Yukihiko Tsutsumi Film Hinata Opens in June With 20 Emerging Actors
The project turns a casting-company roundtable into a feature film with a large ensemble of new talent, and the trailer confirms a nonlinear mystery structure where the deceased's gender and personality change depending on who speaks.
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Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi's film "hinata," created with 20 emerging actors and based on a KOSEI STUDIO roundtable project, opens June 12 at Shimokita-Ekimae-Cinema "K2" and other theaters. The trailer shows actors reading eulogies for a deceased person named Hinata Okimura, whose identity shifts across accounts.
The film "hinata" will roll out sequentially from June 12 at Shimokita-Ekimae-Cinema "K2" and other theaters. Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi developed the project from a roundtable discussion hosted by KOSEI STUDIO, the film production arm of casting company KOSEI. Yusuke Moriguchi, who wrote "Kohaku" and "Beautiful Dreamer," wrote the original screenplay.
The story takes place at the funeral of Hinata Okimura. The emcee tells the 20 gathered mourners that everyone must read a eulogy. As friends, obsessive fans, and fellow idol-group members speak, the picture of Hinata Okimura changes: the deceased is described as a different personality and even a different gender depending on the speaker. Eiichi Ohtaki's song "Niagara Moon ga Mata Kagayakeba" appears as an insert song at Tsutsumi's request.
The cast includes Mami Abe, Maya Imaizumi, Sho Oizumi, Eriko Obe, Shuto Okumura, Marina Ozawa, Itsuki Kitamura, Taisei Kurokawa, Rio Shinkai, Shinya, Maina Chisa, Ryuto Tsunami, Tsuru, Rei Tomita, Megumi Nasuno, Yoshika Shinka, Tetsumaru Hagio, Kanata Yamato, Miharu Yoshihira, and Shoko Wakaki. Shiwa Hiroyama, who appeared in Tsutsumi's "Page30," also joins.
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