Erina Mano debuting in a new horror movie to premiere in Los Angeles -UPDATE-
Posted by Kevin Ouellette on May 27, 2010 5:21pm EDT (2 years ago)
Filed under: Horror, Future releases, Cast updates, Movie announcements
Note: This article was originally posted on 4/29. Skip to the bottom for the most recent update.
It’s been known for a few weeks now that Hello! Project pop star and idol Erina Mano (19) would be visiting Los Angeles to be guest at Anime Expo 2010, thanks to this tweet by Tokyograph. Now further details of her trip have been revealed. During her visit, an advance screening will be held for a new horror movie called Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Kaiki (no word yet on the English title) which marks Mano’s debut as a film actress.
The movie was directed by Makoto Shinozaki (Tokyo-jima) and is based on two short films, “Tsukimono” and “Nozomi”, from the omnibus horror television series “Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro”. The original series was broadcast on BS-TBS in 2003 and consisted of around 100 short films directed by major names in J-horror such as Norio Tsuruta (Orochi: Blood) and Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on). Mano will reportedly play two different roles in the film version.
“Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Kaiki” is distributed by King Records. After Anime Expo (AX), which will take place in LA from July 1-4, it will be released at Theater N Shibuya in September 2010 with a nation-wide release to follow.
Source: Cinema Today
Update (5/27): New details! Although the film will be screened at AX on July 2nd, that will not be the official world premiere and Mano will not be in attendance for that showing. The premiere, as well as a secondary screening, will take place at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on July 1st. Mano will be in attendance for both of those and will also perform twice. Please see this post on Facebook for full details of the event. Also updated post title to avoid future confusion.
Update (5/28): The AX screening has been canceled entirely due to scheduling concerns, but the premiere is still on. See this post for details.
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