'Sushi Ouji' film announced before TV series starts

[Tokyograph News]

On Tuesday, it was announced that the TV Asahi drama series "Sushi Ouji!" will be turned into a film, even though the show will not begin airing until next month.

The action comedy series stars Koichi Domoto as a martial artist training in the art of sushi. KAT-TUN's Yuichi Nakamaru plays his partner, Taro. Both of them will reprise their roles for the movie version.

Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi is in charge of both the television series and the film. Warner Bros. will be in charge of the movie's distribution, with a target release date during Golden Week of 2008. Filming has already wrapped up for the drama, and principal photography for the movie is scheduled to begin in the next few days. The story will be set overseas (unlike the television version), but it is not clear whether it will be shot on location.

This is Domoto's first time starring alone in a movie, and it is his first film appearance since "Ienaki Ko" in 1994.

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