Trailer - Into the White Night (Byakuyako)

The official website for Yoshihiro Fukagawa’s upcoming film adaptation of Into the White Night (Byakuyako) has been updated with a full trailer.

The film is based on a crime story by Keigo Higashino which was originally serialized in the Shueisha literary magazine Shousetsu Subaru for two years from 1997. It was previously adapted to an 2006 TBS drama which starred Haruka Ayase and Takayuki Yamada.

Plot: As children, Yukiho (Horikita Maki) and Ryoji (Kengo Kora) each murder one of their parents to protect the other. Now young adults, they go to extreme measures to protect their mutual secret, even if it means bringing misery to those around them. Eiichiro Funakoshi plays a detective who was involved in the original case and has been closely monitoring the pair as they’ve grown up.

Gaga Communications will be releasing “Into the White Night”  in Japan on January 29, 2011.

Thanks to logboy for the heads up.