Takahiro Nishijima has been given the starring role in the upcoming film "Ai no Mukedashi". He'll be playing a character named Yu, which is said to be an incredibly difficult role. Nishijima has commented that he's looking forward to it as a learning experience.

It's planned release is early summer 2008.

Summary

Nishijima plays Yu, a young man with a penchant for peeping. He lives with his father, a Catholic priest (Atsuro Watabe). By chance, he meets a woman named Yoko (Hikari Mitsushima) and falls in love with her, but she and her family have become involved in a new religious cult. As a result, Yu ends up in a conflict against that cult.

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