The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Setona Mizushiro's The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese (Kyūso wa Cheese no Yume o Miru) and The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice (Sōjo no Koi wa Nido Haneru) manga has shared an illustrated version of the film's poster drawn by manga creator Setona Mizushiro herself.
A message from Setona Mizushiro:
"Upon making this film, I had a premonition that the characters won't be beautified and would be properly filmed as real people. That prediction came true, and I think it turned out to be a really happy live-action film. Okura-san and Narita-san did a great job of capturing the essence of the characters. I highly recommend watching this film."
The film's new premiere date is September 11.
The film was previously delayed from its original June 5 premiere due to COVID-19.
The film will adapt both the The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese manga and The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice sequel manga.
Phantom Film streamed a new version of the film's trailer that has the new opening date.
Tadayoshi Okura and Ryō Narita star in the film as Kyōichi Ōtomo and Wataru Imagase.
A message from Setona Mizushiro:
"Upon making this film, I had a premonition that the characters won't be beautified and would be properly filmed as real people. That prediction came true, and I think it turned out to be a really happy live-action film. Okura-san and Narita-san did a great job of capturing the essence of the characters. I highly recommend watching this film."
The film's new premiere date is September 11.
The film was previously delayed from its original June 5 premiere due to COVID-19.
The film will adapt both the The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese manga and The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice sequel manga.
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The tagline for the film is:
"Suki de, Suki de, Kurushikute, Shiawase" (I love you, I love you, painful, and happy).
Phantom Film streamed a new version of the film's trailer that has the new opening date.
Tadayoshi Okura and Ryō Narita star in the film as Kyōichi Ōtomo and Wataru Imagase.
The other cast members include:
Shiori Yoshida as Tamaki Okamura, Kyōichi's colleague at work who has a crush on him
Honami Satō as Natsuki, Kyōichi's ex-girlfriend in college
Noriko Kohara as Ruriko Ide, Kyōichi's mistress
Miyu Sakihi as Chikako Ōtomo, Kyōichi's wife
Isao Yukisada is directing the film, with a script written by Anne Horiizumi.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed both The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese manga and The Carp on the Chopping Block Jumps Twice sequel, and describes the story as:
Ootomo Kyoichi, a weak-willed salaryman in a troubled marriage, is cheating on his wife. To his surprise, his wife hires a private eye to expose his affair–and the private eye is none other than Imagase, an underclassman Kyoichi knew in college. Imagase explains that he's gay and always had a crush on Kyoichi, so he offers to hide the infidelity in exchange for the make-out session he'd always fantasized about back in college. Kyoichi reluctantly agrees, thinking it will save his marriage, but things with Imagase soon spiral out of control.
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