On October 17th, actress Ami Touma appeared on stage to greet the audience on the opening day of her starring film "Strawberry Moon: A Love with Half a Year Left to Live" (directed by Mai Sakai) in Tokyo, along with her co-stars Jun Saito, Ayami Nakajo, Anji Ikebata, Kentaro Ito, Rena Tanaka, and director Mai Sakai. During the stage greeting, Touma and the other cast members revealed "the wishes they want to make come true in the remaining two months."
The film tells the story of Sakurai Moe (Touma), who is told she has only six months to live, and who falls in love with Hinata (Saito) for the rest of her life in the spring of her first year of high school. Hinata 13 years later will be played by Yosuke Sugino, and Takato Rei, Hinata's childhood friend and Moe's best friend, will be played by Nakajo 13 years later. The script was written by Okada Yoshikazu, who has worked on numerous films such as "10 Years Left to Live" and "Now, I'm Going to See You." The film will be directed by up-and-coming director Sakai, known for "Beautiful Him: Eternal."
