Yasuhiro Hamano Facebook update. Translation below:

Karanukan’s director diary
Nakamura Mamiko (The woman in the picture with GACKT) is the manager of the ULTRA BLUE, the seashore Restaurant, Cafe’ and holiday house surrounded by fukugi (*Happiness tree) that appears in a really important scene.
We were allowed to use its name as it is. Nakamura moved to Bisezaki, in the same period I did, to protect those trees.
As I hinted before, Marlene, the jazz singer that gave her voice to the theme song, is the one that took on the role of the Mama-san (*Head of an activity) Nakamura, acting as Sato Yukie (The one on the left in the picture below).
Kimura Suzuka was chooses among many applicants as the ‘new face’ that would take on the role of the heroine, Ishigaku Maumi ( on the right) that came to ask for counseling.
Everyone acted so naturally. I do all I can to watch over the performance without influencing it too much.

Source: Yasuhiro Hamano Facebook

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA