Fumi Nikaidō (Himizu, Inuyashiki, Wolf Girl & Black Prince) is playing Haruna Wakagusa, and Ryō Yoshizawa (Kamen Rider Fourze, Gintama, Tomodachi Game) is playing Ichirō Yamada.
The manga centers Haruna Wakagusa, a high school girl living in a town during the 1990s, and Ichirō Yamada, a bullied gay teen.
A live-action film adaptation of Kyoko Okazaki’s River’s Edge manga has been green-lit.
Another manga by Okazaki, Helter Skelter, also inspired a live-action film in 2012.