Aoi Morikawa is cast in upcoming period film “Hana Ikusa” starring Mansai Nomura, Kamejiro Ichikawa, Kiichi Nakai, Kuranosuke Sasaki and Koichi Sato. Movie is based on 2011 novel “Hana Ikusa” by Tadashi Onitsuka and directed by Tetsuo Shinohara (“Terminal“). Story for the film follows a battle between Monk Senko Ikenobo (Mansai Nomura) and ruler Hideyoshi Toyotomi (Kamejiro Ichikawa). Aoi Morikawa will play female character Ren. Her character is a genius level artist and she is an original character to the movie (not found in the original novel).
“Hana Ikusa” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
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