Source: Showgate Inc. Official Site: sagrada-movie.jp (Japan)
A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE
Distributor Showgate Inc. has provided information and photos from their upcoming release, SAGRADA RESET Part 1 (???????? ??, Sakurada Risetto Zenpen), based on the Sakurada Reset light novel series from writer Yutaka Kono and artist You Shiina. The movie stars Shuhei Nomura (HIBI ROCK: PUKE AFRO AND THE POP STAR, PUZZLE, CHIHAYAFURU, MUSEUM) and Yuina Kuroshima (JU-ON: THE BEGINNING OF THE END, STRAYER’S CHRONICLE, JU-ON -THE FINAL-, YO-KAI WATCH THE MOVIE 2016). SAGRADA RESET Part 1 will open in Japanese cinemas on March 25th. The concluding chapter, SAGRADA RESET Part 2 (???????? ??, Sakurada Risetto Kohen), follows on May 13th.
STORY
Almost half of the residents in the closed city of Sakurada possess some form of special powers. Their powers are wide ranging; high school boy Kei Asai (Shuhei Nomura) has the ability to perfectly remember everything he experiences, while Misora Haruki (Yuina Kuroshima), who hangs out with Kei a lot, can turn back the time or "reset" the world. When the world is reset Haruki`s memory is also, but as she always remembers Kei. Together, the two of them can rewrite the world for a maximum of three days with both retaining their memories. However, Kei and Haruki share a past that can never be restored. It concerns their classmate Sumire Soma (Yuna Taira), who died as a consequence of a reset two years ago. As Kei meets with various gifted people in Sakurada, he begins to wonder if Soma can be brought back by combining their powers.
CREDITS
Japanese Theatrical Release: Saturday, March 25, 2017 (Nationwide Roadshow) Cast Kei Asai: Shuhei Nomura Misora Haruki: Yuina Kuroshima Sumire Soma: Yuna Taira Tomoki Nakano: Kentaro Yoka Murase: Tina Tamashiro Eri Oka: Yuri Tsunematsu Sasane Ukawa: Rei Okamoto Yosuke Sakagami: Kenshiro Iwai Mirai Minami: Yuka Yano Shintaro Tsushima: Hisashi Yoshizawa Kagaya: Tomomi Maruyama Sakuin: Arisa Nakajima Hiroyuki Sasano: Goro Oishi The Witch: Mariko Kaga The Witch (Young): Makoto Okunaka Staff Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa Original Story: Sakurada Reset by Yutaka Kono and You Shiina (Kadokawa Bunko/Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko) Screenwriter: Yoshihiro Fukagawa Music: Shin Kono Theme Song: "Last Call" by flumpool (A-Sketch) Production: "SAGRADA RESET" Film Partners Distributor: Showgate © 2017 "SAGRADA RESET" Film Partners
Kei with his classmate, Sumire Soma (Yuna Taira). Photo courtesy of Showgate Inc. © 2017 "SAGRADA RESET" Film Partners
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