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Waya! Uchuu Ichi no Osekkai Daisakusen (WAYA！　宇宙一のおせっかい大作戦) is a 2011 Japanese film. It is directed by director Kohatsu Yo and stars SKE48 members Matsui Jurina and Yagami Kumi, and comedian Itoda Jun.[1]

Waya! Uchuu Ichi no Osekkai Daisakusen
Promotional Poster in Japan
Directed by	Kohatsu Yo
Starring	Matsui Jurina Yagami Kumi
Distributed by	Go cinema
Release date	29 October 2011 (2011-10-29) (Japan)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

Kantaro decides to plan a big event in honor of Shige, the arcade’s chairman and a person who has been running a wooden clog shop for 30 years. However, his true objective is to reconcile Shige and his friend Nobu after they have a fight.

But Kantaro’s little white lie ends up growing, turning his meddlesome plan into a mess.

Cast

• Itoda Jun as Kantaro
• Yazaki Shigeru as Shige, a stubborn old man who is runs a wooden clog shop at the Endouji shopping arcade.
• Matsui Jurina as Sanae, the granddaughter of Shige.
• Yagami Kumi as a high school student
• Lou Oshiba as Nobu, Shige's friend. They previously had a fight and became estranged.
• Ozawa Kazuhiro
• Mizuno Miki
• Fujita Tomoko
• Moro Morooka
• Miwa Mizuki
• Kojima Noriko
• Matthew Lott as Peter, an immigrant who works at a bakery in the Endouji shopping arcade.

Production

Waya! Uchuu Ichi no Osekkai Daisakusen was first announced on 26 July 2011.[2] It will be directed by the director Kohatsu Yo,[3] who previously directed the film Chikujo seyo!.[4]

Director Kohatsu Yo held an audition for all 57 SKE48 members at their theater in Nagoya.[5] In the end, members Matsui Jurina and Yagami Kumi were selected for roles in this film.[5] This will be the first time that either of them will star in a film.[6] Matsui Jurina will star as the granddaughter of Shige.[6] At the time of the filming, Matsui was only 13 years old, even though her character in the film is 18 years old.[3] Yagami Kumi will also play the role of a character 2–3 years older than her. She remarked that "the feeling of playing the role of an elder sister to Matsui Jurina is a little strange".[2]

Release

Waya! Uchuu Ichi no Osekkai Daisakusen will first be released in Nagoya cinemas on 29 October 2011.[1][7] It will then be released at a later date in other parts of Japan.[7]

See also

• SKE48

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Official trailer on YouTube

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