Abe Hiroshi in toga!
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VIDEO: Live-Action "Thermae Romae" Film Teaser
Hiroshi Abe stars in this adaptation of Mari Yamazaki's comedy manga
Joseph Luster
November 28, 2011
The official website for the live-action adaptation of Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae manga brings us our first look at the film in action. Watch as Hiroshi Abe (Trick, Godzilla 2000 Millennium) plays the lead role of "ancient Roman" Lucius below.
http://youtu.be/dkBrkZVS7oo
As previously mentioned, Azumi's Aya Ueto joins Abe in the film, in which Lucius\an architect of public bath houses in ancient Rome\time-travels to various modern-day baths in Japan. Yamazaki's manga, which debuted in 2008, won the Manga Taisho award last year, as well as the Short Work Prize in the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes.
Thermae Romae will explore the two cultures "that have loved baths the most" when it hits Japanese theaters on April 28, 2012.