Iwamoto Hikaru staring in movie "Moekare wa orenji-iro"!

[ichigobanana]

It's been announced in the newspapers today that Hikaru will star in the movie "Moekare wa orenji-iro" as a firefighter!

The movie will be in cinemas from 8th July on and it's based on the manga under the same name by Tamashima Non. Check out your bookstores, it might be available for you locally! It's released internationally under the name "My Boyfriend in Orange". Here's a summary of the story:

High school student Moe has moved to a new town after the death of her father. Moe’s already having enough trouble fitting into her new class as it is, so she’s totally mortified when she ends up being “rescued” by local firefighter Kyosuke during a fire drill ... in front of all the kids at school. But the embarrassing incident might be a blessing in disguise, because gruff-but-kind Kyosuke gives Moe the courage she needs to leap out of her comfort zone as she aims to leave her loner days behind. Not to mention she’s soon falling head over heels for him … ! (Kodansha US)

Short backstage video of their photoshoot for the promo photos: here.

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Comments

[ichigobanana]

Putting this in the comments because it's personal, but I'm SO excited for this! I've been waiting for another Johnny's drama/movie with firefighters ever since RESCUE in 2009, I love everything firefighters because I grew up pretty much in a fire department and my dad's been a firefighter. And now Hikaru will be one and I honestly can't wait to see him in his full uniform and in a fire truck 🥰

[meistria.livejournal.com]

I couldn't sleep since the newspaper announcement and I'm still hyped 😭 I love Meruru as well so this is a win-win for me!

The only thing that upsets me is waiting for 2023 to be able to see it from the DVD/BD release 😭

Also RIP my money for potential magazine matsuri 😂

[ichigobanana]

Yeah, I'm not expecting it before 2023 either, but we're getting so much footage now for promo of other movies that it should make it bearable to wait 😆

I just figured that I absolutely hate the plot and I hope they change some things lmao... It's so, so bad. Obviously I'm too old for high school romances, but I read the first two chapters and it's just written badly, that has nothing to do with me being too old 😂 It's super tropey and overly dramatic, as in, the characters overreact way too much. I'll only be there for Hikaru in a firefighter uniform in front of a beautiful, shiny fire truck. Definitely not the romance. If I see one more "Oh no, he caught a fever and doesn't have anyone but a clumsy high school girl to take care of him", I'll scream 🤣

[meistria.livejournal.com]

I actually read the manga before and I dropped it since not only it's still ongoing, it's also too generic for me 😂 I'll try to continue and projected Hikaru, see if it would change. 😂

The mangaka said it'd be a bit different than the manga though, I wonder in what aspect 🤔

[ichigobanana]

Hopefully it will be better 😂 I'm hoping for someone from IMPACTors to be in it too, it would match with their Kabuki schedules and it's been a while since we got someone from them in a drama. But sad that Hikaru will have to keep his hair short for Kabuki though, I like it better when they can all grow it out over spring, fits better to the show and the choreos 🥺

[meistria.livejournal.com]

If an Impaku member joins in, my hopes are between Kageyama and Tsubaki 🥺

[ichigobanana]

I'm biased, so I would love seeing Minato, but Kage and Baki absolutely make sense as well. And they all look good in the uniforms, we've seen that already 🤣

[lalois.livejournal.com]

awww congrats!!!

[nayotrie.livejournal.com]

What a good news!
And of course Youtube offered me this Making just after I read this post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYhF-qxdVG8

[ichigobanana]

I added their social media to the post now! It all went up when I was half-asleep already, so I didn't bother anymore 😂