Based on the novel by Jun Ikeido, author of “Hanzawa Naoki”, the movie “Akira to Akira” starring Ryoma Takeuchi and Ryûsei Yokohama released a preview and announced that Toda Naho, Tôru Nomaguchi, Tetta Sugimoto, Miki Sakai, Kōichi Yamadera, Kenichi Yajima, etc. will co-star in the film. It will be released in Japan on August 26.
The film version, directed by Takahiro Miki and written by Natsuko Ikeda, tells the story of Akira Kaido (Ryûsei Yokohama), the second generation of a large corporation who is destined to succeed the president, and Akira Yamazaki (Ryoma Ryoma), who runs away from his father’s factory overnight but has a dream. Takeuchi), entered the bank together and became a newcomer in the same period for training and struggled in the great era before and after the collapse of the bubble economy.
“Akira to Akira” has been adapted into a TV series starring Osamu Mukai and Takumi Saitô, which aired in 2017.