Live-Action Mieruko-chan Film Reveals More Cast

The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the upcoming live-action film of Tomoki Izumi‘s Mieruko-chan horror comedy manga revealed new cast members on Monday.

The cast includes (from left to right):

• Saki Takaoka as Tōko Yotsuya, Miko’s mother
• Kenichi Takitō as Mamoru Yotsuya, Miko’s father
• Akane Hotta as Ms. Arai, Miko’s homeroom teacher

The film opens in theaters on June 6.

Nanoka Hara (Suzume, live-action Oshi no Ko) stars as Miko Yotsuya. Other cast members include:

• Rinka Kumada plays Hana Yurikawa, Miko’s close friend
• naenano plays Yuria Niguredō, Miko’s classmate
• Coki-Yamashita plays Akio Gondō, an original character for the film

Yoshihiro Nakamura (Fish Story, A Boy and His Samurai, Prophecy, Mumon: The Land of Stealth) is writing and directing the film.

Yen Press publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:

One day, Miko suddenly started seeing grotesque beings that others couldn’t. Her response was not to run, not to face them, but to do everything she can to completely ignore them! Can she keep a straight face and continue her day-to-day life while surrounded by horrifying monsters?

Izumi launched the manga on Kadokawa‘s ComicWalker website in November 2018, and the series has since garnered over 85 million views. Kadokawa shipped the 10th compiled book volume on February 22, and the series has over three million copies in circulation in Japan. Yen Press shipped the ninth compiled book volume on April 16, and will ship volume 10 in April 2025.

The series inspired an anime in 2021. Funimation streamed an English dub for the anime as it aired.

Sources: Live-action Mieruko-chan film’s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie

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