Watch UK Trailer For Ayumu Watanabe’s Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Anime Limited are set to bring  the charming Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko. Today they have released the UK Trailer for Ayumu Watanabe (Children of the Sea) eccentric yet heartwarming film which is set for limited UK and Irish release next month.

Everyone knows about Nikuko, the larger-than-life woman who works at the local grill house and lives in a cosy houseboat moored at the docks of a small town. She’s loud and the furthest from being fashionable, but she has a big heart – whether that’s for deadbeat men sure to deceive her, or her daughter. A girl on the cusp of adolescence, Kikuo wants nothing more than to fit in and is often embarrassed by her mother, until the unearthing of a secret threatens to either bring them closer together, or tear them apart.

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko more than a perfect addition to Anime Limited’s ongoing Cine Matsuri season. A season which will bring a jam-packed line-up of exciting, diverse anime films to cinemas across the UK and Ireland throughout summer and autumn.

From acclaimed director Ayumu Watanabe (Children of the Sea) and STUDIO4°C (Tekkonkinkreet, Mind Game) comes a heartwarming and moving comedy-drama with touches of magical realism. Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is about an unconventional family and the bonds that they share in their sleepy seaside town.

Brash single mother Nikuko is well-known for her bold spirit, much to the embarrassment of Kikuko, her pensive yet imaginative daughter. In contrast to her mother, Kikuko wants nothing more than to fit in as she navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school. Life in the harbour is peaceful until a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair’s tender relationship.

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko will be shown in selected cinemas from 10th August in Japanese with English subtitles. For more information and to book tickets, please visit nikukofilm.co.uk