Keiko Kitagawa and Masaki Okada co-star in the movie “Matataki (瞬-またたき).
Keiko Kitagawa (北川景子) and Masaki Okada (岡田将生) are co-starring in a romance film titled “Matataki (瞬-またたき).” In this heartrending love story, Kitagawa plays a young woman whose boyfriend played by Okada dies in a motorcycle accident.
Kitagawa (born August 22, 1986) is a Japanese actress and former exclusive model for the Japanese Seventeen magazine. She has appeared in several films, including Tokyo Drift (2006) and Handsome Suit (2008),and has played leading roles in the TV dramas Mop Girl (2007), Homeroom on the Beachside (2008), and Buzzer Beat(2009).
Okada (born August 15, 1989) is a Japanese actor, best known for his roles as Sekime Kyogo in the drama “Hanazakari no Kimitachi e” and most recently as Takuma Kakinouchi in the 2009 film “Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu”(2009).
“Matataki” is based on the novel by LEN Kawahara (河原れん), who wrote the screenplay for the 2009 movie “Yomei(余命).”
The movie was shot in the spring of 2009 and has already completed post-production. Theatrical release is planned for June 2010.