Monday, July 21, 2008

Kumiko Aso to team up with Miki Satoshi for comedy “Instant Numa”

by Chris MaGee

Just this weekend there was word that “Adrift in Tokyo” the latest film by director Miki Satoshi (above right) already had a Canadian distributor and today Tokyograph has news of Satoshi’s next film. Titled “Instant Numa” it will be a comedic look at how an unemployed O.L. (office lady) named Haname Jinchoge, played by Kumiko Aso (above left), attempts to pull herself out of poverty by opening an antique shop. Ryo Kase will also star as Haname’s supportive friend.

This will be the second time that Aso and Satoshi have worked together. In 2006 Aso starred as a police officer opposite Jo Odagiri in the Satoshi directed TV Asahi series “Jikou Keisatsu (Time Limit Detective)”.

“Instant Numa” is slated for a 2009 release.

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