Kamen Rider Fourze's Kisaragi Gentaro, Fukushi Sota is announced to play another lead role in Kanae Hazuki's popular manga "Sukitte Iinayo" or Say "I Love You" live-action film adaptation with Ouran High School Host Club's Fujioka Haruhi, Kawaguchi Haruna.

Say "I Love You" is a story about 16-year old high school girl, Tachibana Mei (Kawaguchi) who never made friends nor have a boyfriend until such day when she accidentally injures Kurosawa Yamato (Fukushi) who happens to be the most popular guy in school. With that encounter, Yamato got interested in Mei and declared that he has intentions of making friends with her though one-sided. He also happened to kiss Mei in order to protect her from a stalker.

The production hopes to make the movie very interesting that will make the viewers want to "kiss and fall in love" leading them to give focus on the directions for the kissing scenes.

"The ideal shiny school life in the original manga gave me a heart-wringing feeling. Since I never experienced such things in my high school days, I was envious about it. I think it would be the movie that you could get courage from Mei-chan," says Kawaguchi.

And Fukushi even commented, "I need to meet the expectation of the fans of the original manga, and I also would like to do my best to play 'Yamato', the most handsome guy in the school."

Other cast includes Ichikawa Tomohiro (Otomen, Silver Spoon), Adachi Rika (Giga Tokyo Toy Box), Nagase Tasuku (Ouran High School Host Club), Nishizaki Rima (Stella Women Academy), Yamamoto Ryosuke (HanaKimi 2011) and Yagi Arisa.

The film is written and directed by Hyuga Asako (Forgotten Dreams, Morisaki Shoten no Hibi). The filming has begun since last Monday, supposed to be done by mid-February and scheduled to open in summer of 2014.


via ToyoHive and Anime News Network