It has been announced that singer, actor, and model Suzuki Airi will be performing the theme song for the film she stars in, "A Place Where I Can Say I'm Home" (directed by Tsukamoto Renpei, scheduled for release on January 23, 2026). The song is titled "The Magic of Home," and Suzuki also wrote the lyrics. The music and arrangement were handled by Kiyozuka Shinya. The film's trailer has also been released.
"A Place to Say I'm Home" is Suzuki's first solo lead role in a film. Suzuki plays Eriko Asai, a middle school teacher who is a "child's room aunt" who cannot become independent from her parents and faces her students while harboring inner conflicts. The film will be directed by Director Tsukamoto, who is well-known for his human dramas such as "35th Year Love Letter" (2025), and the music will be composed by Haruka Nakamura, who worked on the animated feature film "Lookback" (2024).
She's an adult, but she doesn't want to go to school. She's an adult, but she's in the middle of her rebellious phase. Asai Eriko is a middle school teacher who can't become independent from her parents. Meanwhile, Chika, a "girl who refuses to go to school for an unknown reason," wears the mask of an adult who is good at studying, has friends, and isn't a delinquent. The two are teacher and student at the same school, and both are unable to leave their rooms. One day, Eriko posts her hobby, BL manga, online, and hits it off with a girl named "Chi." That girl is Chika. Without realizing it, they exchange opinions on social media and before they know it, they become best friends, able to talk honestly. They confront their parents and school in an attempt to leave their rooms together, but the "truth behind Chika's refusal" and Eriko's "past wounds" corner them, and the world around them begins to move in an unexpected direction... This is the story. Kawaguchi Mana plays the school-refusing girl Chika, Otsuka Nene plays Eriko's mother, Yuriko, and Ito Ayumi plays Chika's mother, Madoka.
The appearances of Yamanaka Takashi, Omi Toshinori, and Sakai Toshiya were also announced.
