Filming began today for the adaptation of the novel Shikisoku Zenereishon by author Jun Miura. Taking the helm for only his second time in his career is noted actor Tomorowo Taguchi [Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Full Metal Yakuza, Dead or Alive and Doing Time]. The two were former band mates and this will be the second time that Tomorowo will adapt one of his friend's works. It has been five years since Tomorowo's debut film Iden & Tity. Not much is knows about the cast right now. What we do know is another friend of Jun Miura's, Lily Franky, will playing the role of the father of the main character and former teen idol Hori Chiemi will play the mother. Mukai Kosuke, who wrote the screenplays for Linda, Linda, Linda and Shindo penned the screenplay.
Set in the 1970s, the story revolves around a Bob Dylan-worshiping virgin in his first year at a Buddhist high school who lives a pampered life with his caring parents (played by Hori and Franky) but struggles to cope with his teenage neuroses. One summer he heads off with his friends to Shimane’s Okinoshima, rumored to be an “island of free sex”…
