“Gege”, a novel written by popular singer/songwriter Sada Masashi (51), is to be made into a movie. The poignant love story centers around a school teacher gradually losing his eyesight and the people he meets on returning to his hometown of Nagasaki. The movie is to star Ozawa Takao (35) and Ishida Yuriko (33). The book was published last December and has sold about 70,000 copies. Sada is known for his bitter-sweet ballads.