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1122: For a Happy Marriage Live-Action Series Unveils New Teaser Video: Release Date, Cast & More to Know
Amazon Prime Video released a teaser video for the live-action series of Peko Watanabe's manga, 1122: For a Happy Marriage, revealing additional cast members and announcing its June debut on the platform.
Amazon Prime Video revealed a teaser video on Saturday, 14th April for the live-action series of Peko Watanabe's 1122: For a Happy Marriage manga. The live-action adaptation of Watanabe’s manga also unveiled additional cast members and announced its debut on Amazon Prime Video in June.
The series is helmed by director Rikiya Imaizumi, featuring scripts penned by his wife, Kaori Imaizumi. The project’s planning and production are credited to Junko Satō and the studio murmur, with Lat-Lon handling the production.
1122: For a Happy Marriage release date and cast
The staff of the series, 1122: For a Happy Marriage revealed that the series will have seven total episodes, and will debut on Amazon Prime Video on June 14. The first three episodes will be available on June 14, while episodes 4-5 will be available on June 21, and episodes 6-7 will be available on June 28.
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The staff also revealed more cast members on Saturday, 13th April including:
- Akiko Kikuchi as Tōko Aihara, Otoya's older sister
- Rio Uchida as a young woman Shirō meets at a bar
- Miwako Ichikawa as the owner of a salon where Ichiko and Rei meet
- Hairi Katagiri as the director of a chiropractor practice and a client at Ichiko's web design job
- Yumi Morio as Mizuki's mother
- Yoshiko Miyazaki as Otoya's mother
- Jun Fubuki as Ichiko's mother
- Tateto Serizawa as a bartender at a bar Shirō frequents
- Kō Maehara as a hotel lobby staff member
- Atsushi Hashimoto as a real estate agent
Previously announced cast are:
- Masaki Okada as Otoya Aihara
- Mitsuki Takahata as Ichiko Aihara
- Nanase Nishino as Mizuki Kashiwagi
- Kengo Kōra as Shirō Kashiwagi
- Sōjirō Chiba as Mizuki
- Hokuto Yoshino as Rei Ikebata
- Kurumi Nakata as Megumi
- Misato Ugaki as Yuri
- Kaho Tsuchimura as Tamae
Rikiya Imaizumi is directing the series, with scripts by his wife Kaori Imaizumi. Junko Satō is credited for planning and producing. The studio murmur is presenting the project with Lat-Lon credited for production.
More about 1122: For a Happy Marriage
1122: For a Happy Marriage, simply known in Japan as 1122, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Peko Watanabe . It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Morning Two [ja] from September 2016 to May 2020, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes.
Written and illustrated by Peko Watanabe, 1122: For a Happy Marriage' was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Morning Two from September 21, 2016, to May 22, 2020. Kodansha collected its chapters in seven tankōbon volumes, released from May 23, 2017, to July 20, 2020.
In North America, the manga is licensed for English digital release by Kodansha USA. The seven volumes were released from October 22, 2019, to July 6, 2021.
Kodansha USA Publishing is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
"Ichiko Aihara. Husband: Otoya Aihara. They have been married for seven years, and they get along well, but they are sexless and have no children, so they agree on the "permission of extramarital love (official affair)" system. Otoya has an "affair" named Mitsuki and Ichiko is aware of it. Looking at Otoya who is in the state of lovey-dovey with Mitsuki, Ichiko has begun to change, too... In this new series, the author of "Nikotama", Peko Watanabe tells a story of lies and truth in marriage. Whether or not you want to get married, we hope that the real life of this couple in their 30s can reach everyone who thinks about "marriage."
1122: For a Happy Marriage was nominated for the 12th Manga Taishō in 2019. In December 2019, Brutus magazine listed 1122: For a Happy Marriage on their Most Dangerous Manga list, which included works with the most stimulating and thought-provoking themes.
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