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The live‑action adaptation of Tsunami Umino’s mini‑series Tsunami Umino – Kuroema: Chole et Emma – has just dropped a fresh trailer and key visual. In the new teaser you’ll also hear the opening theme “sign,” a track penned and performed by the band LAUSBUB specifically for the show.
The story follows Emma, a 30‑year‑old whose world collapses in a single day: her boyfriend dumps her, her employer declares bankruptcy, and she loses her home. Desperate, she stumbles into a sprawling mansion and meets Chloe, an eccentric heiress who lives alone. Chloe reluctantly lets Emma stay the night, but a sudden fire forces the two women to become housemates. Their uneasy partnership soon deepens when a mysterious client visits Chloe’s fortune‑telling shop, pulling them into an enigmatic twist of fate.
The main cast includes:
- Hana Sugisaki as Emma
- Mikako Tabe as Chloe
- Yōji Iwase as Kenshirō Shimon, the second‑generation owner of Coffee Shop Paris who backs Chloe
- Ken Mitsuishi as Shingetsu Neisan, a charismatic fortune‑teller
- Kai Inowaki as Shōta Mashū, an employee at an architectural design firm
- Aoba Kawai as Rika Daian, the firm’s architect tasked with renovating Chloe’s mansion
- Yoshihiro Nozoe as Chōshū, one of the regular seniors at Coffee Shop Paris
- Tarō Suwa as Handa, another regular patron of the café
Guest appearances feature Asami Usuda, Yūta Hayashi, Renn Kiriyama and Yōhei Hayashida.
The series will stream worldwide, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, beginning June 12. It’s a five‑episode limited run directed by Rikiya Imaizumi (known for the live‑action Teasing Master Takagi‑san and 1122: For a Happy Marriage), who also co‑writes the scripts with his wife Kaori Imaizumi.
Umino originally launched the manga in Kodansha’s Kiss magazine back in August 2022, and the fourth collected volume hit shelves on March 13. She first rose to fame with Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu (The Full‑Time Wife Escapist), which ran from November 2012 to February 2020, winning the shojo category at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.
A live‑action TV adaptation of that earlier series aired in fall 2016, with a special episode streaming in December 2020. Kodansha USA now offers the English‑language digital edition of Kuroema through its publishing arm.
Sources: Amazon Prime Video Japan, the official YouTube channel, the X/Twitter account, and Comic Natalie.
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