Live-Action Replica: Revenge of the Ex-Wife Series Reveals More Cast, Opening Song Artists Kis-My-Ft2
Mayu Miyamoto, Ryō Kimura, Kento Senga join cast
On Monday, Replica Moto Tsuma no Fukushū 's official website unveiled additional cast members and musical artists for its opening theme song in the live-action adaptation of the manga by Tomo Tanaka and Hacchi Hirai.
Mayu Miyamoto as Karin Fujimura
Ryō Kimura as Kippei Fujimura
Kis-My-Ft2 boy band member Kento Senga as Mirai Kiritani
The group Kis-My-Ft2 performs the series' opening theme song "CHEAT."
In the series, Aoi Fujimura, portrayed by Reina Triendl in live-action Tag, Tokyo Alice, and Terrace House, transforms into Sumire Itō at the start of the story. Both characters are played by the same actress.
The show will start airing on July 7th during the "Drama Premiere" time slot on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ Broadcasting Kyushu at 11:06 p.m. (10:06 a.m. EDT).
MangaPlaza has released the manga in English, and it describes the story:
Aoi grew up constantly being made fun of and bullied for her appearance. After going through one bad experience after the other in school, she finally gets to marry the man of her dreams who loves her for who she is. However, he too eventually seeks out someone better-looking and cheats on her, resulting in their divorce. Oddly enough though... the woman he cheated on Aoi with is the same girl who bullied her throughout their school years...! Now Aoi's on a mission to get revenge on the man who cheated on her who is now married to the woman who made her life miserable. She has her face reshaped, her name changed to Sumire, and slowly begins to find her way into their lives...
The individuals responsible for directing the series are Keita Motohashi, Hajime Senoo, and Kazunori Yamashita. Yasuhiro Yoshida wrote the scripts, while Erika Tōyama and Miho Aotsuka also contributed. Kōji Endō is in charge of composing the music. Lastly, Amazing JIRO ( Gannibal ) is handling the special makeup effects.
In November 2020, Tanaka and Hirai released their manga on the Comic Tatan website. Coamix published the 15th volume of their manga on May 20th.
Sources: Replica: Revenge of the Ex-Wife live-action series' website ( link ) , Comic Natalie ( link )
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