According to the Japanese media Modelpress, Takikui’s youth romance manga "Side Ear Listen" is adapted from a live-action movie, telling the original story ten years after the comic version. Naina Kiyono plays Tsukishima Shizuku, who gave up her dream of becoming a novelist and becomes a children's novel editor, and Matsuzaka Momori plays For Seiji Amazawa who dreams of living overseas, the film is directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa , who directed works such as "White Night Walk" and "The Blues of Stepmother and Daughter" .
original manga was published in the girl's manga magazine "RIBON" in 1989. It tells the story of the encounter and love between Shizuku, a third-year high school student who is still immersed in novel creation despite facing college exams, and Seiji who aims to be a violinist. In 1995, the feature-length animation was adapted by Studio Ghibli, and the box office revenue reached 1.85 billion yen. The live-action movie tells the story of the original ten years later. Ten years after Seiji and Shizuku agreed to go to Italy after their marriage, they became adults who were no longer so persistent in love and dreams. Unknowingly, the two also developed a distance, but Shizuku I want to regain my feeling at the time.
recent years, starred in "I'm Big Brother! ", "Half, Blue" , "In a world that is neither black nor white, the panda laughs. " I’m very happy and honored to be able to join countless people’s favorite masterpiece "Side Ear Listening" as Shizuku this time as Shizuku Tsukishima in "Side Ear Listening" . In ten years, what kind of adult Shizuku has become? There is hope to show her inner emotion and innocence."
