Take your first look at the "Seaside Motel"

by Chris MaGee

Back at the beginning of September we reported on how Kumiko Aso would be heading up the cast of the live-action adaptation of Yukio Okada's manga "Seaside Motel". The manga tells overlapping stories about guests at the titular Seaside Motel, but at the time of our original report the full cast details had yet to be announced. Now Japanese-language film site CinemaCafe.net has spilled all the details on the film's cast, plus they posted four promo stills from the film which is due out in Japanese theatres next year.

Joinging Aso's prostitute who frequents the Seaside Motel are Takayuki Yamada, Riko Narumi, Tetsuji Tamayama, Tokio Emoto, Arata Furuta (above left), Kiyoshi Kojima, Hiroshi Ikeda, and Mami Yamasaki, many of whom you can catch a glimpse of in the gallery of stills... but no Kumiko Aso unfortunately. Guess we'll have to wait a little closer to the film's release before we get a good look at her in full hooker gear...