Singer-songwriter miwa To Make Actress Debut With the Movie "Maestro!(マエストロ!)"

Singer-songwriter miwa made her first appearance in NHK's 64th "Kohaku Uta Gassen" Red and White Singing contest last year.  It was announced on March 9th, 2014 that she is going to star for the movie "Maestro!(マエストロ!)". The movie is going to be out in 2015 and it will be directed by director Shotaro Kobayashi(小林聖太郎).

On the day of the announcement for her movie debut, miwa is holding her one-man live "miwa spring concert 2014: Shibuya Monogatari~kan~" on at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.

After showing off her new song "Let me go" during the encore. She told the crowd of 12,000 that she has something that she shouldn't say which is she is going to be in the movie "Maestro" set to be out in 2015. The crowd then erupted and cheered "Omedeto!" after the surprise announcement by miwa.  She said, "I am going to have to practice playing the flute to play the heroine of the movie so please look forward to the movie".

In addition, Miwa will star alongside actor Tori Matsuzaka(松坂桃李) and Toshiyuki Nishida(西田敏行) in the live-action film adaptation of Akira Saso(さそうあきら)'s popular manga Maestro!(マエストロ!).

Source: nikkansports.com