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Ghibli's Joe Hisaishi Composes for In This Corner of the World Live-Action Series
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Staff, cast revealed for July series
The staff for the live-action television series Season of the Sun) is directing the series, and Yoshikazu Otada (Hyokko) is writing the script.
The cast includes:
Tohri Matsuzaka as Suzu's husband Shūsaku
- Sairi Itō as original character Sachiko Kariya
- Kaho Tsuchimura as Shino Dōmoto, a housewife whose husband is at the front
- Sayu Kubota as Suzu's younger sister Sumi
- Machiko Ono as Shūsaku's older sister Keiko Kuromura
- Tomorowo Taguchi as Shūsaku's father Entarō Hōjō
- Ran Itō as Shūsaku's mother San Hōjō
Filming will take place from early May to early September. The series will premiere in July and air Sundays at 9:00 p.m.
screened the film in the United States and Canada last August. Funimation describes the story:
The award-winning story of IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband's family. Suzu's life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II. Her perseverance and courage underpin this heart-warming and inspirational tale of the everyday challenges faced by the Japanese in the midst of a violent, war-torn country. This beautiful yet poignant tale shows that even in the face of adversity and loss, people can come together and rebuild their lives.
Before the anime film, the manga had already NTV in 2011 .
Kouno serialized the manga in released the manga last October.
inspired a live-action film in 2007.
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