While working busily on the long-awaited Evangelion: 3.0+1.0, which is finally set to be released in Japan on June 27, 2020, 59-year-old Hideaki Anno recently starred in Shunji Iwai (Love Letter, Swallow Tail)’s latest live-action film Last Letter.
Shunji Iwai starred in Anno’s 2000 live-action film Shiki-Jitsu alongside Ayako Fujitani, which was his first film appearance as an actor.
In the film, Anno plays the protagonist character Yuri Kishinobe (played by Takako Matsu)’s husband Soujiro, who is working as a manga artist.