Crunchyroll has recently announced that they will be streaming the first live-action adaptation of Ken Wakui’s popular Tokyo Revengers manga worldwide, excluding Asia, Spain, and Latin America.
The film was released in Japan in July 2021 and quickly rose to the top, becoming the #1 live-action film in the country for the year.
Exciting news for Tokyo Revengers fans, as two sequel live-action films have also been confirmed. The first film, titled Chi no Halloween -Unmei- (Bloody Halloween -Fate-), is set to release in Japan on April 21, with the second film, Chi no Halloween -Kessen- (Bloody Halloween -Decisive Battle-), following on June 30.
Story
Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he’s standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he’s about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years. Now that he’s back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life.
Cast
Takumi Kitamura will reprise his role as Takemichi Hanagaki in the upcoming sequel films, alongside Ryō Yoshizawa as Mikey and Yuki Yamada as Draken. Joining the cast are Kento Nagayama as Keisuke Baji, Nijirō Murakami as Kazutora Hanemiya, and Mahiro Takasugi as Chifuyu Matsuno. Taketo Tanaka, who played Yahiko Myōjin in Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins, will portray Chome in the films.
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Directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa, the first live-action film adaptation of Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers manga premiered in Japan on July 9, 2021, and grossed 4.38 billion yen (approximately 31 million USD), making it the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of the year.
Source: Crunchyroll
