by The movie “Holic xxxHOLiC,” starring actors Ryunosuke Kamiki (28) and Kou Shibasaki (40), will be released nationwide from April 29, next year (2022) as a jointly distributed work by Shochiku and Asmik Ace. It was announced. “It was finally completed after overcoming various things,” reports Mika Ninagawa, the director. “I think I’ve come up with a new expression, guided by the power of the original,” she commented.
The original is a comic of the same name by CLAMP, a creative group consisting of four women, Igarashi Kanzuki, Okawa Nanase, Nekoi Tsubaki, and Mokona, who depict paranormal phenomena with aesthetic visuals and have become charismatic—serialized in “Magazine” from 2003 to 2010). It will be the first live-action movie of a popular comic made into a novel, animation, live-action drama, and stage.
A lonely high school student who can see “Ayakashi” who is close to the darkness of the human heart, Kimihiro Watanuki, the mysterious mistress of [Mise] who can fulfill any wish Shibasaki plays Yuko Hara (Yuko Ichihara). The double-starring role of Kamiki and Shibasaki has been since the TV drama “Dr. Cotto Clinic” (Fuji TV), which appeared when Kamiki was ten years old.
28-year-old Kamiki delicately plays the role of a lonely high school student who wants to live an everyday life by keeping a distance from people due to his unique ability to see “Ayakashi” close to the darkness of the human heart. Play powerfully. In this work, we also challenge the action full of VFX. Pay attention to the confrontation scene with “Ayakashi.”
Kamiki said, “I never thought I would be allowed to appear in the” xxxHOLiC “expressed by Mika Ninagawa … I was pleased. I wonder if it’s okay for me to get into Mika-san’s worldview. I thought, but he kindly welcomed me. Thank you very much! I was happy to co-star with Kou Shibasaki when I was in elementary school and to work with him again. “
Meanwhile, Shibasaki embodies a mysteriously beautiful woman who sees her ability on April 1 and offers to fulfill his wishes in exchange for her price, with her exotic beauty and her outstanding acting ability. Do.
Shibasaki said, “It blends into the image created by a person with a unique color beauty called” Mika Ninagawa. “I have already enjoyed the world view from the time of fitting and makeup test before crank-in. Every time I reread the original, the image of “April 1” overlapped with Mr. Ryunosuke Kamiki, and it was exactly the appearance of “April 1” at the scene. “April 1” and Yuko’s wonder I think that the relationship was naturally created. As a movie, rather than watching it silently, I think it is a work that you can enjoy more if you can watch it while talking about various arts such as interior decoration, costumes, makeup, hair. I hope that people who like fashion will also see it. “
Director Nagikawa, who has been a fan of the original since its publication, has been eager to make it into a movie for about ten years and has warmed up the concept. Fumitsugu Ikeda (Shochiku), who the director consulted, said, “I want to make” xxxHOLiC “a movie!” I thought that this was the only person who could express this in a live-action movie, and I worked with great respect so as not to spoil these two essences, the beauty of the original artistic picture and the profound message. “
The visual lifted this time is the one that Director Nagikawa himself took when shooting the movie. Yuko, who leads April 1, smiles bewitchingly, and it is one of the ultimate pieces that raises expectations for the world view of “Holic xxxHOLiC” unique to director Nagikawa.
Director Nagikawa said, “When it’s over, I feel a certain kind of” certainty “that can be released at this time. We, who experienced the moment when the world changed with noise, are now told in” xxxHOLiC. “Being more infiltrated. “Everyone in this world is involved with someone and shares something. You choose yourself. The future is beyond each choice.” I think I’ve come up with a new expression while being guided by the power of the film. I’ve done it, “he reports in confident words.
