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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Okinawan Gekijoban Tempest Movie


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Yukie Nakama
“Gekijoban Tempest 3D” is scheduled to open in theaters on January 28, 2012


The NHK historical drama “Tempest” is going to get a 3-D movie in theaters next year. Nakama Yukie will remain in the starring role, along with fellow cast members such as Tanihara Shosuke, Tsukamoto Takashi, Takaoka Saki, GACKT, and Okuda Eiji. Amuro Namie’s song “Tempest” will be the theme song.

The Tempest, based on a 2008 best-seller novel with the same title authored by Ikegami Eiichi. The Tempest sets in the period towards the end of Ryukyu Kingdom dynasty (a kingdom that ruled most Okinawa islands from the 15th to 19th century). Nakama Yukie will be playing the leading character, Mazuru, a common young girl in the kingdom who feels unfairness treatment towards women. She feel it is unfair that woman cannot complete their study. 


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And so, taking advantage of the disappearance of her step brother, she disguises as man named Son Neion, and passed the exam to be the royal govenrment's official. Yamamoto Koji will be playing the role of Mazuru's love interest, whom Mazuru will have a forbidden romance with. Namase Katsuhisa will be playing the role of Son Neion's enemy in the royal palace. The drama series currently airs on NHK BS-Premium and will end on September 18. The movie is reported to be a two-and-a-half-hour edit of the drama series, with no plans for new footage to be shot. 


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