On Tuesday, Keiko Kitagawa revealed on her blog that she’s done filming Paradise Kiss, the much-anticipated live-action adaptation of Ai Yazawa’s manga of the same name.
Kitagawa thanked everyone involved in the shoot, while adding that her next stop will be the hair salon where she can finally get her hair cut. The shoot had been going on for three months, a fairly long haul for modern Japanese films, so she hasn’t been able to make any changes to her appearance until now.
In addition to Paradise Kiss, Kitagawa also had major roles in “Shikeidai no Elevator” and “Matataki” earlier this year. Combine that with her commercial work and numerous fashion magazine shoots, and she’s barely had any time to rest. And although she’s admitted in recent blog entries that her schedule has been pretty grueling lately, she doesn’t plan on taking a break anytime soon.
Kitagawa thanked everyone involved in the shoot, while adding that her next stop will be the hair salon where she can finally get her hair cut. The shoot had been going on for three months, a fairly long haul for modern Japanese films, so she hasn’t been able to make any changes to her appearance until now.
In addition to Paradise Kiss, Kitagawa also had major roles in “Shikeidai no Elevator” and “Matataki” earlier this year. Combine that with her commercial work and numerous fashion magazine shoots, and she’s barely had any time to rest. And although she’s admitted in recent blog entries that her schedule has been pretty grueling lately, she doesn’t plan on taking a break anytime soon.
- 10/27/2010
- Nippon Cinema
A trailer has been released for Itsumichi Isomura‘s Matataki, the latest film from the in-house production and distribution company of the utterly stacked talent agency Stardust Promotion.
Based on a novel by Len Kawahara, the film stars Keiko Kitagawa as Izumi, a young woman who’s blissfully in love with her art student boyfriend, Junichi (Masaki Okada). One day while returning from a trip to view the cherry blossoms, their bike collides with a truck inside a tunnel, with only Izumi surviving the accident. However, the incident is so traumatizing to Izumi that the memory of it has been completely blocked out of her mind. Overcome with sorrow and wondering why she was the only one to survive, Izumi seizes the chance to piece it all together with the help of a lawyer named Makiko (Nene Otsuka). Despite her fear, Izumi is determined to unlock the memory of her final moments with Junichi.
Based on a novel by Len Kawahara, the film stars Keiko Kitagawa as Izumi, a young woman who’s blissfully in love with her art student boyfriend, Junichi (Masaki Okada). One day while returning from a trip to view the cherry blossoms, their bike collides with a truck inside a tunnel, with only Izumi surviving the accident. However, the incident is so traumatizing to Izumi that the memory of it has been completely blocked out of her mind. Overcome with sorrow and wondering why she was the only one to survive, Izumi seizes the chance to piece it all together with the help of a lawyer named Makiko (Nene Otsuka). Despite her fear, Izumi is determined to unlock the memory of her final moments with Junichi.
- 3/18/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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