Kento Yamazaki and Haruna Kawaguchi star in the manga adaptation, ONE WEEK FRIENDS. Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co. © 2017 Matcha Hazuki/SQUARE ENIX, “ONE WEEK FRIENDS” Film Partners ? Author / Matcha HazukiSource: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: ichifure.jp (Japan)
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© 2017 Matcha Hazuki/SQUARE ENIX, “ONE WEEK FRIENDS” Film Partners ? Author / Matcha HazukiShochiku Co., Ltd. presents ONE WEEK FRIENDS (????????, Isshuukan Furenzu.), an "innocent, heart-rending pure love story" based on a best-selling manga of the same name by Maccha Hazuki. The film stars Kento Yamazaki (DEATH NOTE television series, LOVE FOR BEGINNERS, L?DK – LIVING TOGETHER, WOLF GIRL & BLACK PRINCE) and Haruna Kawaguchi (SAY “I LOVE YOU”, TIME TRIP APP, CREEPY). Yuki Hase (Kento Yamazaki) wants to be friends with his high school classmate Kaori Fujimiya (Haruna Kawaguchi) who always keeps to herself. One day he takes the courage to talk to her but she tells him, “I lose all memory of my friends at the end of each week”. Still eager to befriend Kaori, Yuki approaches her every Monday when her memory is reset, “Please be friends with me!” They slowly build up their friendship by exchanging a diary. But one day... CREDITS Japanese Release Date: Saturday, February 18, 2017 (Nationwide Roadshow) Running Time: 120 Minutes Cast Yuki Hase: Kento Yamazaki Kaori Fujimiya: Haruna Kawaguchi Shogo Kiryu: Takashi Matsuo Hajime Kujo: Shuhei Uesugi Saki Yamagishi: Haori Takahashi Mayu Kondo: Seika Furuhata Fumi: Sairi Ito Takayuki: Masahiro Komoto Shiho Fujimiya: Sayuri Kokusho Keisuke Okada Kanzaki: Ryo Iwase Jun Inoue: Shigeyuki Totsugi Staff Director: Shosuke Murakami Original Story: One Week Friends by Matcha Hazuki (Published in Joker by Gangan Comics/Square Enix) Screenwriter: Yoko Izumisawa Producers: Yoshitaka Ishizuka, Fumi Teranishi, Masayuki Sekiya Cinematographer: Nobushige Fujimoto Music: Yutaka Yamada Production Partners: “ONE WEEK FRIENDS” Film Partners (Shochiku, Kinoshita Group, Nippon Television Network, Asmik Ace, Square Enix, Ken On Inc., Fuji Creative Corporation) Production and Distribution: Shochiku © 2017 Matcha Hazuki/SQUARE ENIX, “ONE WEEK FRIENDS” Film Partners ? Author / Matcha Hazuki
Logo courtesy of Shochiku Co. © 2017 Matcha Hazuki/SQUARE ENIX, “ONE WEEK FRIENDS” Film Partners ? Author / Matcha HazukiAbout Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Shochiku traces its origins to 1895 when Takejiro Otani presented his first stage play. They also produced the first color motion picture in Japan, and have expanded into TV dramas, video contents, Kabuki presentation, theater operations, and real estate. The company has become a symbol of enduring tradition as the exclusive promoter of the Kabuki theater in Japan as well as widely known as the creator of the world’s longest-running feature film series TORA-SAN. The company is making all possible efforts to develop business in various fields, including multimedia and co-productions, across generation, national, and cultural borders.