The Liar and His Lover

Plot

The film follows a successful, yet reclusive music composer named Aki Ogasawara who becomes involved in a relationship with a 16-year-old fan on a whim while lying about his true identity. Eventually, she gets recruited into the music industry herself, causing additional complications.

Cast

Main

Takeru Satoh as Aki Ogasawara

A 25-year-old genius producer and bassist, who composes for the rock band Crude Play under the alias Soichiro. He used to be a band member with his three other childhood friends, but left the band right before their debut. He becomes depressed and tries to find solace through music.

Sakurako Ohara as Riko Koeda

A 16-year-old high school student who possesses a gifted voice. She is in an amateur band Mush & Co. with two of her childhood friends. Riko meets and falls in love with Aki at first sight, and tries to help him overcome his pain.

Supporting

Shohei Miura as Shun Sakaguchi, guitarist and vocalist of "Crude Play"

Masataka Kubota as Shinya Shinohara, bassist of Crude Play who replaced Aki's position

Kouki Mizuta as Kaoru Ono, guitarist of Crude Play.

Koudai Asaka as Teppei Yazaki, drummer of Crude Play.

Ryo Yoshizawa as Yuichi Kimijima, member of Mush & Co.

Yuki Morinaga as Sota Yamazaki, member of Mush & Co.

Saki Aibu as Mari, Aki's ex-girlfriend

Takashi Sorimachi as Soichiro Takagi, music producer and Aki's rival

Mitsuki Tanimura as Miwako Nagahama, Takagi's assistant

Maxwell Powers as Master of Ceremonies

Production

The live adaptation of the film was first announced in March 2012. Auditions were held from March to June of the same year to choose the female lead, Riko.

Prologue

A prologue drama series, titled A Story of Before She and I Met was aired on Fuji TV from December 9 for 10 episodes, with each episode lasting 10 minutes.

Box-office

By December 2013, the film had earned ¥164 million (US$1.59 million). By January 19, 2014, it had grossed ¥1.58 billion (US$15.13 million).