On Monday, a press conference was held at the City Hall of Fujisawa, Kanagawa for a new movie titled Tobidase Shinsengumi!, starring former Morning Musume leader Risa Niigaki.
Niigaki, who mentioned her desire to expand her acting career after her graduation from the group on May 18th, was in attendance along with director Sho Nobushi and co-stars Toshiya Nagasawa and Akira Onodera.
The project will mark Niigaki’s first film role since 2010’s Gekijoban Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 3D.
The film’s story is based on a novel of the same name by Jotaro Kuwahara (Boku no Onna ni Te o Dasu na, Shinjuku Junai Monogatari) and involves an all-female theater troupe’s rehearsal of “Musical Shinsengumi Makoto” in which the real-life members of the of the Shinsengumi suddenly appear on stage from the late Edo period.
Niigaki will play a troupe member named Noriko who’s performing as...
Niigaki, who mentioned her desire to expand her acting career after her graduation from the group on May 18th, was in attendance along with director Sho Nobushi and co-stars Toshiya Nagasawa and Akira Onodera.
The project will mark Niigaki’s first film role since 2010’s Gekijoban Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 3D.
The film’s story is based on a novel of the same name by Jotaro Kuwahara (Boku no Onna ni Te o Dasu na, Shinjuku Junai Monogatari) and involves an all-female theater troupe’s rehearsal of “Musical Shinsengumi Makoto” in which the real-life members of the of the Shinsengumi suddenly appear on stage from the late Edo period.
Niigaki will play a troupe member named Noriko who’s performing as...
- 5/29/2012
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