Non-samurai period drama "Akane-zora" premiere event in a museum

Human period dramas, not focusing on sword-swinging side of samurai, are staple in Japanese classic literature, lead by great novelists such as Shuhei Fujisawa ("Twilight Samurai") and Shugoro Yamamoto, and this newer novelist Ichirki Yamamoto is sometimes called the successor of their tradition.

His novel "Akane-zora" (literally "Crimson Sky") has been made into a film, with director Masaki Hamamoto, cast members Masaaki Uchino and Miki Nakatani.  Masahiro Shinoda, who declared to retire from film directing after "Spy Sorge", took up planning and wrote screenplay together with Hamamoto.

The story is about a tofu maker and his wife in Edo period, who try to start their small business in Edo with each other's help, and depicts the family ties in this simple period.

The premiere event was held in Tokyo Edo Museum that displays lots of materials from Edo period (mid 17th - mid 19th century).  Uchino is trained as live stage actor, but also is well known for his leading role in the year-round historical drama "Furinkazan", currently aired on NHK, and Nakatani is the winner of this year's Japan Academy Best Actress in her leading role in "Memories of Matsuko".  If not everything else, I am curious to see this movie, just because of this pair of hot actor/actress.

See video clip from the event HERE.

Source:  Cinema Topic Online, Dunk