The film " The Tanemaku tabibito : Whispers of Moromi" (directed by Shinohara Tetsuo), starring actress Rei Kikukawa , will be released on October 10th, and the trailer was released on July 31st. This will be Kikukawa's first film appearance in about 15 years.
The latest in the " Tanemaku tabibito" series of films supporting Japan's primary industries. This fifth film is set on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture and focuses on sake produced on the island and Yamada Nishiki, a sake rice that is a representative production area in Hyogo Prefecture. It realistically depicts the spirit of craftsmanship of the people involved and the problems and conflicts that arise on the ground.
Kikukawa plays Kanzaki Rie, a regional researcher at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries who loves sake. She also stars with Kaneko Shunya, Shimizu Kurumi, Asai Daichi, Yamaguchi Izumi, Takao Taka, Shiraishi Kayoko, Masu Takeshi, and Nagashima Toshiyuki.
