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King & Prince's Nagase Ren to lead the upcoming Japanese movie “Mayonaka Otome Senso”
King & Prince's Nagase Ren to lead the upcoming Japanese film "Mayonaka Otome Senso" (aka “Midnight Maiden War”) and will co-star with Emoto Tasuku and Ikeda Elaiza.
Based on author F's novel of the same name, the film will be written and helmed by Ninomiya Ken. Filming was scheduled to take place in the suburbs of Tokyo from late March to April and is set for a winter 2022 release.
Nagase Ren takes on the role of "I," a university student who moved to Tokyo and is living alone for the first time. I has no friends. I has no girlfriend. The lectures at the university were horribly boring, and I was always looking at Tokyo Tower on the way back from his laborious job. While being attracted to the ruthless, dignified and intelligent "Senior," played by Ikeda Elaiza, whom he meets in the "Hide and Seek Circle" that he secretly falls in love with. Meanwhile, I meets a man called "Black Suit," played by Emoto Tasuku, who is an extremely charismatic and mysterious person. Little did "I" know that the two people he met would bring excitement to his mundane, humdrum existence.
Nagase Ren previously starred in the 2020 film "Yowamushi Pedal" which gained him a nomination for the Rookie Actor of the Year award on the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize. Ikeda Elaiza has been very active during the past year, she appeared in 5 dramas and a movie and even made her directorial debut with the film "Town Without Sea." Emoto Tasuku declared that this film would be the first time he would work on a project together with director Ninomiya Ken stating "First times are always scary, but I also think of them as something interesting. I will do my best."
Nagase Ren Comment Video (in Japanese)
