AKB48’s Oshima Yuko(大島優子) casted as the heroine for “Yamikin Ushijima-kun(闇金ウシジマくん)” movie

Some supporting cast details have finally been revealed for the “Yamikin Ushijima-kun(闇金ウシジマくん)” movie that was announced last August. AKB48’s Oshima Yuko(大島優子) (23) has been cast as the heroine of the story, playing a young woman who has to shoulder her mother’s debt.

Starring Yamada Takayuki(山田孝之) (28), “Yamikin Ushijima-kun(闇金ウシジマくん)” was a 2010 television drama adaptation of a manga by Manabe Shohei(真鍋昌平). Yamada plays a ruthless loan shark named Ushijima, and the story depicts the unfortunate lives of the people he collects from.

Oshima plays Suzuki Mirai(鈴木美來), who begins working part-time at a “dating cafe” in order to pay off part of her mother’s debt. Hayashi Kento(林遣都) (21) plays the greedy and ambitious Jun, a leader of an event group who will do anything to get ahead in life.

Actors Sakimoto Hiromi(崎本大海) and Yabe Kyosuke(やべきょうすけ) will reprise their roles from the television series. Arai Hirofumi(新井浩文), Okada Yoshinori(岡田義徳), Muro Tsuyoshi(ムロツヨシ), and Kurokawa Asuka(黒沢あすか) have also been cast.

The movie is set for an August 25 release date.



Source: tokyograph.com