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俳優、生田斗真（２４）が来春公開予定の映画「人間失格」（荒戸源次郎監督）に主演することが１２日、分かった。昭和を代表する作家、太宰治の生誕１００年を記念して代表作の初めての映画化が決定。映画初出演にして太宰ワールドに挑む生田は「太宰治の世界、人間失格の世界に染まりたい」。文芸大作で新境地を築く。
今冬のフジテレビ系月９ドラマ「ヴォイス～命なき者の声～」から現在放送中の同局系「魔女裁判」主演と、今年に入りテレビでは快進撃が続く生田。ジャニーズ事務所所属で芸歴は１０年以上になるが、いよいよ銀幕の世界に進出する。
太宰が自殺した１９４８年に発表され、太宰作品でも最高傑作と称される「人間失格」。出版累計１０００万部の青春文学の名作だが、映画化もドラマ化もされてこなかった。生田は「とても名誉に感じています」と意気込んでいる。
都会的でさわやかなイケメンの印象が強いが、酒や女に溺れていく主人公・大庭葉蔵役は“新境地”の役柄。女性と心中未遂を繰り返した太宰の実生活を投影した自叙伝的作品と位置づけられており、「太宰＝葉蔵＝生田」といえそう。
生田も「人とは違う感性を持ち、退廃的な生活を送り最後には廃人同然となってしまう主人公を繊細に丁寧に破滅的に演じたい」と意欲満々。同作の井上文雄プロデューサーは「端正な容姿と品格、ナイーブさを持ち備えた主人公のイメージを意識してのキャスティング」と話す。
製作総指揮を務める角川グループ総帥の角川歴彦氏（６５）は「映像化の困難さから、誰も手を挙げることなく今日に至っていた。文学映画の大作として世に送り出すことができ、喜びにたえない」と鼻息が荒い。
７月クランクイン、来春の公開を目指す。今年は生誕１００年で太宰作品３作が公開予定と“太宰映画ブーム”到来の感があるが、角川氏は「角川映画が総力を挙げて取り組む」と宣言する力の入れよう。太宰映画の決定版となりそうだ。 Source
Ikuta leads adaptation of Dazai's "No Longer Human"
Wed, May 13, 2009 (1:12am EDT)
Popular young actor Toma Ikuta (24) will star in a new movie directed by Genjiro Arato, the producer responsible for the award-winning "Zigeunerweisen" in 1980. The film is "Ningen Shikkaku," based on the Osamu Dazai novel of the same name. Also known in English as "No Longer Human," the book is generally considered to be Dazai's greatest masterpiece.
Ikuta has recently had major roles in several television series, but this role will actually be his first time appearing in a movie. Published in 1948, the semi-autobiographical "Ningen Shikkaku" was Dazai's last completed work before he successfully committed suicide. Despite selling millions of copies, the story has never been adapted to screen. However, this year is the 100th anniversary of Dazai's birth, prompting the decision to create a movie.
Filming starts in July, with a release projected for spring 2010.
AKA Toma in new movie set to open next Spring based on the novel 'Ningen Shikkaku'. Filming begins in July. Toma's first starring movie, of course. YAY!
Oh and WTF:
"Tenchijin" adapted as mobile manga, boys-love style
Mon, May 11, 2009 (2:48am EDT)
The taiga drama "Tenchijin," which currently airs on Sunday nights on NHK, is being turned into a manga for mobile phones. This is the second time that a taiga drama has been adapted as a comic, after "Yoshitsune" in 2005, but it will be the first distributed in digital form.
However, the manga will have a fairly different feel from the drama series. With several good-looking actors in the show, including the star Satoshi Tsumabuki, it was decided that the manga will have a "boys-love" (BL) flavor, with the main character of Naoe Kanetsugu (played by Tsumabuki in the drama) more closely resembling a boy from a shoujo manga. The artist in charge is Kairi Shimotsuki, who has previously done both BL titles and mainstream titles, including the comic adaptation of the popular "Sengoku Basara" video game series.
The "Tenchijin" manga is being aimed at women in their teens and twenties. Sony Digital Entertainment is handling production and distribution, making installments available on the Zenryoku Shoten site at a price of 50 yen per story (about 12-14 pages). Distribution will begin on May 27.
There will be three arcs, each focusing on a different pairing with Kanetsugu. The first deals with Uesugi Kagekatsu (Kazuki Kitamura in the drama), while the subsequent two involve Ishida Mitsunari (Shun Oguri) and Sanada Yukimura (Yu Shirota), respectively.
Based on the fan response, there is a possibility that the manga will later be sold in book form.
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