Kodoani.com – TBS announced on Sunday that the manga “Saionji-san wa Kaji o Shinai” (No domestic work for Ms. Saionji) by Satoru Hiura will be adapted into a live action movie, expected to premiere in July and will be broadcast in TBS's drama time slot at 10 p.m. JST time.
In the film, Wakana Matsumoto will take on the main role of Itsuki Saionji, a 38-year-old woman who works at an application development company but does not do housework. Hokuto Matsumura of boy band SixTONES will play Toshinao Kusumi, a 29-year-old engineer and single father. Ema Kurata will play Ruka Kusumi, Toshinao's daughter.
The film will be directed by Kentaro Takemura, Taichi Imura, Takeyoshi Yamamoto and Atsushi Watanabe. Takeshi Miyamoto and Subaru Yamashita will write the script, while Aina Iwasaki and Izumi Maruyama will produce the film.
“The manga's story revolves around Itsuki Saionji, an office worker who is very good at her job but doesn't do any housework until one day she brings home a young genius engineer.”
The manga “Saionji-san wa Kaji o Shinai” was launched by Hiura in Kodansha's Be Love magazine in September 2021. Kodansha published the manga's first volume in June 2022 and the fourth volume on November 13 .
In addition, Hiura is also the author of the manga “Hotaru's Way” (Hotaru no Hikari – It's Only Little Light in My Life), which was published in Kiss magazine from 2004 to 2009. This manga has been collected into 15 volumes. . Hiura has also launched sequels to “Hotaru's Way”, including “Hotaru no Hikari SP” in 2014 and “Hotaru no Hikari BABY” in 2017.