Fuju Kamio and Nanase Nishino are cast for lead roles in live-action film “Koi wa Hikari.” Also cast in major supproting character roles are Yuna Taira and Fumika Baba. The film is based on manga series “Koi wa Hikari” by Akieda and directed by Keiichi Kobayashi (“He Won’t Kill, She Won’t Die“). For the film, Fuju Kamio will play university student Saijo and Nanase Nishino will play university student Kitashiro, who has been friends with Saijo since they were children. Saijo has an unusual special ability to see sparkles around a woman that is in love.
“Koi wa Hikari” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Saijo (Fuju Kamio) is a university student with a special ability. Whenever he sees a woman in love, he can see bright sparkles around that woman.
Kitashiro (Nanase Nishino) is Saijo’s childhood friend. Kitashiro tells Saijo that she has feelings for him, but Saijo tells her he doesn’t see any sparkles around her. This makes her frustrated. At that time, their school mate Yadorigi (Fumika Baba) approaches Saijo, because she believes Saijo is Kitashiro’s boyfriend. Yadorigi has a bad habit of approaching guys who are already in a relationship and trying to seduce him.
Meanwhile, Saijo happens to meet Shinonome (Yuna Taira). They exchange a diary with writings about what love is. Kitashiro attempts to disrupt the budding relationship between Saijo and Shinonome.
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