Despre Nana

Nana has been made into a film which was released on September 3, 2005. The film stars Mika Nakashima as the punk star Nana Osaki, and Aoi Miyazaki as Hachi (Nana Komatsu). The DVD edition was released on March 3, 2006. The film did quite well at the Japanese box office, grossing more than 4 billion yen, staying in the top 10 for several weeks.

Main cast

* Nana Osaki: Mika Nakashima
* Nana Komatsu (Hachi): Aoi Miyazaki
* Ren Honjo: Ryuhei Matsuda
* Takumi Ichinose, Takumi: Tetsuji Tamayama
* Shinichi (Shin) Okazaki: Ken'ichi Matsuyama
* Nobuo (Nobu) Terashima: Hiroki Narimiya
* Reira Serizawa: Yuna Ito
* Sachiko Kawamura: Saeko
* Yasushi (Yasu) Takagi: Tomomi Maruyama

Theme songs

In addition to creating a Nana craze throughout Asia, the film also helped launch Mika Nakashima to the peak of her career as she released the single "Glamorous Sky" under the name Nana starring Mika Nakashima. The single created topicality with its special collaboration between Nakashima, Hyde (who wrote the song), and Nana author Yazawa Ai (who wrote the lyrics). The single became Nakashima's first number one single on the Oricon Charts.

The film also helped promote another artist, Yuna Ito, who starred in the film as Trapnest vocal Reira, released her debut single "Endless Story," the insert song of the film, under the name Reira starring Yuna Ito. The single ranked second on the Oricon charts, next to Nakashima's "Glamorous Sky," and made Yuna Ito one of the most successful debuting artists of 2005.

Film sequel


Nana 2


Nana 2, the sequel to the first film, was announced right after the first debuted. However, on August 4, 2006, Toho stated that shooting would begin mid-September and that the film was to be released on December 9, 2006. Aoi Miyazaki and Ryuhei Matsuda were not be reprising their respective roles as Nana Komatsu and Ren Honjo; as such, their roles were assigned to Yui Ichikawa and Nobuo Kyou, respectively .

Two new singles were released under Nana starring Mika Nakashima and Reira starring Yuna Ito.

However, the sequel was a let-down for fans and company, it only peaked #4 at the Japanese Movie Rankings, and had much more bad press than any good.

The film had its international premiere in New York City on December 15, 2006. It opened for a single showing at the IFC in SoHo. Both Mika Nakashima and Yui Ichikawa were present.

Main cast

* Nana Komatsu: Yui Ichikawa
* Nana Osaki: Mika Nakashima
* Ren Honjo: Nobuo Kyou
* Takumi Ichinose: Tetsuji Tamayama
* Shinichi "Shin" Okazaki: Hongo Kanata
* Nobuo "Nobu" Terashima: Hiroki Narimiya
* Reira Serizawa: Yuna Ito

Theme songs

Nana 2 once again featured the two artists Mika Nakashima and Yuna Ito, releasing songs under the names Nana starring Mika Nakashima and Reira starring Yuna Ito, respectively.

Nana, starring Mika Nakashima's new single "Hitoiro" featured Takuro of Glay as composer and Nana author Yazawa Ai as the lyricist again. It did not do as well as its predecessor "Glamorous Sky," peaking at only #5 on the Oricon charts. Two weeks after the release of the single, however, Nana starring Mika Nakashima released her first and last album, The End, which managed to rank at #2 on the Oricon charts.

Reira, starring Yuna Ito's "Truth" had no more luck than Nakashima's new single, ranking in only at the tenth place on the Oricon charts. The music video of the single was filmed in Scotland and used as scenes of the film. Neither singles were as record-setting as their predecessors.