It has been announced that Itao Itsuji will soon be debuting as a novelist as he will novelize his film, “Gekko no Kamen“!

Itao wrote the script himself and was inspired by the ‘rakugo’ story “Sokotsu Nagaya“. The fantasy mystery is all about a wounded man who’s suffering from amnesia. He returns back home and takes the place of another soldier who was killed in a battle.

The said film was first presented at the”3rd Okinawa International Film Festival” last March and was also exhibited “35th Montreal World Film Festival” last August.

The novel’s set to be released on December 14th via Wani Books.

Source: Tokyohive