Mirei Kiritani has been cast in director Yuichi Fukuda's upcoming original movie Joshi-zu, her first time playing the leading role in an action flick.
Known for the Yusha Yoshihiko series as well as Hentai Kamen, director Fukuda has envisioned a "sentai hero + girls" theme in this comedy film, and will be working with Kiritani again after previously collaborating for 33-pun tantei in 2008.
Wearing the costume of a hero, Kiritani comments: "I'm actually really happy about this! I've been watching sentai hero programs on TV with my younger brother since we were small, so my tension rose the moment I put on this costume! I've even practiced cool poses a lot!" (laughs).
Kiritani will be playing the role of the "Red" of the group, a busy career-oriented woman who is serious in everything she does, including fighting with the evil monsters. She, together with a group of other girls were assembled under Commander Charles just because they have colors in their surnames. The team consists of an excessively serious Red, a gal-like Blue, a striking rich girl Navy, the dirt-poor Yellow, and the aspiring theater troupe member Green to form "Joshi-zu". The catch that Fukuda has included is that the 5 members are rarely together due to circumstances like work, beauty parlor commitments, romance, errands, and others.
Kiritani comments: "Sentai flicks will generally give off a stronger male impression, but it made me happy how they say that girls can become heroes too! My co-stars are all actresses of the same age as me, and we all have fun with our girl talk while filming. And I think that our close relationship and teamwork shows in the final product".
Fukuda comments: "I came up with this idea thanks to my wife. She's really selfish, has no experience as a member of society who cannot cooperate with someone, and I thought that it would be fun if a woman like this would be in a sentai team".
About Kiritani: "She was perfect for my image of Red, the leader of this leisure sentai group, with her uncomfortable-looking kick and her punch that has no impact whatsoever. The biggest impression she left on me was when she was sleeping on location, holding an onigiri". Joshi-zu will be shown early in the summer of 2014.
Known for the Yusha Yoshihiko series as well as Hentai Kamen, director Fukuda has envisioned a "sentai hero + girls" theme in this comedy film, and will be working with Kiritani again after previously collaborating for 33-pun tantei in 2008.
Wearing the costume of a hero, Kiritani comments: "I'm actually really happy about this! I've been watching sentai hero programs on TV with my younger brother since we were small, so my tension rose the moment I put on this costume! I've even practiced cool poses a lot!" (laughs).
Kiritani will be playing the role of the "Red" of the group, a busy career-oriented woman who is serious in everything she does, including fighting with the evil monsters. She, together with a group of other girls were assembled under Commander Charles just because they have colors in their surnames. The team consists of an excessively serious Red, a gal-like Blue, a striking rich girl Navy, the dirt-poor Yellow, and the aspiring theater troupe member Green to form "Joshi-zu". The catch that Fukuda has included is that the 5 members are rarely together due to circumstances like work, beauty parlor commitments, romance, errands, and others.
Kiritani comments: "Sentai flicks will generally give off a stronger male impression, but it made me happy how they say that girls can become heroes too! My co-stars are all actresses of the same age as me, and we all have fun with our girl talk while filming. And I think that our close relationship and teamwork shows in the final product".
Fukuda comments: "I came up with this idea thanks to my wife. She's really selfish, has no experience as a member of society who cannot cooperate with someone, and I thought that it would be fun if a woman like this would be in a sentai team".
About Kiritani: "She was perfect for my image of Red, the leader of this leisure sentai group, with her uncomfortable-looking kick and her punch that has no impact whatsoever. The biggest impression she left on me was when she was sleeping on location, holding an onigiri". Joshi-zu will be shown early in the summer of 2014.
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