It is confirmed today that 65-year-old veteran Japanese actor Koji Yakusho voices the protagonist Suzu’s father in the forthcoming anime feature film Ryu to Sobakasu no Hime / BELLE.
The internationally renowned director Mamoru Hosoda’s much-awaited new film is set to be released in Japan on July 16, 2021.
Hosoda says, “From the voice of Suzu’s father, played by Yakusho, I felt the determination of a father to accept his daughter no matter what her condition!