More cast members announced for “Akko-chan: The Movie”

By kevin on April 13, 2012 at 11:41am EDT

Yesterday, the supporting cast of Taisuke Kawamura’s Akko-chan: The Movie was revealed to Japanese media via press release.

The film is a live-action adaptation of Fujio Akatsuka’s classic “Himitsu no Akko-chan” manga series (1962-1965) about a 10-year-old girl who receives a magical mirror which lets her transform into whatever she wishes. In this live-action version, Haruka Ayase stars as Akko-chan after using the mirror to transform herself into a 22-year-old woman.

It was previously known that Masaki Okada would play Naoto Hayase, an elite employee of a cosmetics company Akko-chan begins working for.

The newly-announced additions include Teruyuki Kagawa as the spirit of the magical mirror, Shosuke Tanihara and Kazue Fukiishi as fellow company employees, Muga Tsukaji as a security guard who befriends Akko-chan, and Ren Osugi as the company’s former president.

Smaller supporting roles include Riko Yoshida as 10-year-old Akko-chan, Keiko Horiuchi as her mother, Shungicu Uchida as the prime minister’s wife, Mika Hijii as a senior office worker, and Hayato Kakizawa as a schoolteacher.

And finally, Masako Motai and Takeshi Kaga will both play characters which become key to the film’s story.

“Akko-chan: The Movie” will be released by Shochiku in Japan on September 1, 2012.

Source: Cinema Today