A special video and visual for the currently-showing movie "Hanamanma" (directed by Maeda Tetsu), starring actress Arimura Kasumi, was released on May 2nd. The video is a "wedding making video" that looks like a real wedding movie, and shows Arimura in a wedding dress.
The film is based on a collection of short stories by the 133rd Naoki Prize-winning author, Minato Akegawa. It tells the story of a brother and sister living alone in the downtown area of Osaka. Arimura and Ryohei Suzuki play the siblings.
When it was released on April 25th, the wedding scene of Fumiko, played by Arimura, became a hot topic, with people saying, "I felt like I was really attending the wedding and cried like a relative," and "I cried like a relative." The released footage shows people gathering in the chapel, the wedding ceremony, and the reception.
