Nao Minamisawa added to cast of “Threads of Destiny”

If you read my article on the TV drama “Shiori to Shimiko no Kaiki Jikenbo”, then you know I really think highly of actress Nao Minamisawa and I’m totally convinced she’s going to be a big deal. So needless to say I was mildly excited when the news broke earlier today that she’s been cast in the lead role of Threads of Destiny (Akai Ito), an upcoming movie based on a popular mobile phone novel. As Tokyograph reported back in April, the story will be split between a Fuji TV television drama and a Shochiku-produced movie with both being directed by Fuji TV’s Shosuke Murakami and featuring the same cast.

Minamisawa will play the lead role of Mei. She says she’s nervous about the prospect of starring in a movie, but really excited at the same time and she’ll give it her all with reckless abandon. Mei’s love interest Atsushi will be played by Junpei Mizobata (Dive!!). Also added to the cast were relative newcomers Ryo Kimura, Rei Okamoto, Tomo Yanagishita, Anna Oshibashi, and Nanami Sakuraba. The film’s theme song will be handled by the band HY, who take their name from the initials of their hometown Higashi Yakena.

Coinciding with cast announcements, the official website [edit: dead link removed] for the film posted some behind-the-scenes footage of Minamisawa which you can check out here [edit: dead link removed]. I posted the teaser below the break, but since it was made before they announced the cast publicly, you can probably guess how vague it is.

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