Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Akimi Yoshida’s “Umimachi Diary” Manga Gets Live-action Film


Akimi Yoshida’s “Umimachi Diary” Manga Gets Live-action Film



It was confirmed yesterday on May 27 that a live-action adaptation film of Akimi Yoshida’s awards-winning manga Umimachi Diary (Seaside Town Diary) is in the works for a release of early summer of 2015. The manga won an Excellence Award for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2007 and Manga Taisho (Cartoon Grand Prize) in 2013. It has been serialized in Shogakukan’s Monthly Flowers randomly since its August 2006 issue and now five tankobon volumes are available in Japan. It is also published in France by Kana under the title of Kamakura Diary.



The story is set in Kamakura-city, Kanagawa Prefecture, and revolves around three Kouda sisters, Sachi, Yoshino, Chika, with their half sister Suzu Asano. After the unexpected death of their father who divorced their mother and left the family 15 years ago, they decide to live as a four-sister family in the seaside town.



51-year-old acclaimed director Hirokazu Koreeda helms the live-action adaptation. His 2013 film Soshite


Chichi ni Naru (Like Father, Like Son) starring Masaharu Fukuyama won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes


Film Festival and the Rogers People’s Choice Award at the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival. This


is his second manga adaptation film following Kuuki Ningyo (Air Doll) in 2009, which was based on Yoshiie


Gouda’s manga of the same name.



The cover of the July 2014 issue of Monthly Flowers announcing the news




The covers of the tankobon volume 1&2




Volume 3&4




Volume 5




Source: Comic Natalie



© Akimi Yoshida/Shogakukan Inc.



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