Author Taku Tsumugi Hot Road manga is receiving a film adaptation in summer 2014. The film will star Rena Nonen ( Confessions, Ama-chan ) as Kazuki Miyaichi.
The manga revolves around Kazuki, a girl who feels that she is not loved by her mother because her father died when she was still a child. One day, Kazuki is convinced by a friend to meet Hiroko-san, the girlfriend of the boss of the “NIGHTS” motorcycle gang. And there, she meets Haruyama... she begins to feel attracted to a juvenile delinquent.
Tsumugi published the manga in Shueisha Betsuma magazine between January 1986 and May 1987, Shueisha published four compiled volumes. The manga has 7 million copies in print. Miki Takahiro (Solanin, Bokura ga Ita) is directing the film, with scripts by Tomoko Yoshida (Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru). Tsumugi is supervising the scripts.
