Wednesday 28 September 2016

Nishikido Ryo up coming dorama: Hitsuji no Ki



Nishikido Ryo upcoming drama is 'Hitsuji no Ki'

A live-action film adaptation of Tatsuhiko Yamagami and Mikio Igarashi’s “Hitsuji no Ki” (The Sheep’s Tree) manga has officially been announced! Ryo Nishikido has landed the lead role of “Hajime Tsukisue”, a kind-hearted public servant who has knowledge of a special government project hidden from the public.


Profile
Movie: Sheep's Tree (literal title)
Romaji: Hitsuji no Ki
Japanese: 羊の木
Director: Daihachi Yoshida
Writer: Tatsuhiko Yamagami (writer), Mikio Igarashi (illustrator)

Release Date: 2018

Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
6 strangers move into the decaying port city of Uobuka and the city clerk Hajime Tsukisue (Ryo Nishikido) receives an order to accept them. Around this time, Fumi (Fumino Kimura), who graduated from the same high school as Hajime, comes back to Uobuka. Something seems amiss about the 6 strangers. They act uncomfortable and do not look normal. They also have a suspicious companion.

Hajime learns more shocking details about the 6 strangers. These strangers are ex-prisoners who all committed murder. Due to a new parole system, the 6 prisoners are relocated to Uobuka. The residents are not supposed to know about their criminal backgrounds, but the residents' lives begin to change due to the strangers.

Notes
Based on the manga series "Hitsuji no Ki" written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami & illustrated by Mikio Igarashi (published from 2011 to 2014 in bi-weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine Evening).
Filming begins October 2016.


Cast
Ryo Nishikido - Hajime Tsukisue
Fumino Kimura - Fumi
Kazuki Kitamura - Katsushi Sugiyama
Yuka - Rieko Ota
Mikako Ichikawa - Kiyomi Kurimoto
Shingo Mizusawa - Hiroki Fukumoto
Min Tanaka - Shigeru Ono
Ryuhei Matsuda - Ichiro Miyakoshi



credit to asianwiki.com

2 comments:

ChadaB said...

Thanks for Ryo's news.

Lybrint said...

You are welcome ^_^
Patient with upcoming news on Ryo ne *wink*