Anoko no Toriko / あのコの、トリコ。 (2018)

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• Movie: Anoko no Toriko
• Romaji: Anoko no Toriko
• Japanese: あのコの、トリコ。

• Director: Ryo Miyawaki
• Writer: Yuki Shiraishi (manga), Taeko Asano
• Producer:
• Cinematographer: Tsugio Kawaguchi
• Release Date: October 5, 2018
• Runtime: 99 min.
• Genre: Based on a Comic / Teen-Romance
• Distributor: Showgate
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Yori Suzuki (Ryo Yoshizawa), Shizuku Tachibana (Yuko Araki) and Subaru Tojo (Yosuke Sugino) were friends when they were children. They promised that they would all become stars, but they moved away.

Now, Yori Suzuki is a high school student. He looks rather plain with glasses, but Shizuku Tachibana is a popular model and Subaru Tojo is a popular actor. Yori Suzuki decides to pursue his dream. He also has feelings for Shizuku Tachibana and transfers to the high school where she attends. Yori and Shizuku meet again. Yori becomes an assistant for Shizuku on her CM shootings. He happens to appear in a CM and gains popularity as the “mysterious boy.”

Meanwhile, Shizuku Tachibana and Subaru Tojo are cast for a stage performance. When the curtain drops after their successful first performance, Subaru Tojo confesses his feelings to Shizuku Tachibana. Yori Suzuki also overhears his words.