Directed bei Fumihiko Sori ("Ping Pong), but this time with a girl in the leading role!
22-year old Haruka Ayase has become famous for gravure-modelling in various idols-magazines, plus playing the character of Aki in the TV-Series-Version of japanese box-office smashing tear-jerker “Crying out love in the center of the world”.
Furthermore there’s no stunt-doubles for action-scenes. Or so they say. Instead Haruka Ayase had to take swordfighting lessons for a year.
Doesn’t look too bad:
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Behind the scenes video
Currently there’s not too much information around, but I will keep an eye open and post it up here, in case I find some. And you’ll certainly forgive me for posting some off-topic propaganda concerning Haruka Ayase in person:
She’s nice enough to make me want to watch it, though if it turns out to be a close spin-off, I don’t think even Haruka could save it. Katsu means a lot to me. He’s an actor as important as Mifune. I thought Kitano pulled it off. But a lesser filmmaker couldn’t.