The post release promotional campaign for The Last Ten Years aka Yomei10Nen/余命10年 continues with the release of a new video by the production team on Friday March 25. The nearly 10-minute-long clip offers unreleased footage from the movie and the making of with an interview of the two leads –Komatsu Nana and Sakaguchi Kentaro– and director Michihito Fujii in a conversation format.
The Yomei 10 Nen photobook was published on March 2, 2022. 96 pages, quality paper, over 200 pics, this nice collectable item is available from several online stores for 2200 yens (about $18): Amazon Japan.
The Last Ten Years aka Yomei10Nen/余命10年 has made over 1 billion yens (about $8.5 million) in less than two weeks and is a hit already. On Thursday March 17, a thanks party was held at the Picadilly Cinema in Marunouchi, Tokyo. The two leads, Komatsu Nana and Sakaguchi Kentaro entertained the audience in the company of Yojiro Noda from Radwimps who played some piano. This was followed by a promo event on Instagram.
The Last Ten Years is still doing very well at the box office on the second week: #1 in terms of access/popularity, #2 for tickets sold with a daily average of 45000 movie-goers. Promo activities continue with interviews, TV appearances and the release on Saturday 12 of a new music video by Radwimps, Ms Phenomenal/うるうびと from the movie soundtrack.
The Last Ten Years aka Yomei10Nen/余命10年, director Michihito Fujii‘s new film, was released on Friday 4 March and it topped the box office right away. With a glorious cast, a much appraised director and screenings in more than 350 theaters all over Japan, the movie is expected to become quite a hit.
The following day, Komatsu Nana, co-star Kentaro Sakaguchi, supporting thespians Nao and Yuki Yamada were in the company of the director at the Marunouchi Picadilly Cinema (Tokyo) for stage greetings. They entertained the audience and things went quite emotional when the MC read a letter from Ruka Kosaka‘s family*.
*Ruka Kosaka, whose heroine Matsuri led a life similar to hers, passed away in 2017 before her novel was published
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