Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy

Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy is a 2019 Japanese coming-of-age romance film written and directed by Yūki Yamato. The film stars Mizuki Itagaki, Miona Hori and Hiroya Shimizu in the lead roles. The film was adapted based on the popular Japanese long running Shōjo manga Hot Gimmick.[1] The film had its theatrical release on 28 June 2019 and received negative reviews from critics.[2] It was also streamed via Netflix on 28 December 2019.[3][4]

Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy
Film poster
Directed byYūki Yamato
Written byYûki Yamato
Miki Aihara
Based onShōjo manga Hot Gimmick
StarringMiona Hori
Hiroya Shimizu
Mizuki Itagaki
Shotaro Mamiya
Distributed byToei Company
Netflix
Release date
  • 28 June 2019 (2019-06-28)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

Hatsumi Narita (Miona Hori) is an ordinary high school girl. She shares an apartment with her biological older brother, Shinogu Narita (Shotaro Mamiya), younger sister Akane Narita (Hiyori Sakurada), and parents. One day, she allows neighbour a teenage boy Ryoki Tachibana (Hiroya Shimizu) who also lives in the same apartment building to see her. However things go in wrong way for Hatsumi as Ryoki takes advantage of her weakness and Ryoki blackmails her to get his wish done through her. Suddenly Hatsumi's neighbour Azusa Odagiri (Mizuki Itagaki) comes to see Hatsumi and it causes further trouble for Hatsumi as she is bullied, blackmailed, sighted by two young teenage boys.[5]

Cast

Production

The film announcement was made by director Yûki Yamato in 2018 stating that the film would be a live-action film based on 2000 manga Hot Gimmick with the same title.[1] Principal photography of the film was commenced on 24 September 2018 and shooting of the film concluded in October 2018.[6] On 25 September 2018, Aihara posted regarding the details of the film on her blog.[7] On 17 December 2018, Toei Company, the film's distributor, confirmed the release date as June 28, 2019. On March 14, 2019, the film's full title was revealed to be Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy. and the subtitle was kept as Girl Meets Boy in order to avoid the confusion with the manga Hot Gimmick.[8][9]

References
  1. NichiEiDomain (2020-02-02). "Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy (2019) by Yuki Yamato". Japanese Film Reviews. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  2. "Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy - Movie Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  3. "Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  4. "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy' on Netflix, a Baffling Adaptation of a Teen-Romance Manga". Decider. 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  5. "Is Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy (2019) on Netflix Spain?". whatsnewonnetflix.com. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  6. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 24, 2018). "Miki Aihara's Hot Gimmick Manga Gets Live-Action Film in 2019". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  7. Aihara, Miki (September 25, 2018). ホットギミック映画化につきまして. mikiniki.net (in Japanese).
  8. Sherman, Jennifer (March 20, 2019). "Live-Action Hot Gimmick Film Reveals Teaser Video, Poster Visual". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  9. "Live-Action Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy Film's Trailer Previews Theme Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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