Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie Movie Details:
Kanji | 映画 からかい上手の高木さん |
Revised Hepburn | Eiga Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san |
Based on | Teasing Master Takagi-san by Sōichirō Yamamoto |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Release date | May 16, 2024 (Tokyo) May 31, 2024 (Japan) |
Running time | 1hr 59min |
Starring | Mei Nagano Fumiya Takahashi Jin Suzuki Yuna Taira Oshirō Maeda Sara Shida Tamaki Shiratori Jun Saito Yōsuke Eguchi |
Directed by | Rikiya Imaizumi |
Screenplay by | Tomoki Kanazawa Jun Hagimori Rikiya Imaizumi |
Produced by | Yuki Osawa Masayuki Morikawa |
Music by | Takashi Ohmama |
Production Company | Fine Entertainment |
Distributor | Toho |
Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie Movie Cast & Characters:
- Mei Nagano as Takagi: A trainee teacher at Momomi Middle School.
- Fumiya Takahashi as Nishikata: A physical education teacher at Momomi Middle School.
- Jin Suzuki as Nakai: Nishikata’s friend in his middle school days who now works as his co-teacher. He is currently engaged to Mano.
- Yuna Taira as Mano: Takagi’s friend in her middle school days. She is currently engaged to Nakai.
- Oshirō Maeda as Hamaguchi: Takagi and Nishikata’s classmate in their middle school days who has dated Hojo in the past, but they have broken up.
- Sara Shida as Hojo: Takagi and Nishikata’s classmate in their middle school days who has broken up with Hamaguchi. She refuses to get back to him despite his pleas.
- Tamaki Shiratori as Miki Ozeki: Nishikata’s student who has a crush on her classmate Ryo.
- Jun Saito as Ryo Machida: Nishikata’s student who is not always present in class but changes after meeting Takagi. His character was created for the film.
- Yōsuke Eguchi as Mr. Tanabe: The vice president of Momomi Middle School and former teacher of Takagi and Nishikata.
Storyline:
Ten years after graduating from Momomi Middle School, Takagi returns to Shōdoshima and works at her alma mater as a trainee teacher. She then reunites with Nishikata, who works at the same school as a struggling physical education teacher.
Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
Worldwide Collection | ¥540 million |
About Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie Movie:
Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie (Japanese: 映画 からかい上手の高木さん, Hepburn: Eiga Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san) is a Japanese film based on the manga series Teasing Master Takagi-san by Sōichirō Yamamoto and a sequel to the live-action television series adaptation of the manga. Produced by Fine Entertainment and distributed by Toho, the film is directed by Rikiya Imaizumi from an original story he wrote along with Tomoki Kanazawa and Jun Hagimori, and stars Mei Nagano, Fumiya Takahashi, Jin Suzuki, Yuna Taira, Oshirō Maeda, Sara Shida, Tamaki Shiratori, Jun Saito, and Yōsuke Eguchi. It follows Takagi (Nagano) and Nishikata (Takahashi) reuniting 10 years after graduating from middle school.
It is a remake of Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san (2018).
Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie had an early screening in Tokyo on May 16, 2024, and was released in Japan on May 31. The film was screened at the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China in June 2024, and is set to have its North American premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on July 28.