The catchingly-titled manga Kodomo no Kodomo (Child's Child), about an 11-year old girl who gets pregnant, is being adapted into a live-action movie, and ANN reports that the Japanese premiere is set for September 2008. An unrevealing trailer is up on the movie's website, and ANN has the background story if you're curious about it.

An interesting thing about this film is that, even though the subject of child pregnancy is not new, Kodomo no Kodomo pushes it far beyond below previous cinematographical takes on the issue - such as the American film Juno (about a pregnant 16-year old, played by the lolicious Ellen Page), the unrelated Korean film Jenny, Juno (15-year old), or the Japanese TV drama 14-Sai no Haha (14-year old).

The other interesting thing about the movie is the newcomer actress playing the lead role: 12-year old Haruna Amari, pictured below. Interesting from... various points of view; rotated or otherwise.


In totally unrelated "Kodomo no nyuuzu", Kodomo no Jikan appeared (sort of) in an American newspaper, as part of an advertisment for a digital TV converter box, with parental controls. The irony...