The movie "Manatsu no Orion" opened today (13th) and everyone from the cast and staff attended the stage greeting event in Tokyo. Kitagawa was the lone woman in that group and therefore had a really noticeably presence on stage, especially due to her sparkling spangle mini dress. It's been almost 1 year since they've finished filming the movie and she has been extremely nervous now that it's finally going to open in cinemas. "I was so nervous that I couldn't sleep last night."

Tamaki Hiroshi plays the warm-hearted captain of a submarine. His close friend and colleague is being played by CHEMISTRY's Yoshikuni Dochin, who is making his acting debut with this role. "I was very nervous to act for my first time. The friendship between us is really great and I hope that I was able to properly transmit their bond." Yoshida Eisaku plays the rustic chief engineer of that submarine who has a lot of pride in his work. "I'm a stubborn old man." He praised himself just like his role would do and earned a lot of applause from the audience.

Last but not least, Tamaki's comment on stage. "It's not only a movie to show differences of that time, it's also a movie that lets you value your life a bit more. I'm glad that I was able to be in a suspense war movie and it's even better that I was able to play a leadership personality." He has been very firm throughout the whole event.

"In a rainy seaside town, a young woman named Izumi (Kitagawa) investigates the circumstances surrounding a letter she received from the United States, written in English. The letter is from an American girl whose grandfather was a naval commander in World War II. 64 years earlier, near the end of the war, his battleship faced off against a Japanese submarine which was captained by Kuramoto (Tamaki). Before Kuramoto departed, his wife Shizuko (also played by Kitagawa) gave him the hand-written sheet music to a song called "Manatsu no Orion". As Izumi uncovers more information about that day, the film recounts events of the epic battle which continuously tested the wits and resolve of both captains."

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Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com
Source: Oricon and NipponCinema for the detailled plot
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