Mrs. GREEN APPLE's Motoki Ohmori to Portray Showa Pop Icon Hiroshi Mizuhara in Upcoming Film 'SUKIYAKI'

A new cast member has been announced on the official social media accounts for the upcoming feature film SUKIYAKI: Ue o Muite Arukou, scheduled to hit theaters nationwide on Friday, December 25. Motoki Ohmori, the frontman and vocalist of popular rock band Mrs. GREEN APPLE, will be joining the production.

Ohmori is set to portray Hiroshi Mizuhara, a legendary Showa-era star who won the grand prize at the inaugural Japan Record Awards. In the film, Ohmori will perform a passionate rendition of Mizuhara's signature award-winning classic, "Kuroi Hanabira" (Black Petals). The reveal has sparked widespread excitement and surprise online, particularly among music fans.

Social media quickly flooded with celebratory reactions, including comments like, "What an amazing surprise to wake up to!", "I'm thrilled we get to hear this song performed in Ohmori's voice," and "Playing a legendary Showa pop icon suits him so well." With an already star-studded ensemble that includes Junichi Okada, Tori Matsuzaka, Taiga Nakano, and Mone Kamishiraishi, anticipation continues to build for this ambitious music biopic intertwining Japanese cultural history and melody ahead of its year-end premiere.

The Context

The film takes its title from Kyu Sakamoto's iconic 1961 ballad "Ue o Muite Arukou," internationally renowned under the title "Sukiyaki"—which remains the only Japanese-language single ever to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The production chronicles the vibrant and transformative post-war music landscape of Japan's Showa era.

Motoki Ohmori is celebrated throughout Japan today as the principal songwriter and charismatic lead vocalist of Mrs. GREEN APPLE, one of the country's most streamed and critically acclaimed pop-rock bands. By stepping into the shoes of Hiroshi Mizuhara—whose 1959 hit "Kuroi Hanabira" launched both his career and the Japan Record Awards—Ohmori bridges two distinct golden eras of Japanese popular music.

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