cast slots map cleanly onto the film's two worlds: the network Nike is drawn into and the observatory where she is assigned.
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Shingo Natsume's original feature ghost／Night's End opens in Japan on February 11, 2027, with Madhouse producing. Kenjiro Tsuda plays Mobius Dick, creator of the virtual network Orthverse, who contacts the protagonist Nike (Mayu Hotta). Hiroki Yasumoto and Hiroshi Kamiya play Karate and Ito, childhood friends of Masu (Issei Takahashi). A Hitsujibungaku collaboration ticket card, 2,000 copies, goes on sale first at the band's November 10 and 11 Yoyogi shows.
Natsume's film is set in a near-future where labor is no longer necessary and people are screened at 18 to decide whether they are needed. Nike was screened at 15. Tsuda's Mobius Dick runs the virtual reality network Orthverse, and his interest in Nike is the point where that network touches her.
Yasumoto's Karate manages the origami crane department at the observatory where Nike works. Kamiya's Ito is a mental coach there for people unsure how to live. Both are childhood friends of Masu, the character carrying a deep loss, played by Issei Takahashi. Hitsujibungaku wrote six songs for the theme and inserts; Taiku Kimishima scored the film.
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