The upcoming live-action film project adapted from Akane Torikai’s Pious Lie (Sensei no Hiroi Uso) manga has revealed its new cast and the theme song “Dokuhaku” (Monologue) by Yama in a new trailer. A new poster has also been revealed.
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Image via Sensei’s Pious Lie Twitter account
HiHi Jets Igari member Sōya plays Yuki Niizuma, a student in Misuzu Hara’s class. Ayaka Miyoshi plays Minako Fuchino, Misuzu’s best friend and complete opposite. Shunsuke Kazama will play Masami Hayato, Minako’s fiancé.
Other cast members include Momoko Tanabe, Sora Inoue, Yuka Itaya, Bengal, Ryōko Kobayashi, Reiko Mori and Motohiro Yoshida.
Nao Honda (My Broken Mariko, Haruka no Sue) plays high school teacher Misuzu Hara.
The film opens in theaters on July 5
Kodansha USA published the series in English and describes the story:
Misuzu Hara is a quiet, reserved 24-year-old high school teacher whose world is turned upside down after her friend’s fiancé rapes her. Her efforts to connect with one of her students, who is a victim of sexual trauma, leads to an unlikely romance, and the consequences of these events affect her. affect the people around them in often unpredictable ways.
Koichirô Miki (Yowamushi Pedal) will direct the film with a script by Naoko Adachi. Sensei’s Pious Lie was the first work that Miki personally wished to adapt, and he developed the project for seven years.
In addition, the film will be shown in a new “three-screen” format at two theaters in Tokyo and Kumamoto. Ultra-wide format can run different shots on each screen, such as additional scenes that are not part of the main story.
Torikai launched the manga in Kodansha’s Morning Two in 2013. Kodansha published the eighth and final compiled book volume in October 2017. Kodansha USA published the fourth volume in English in October 2022.
Source: YouTube channel Shochiku, Comic Natalie