The live-action film adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure will hit Japanese theaters this August 4. The film’s official website has released another visual on Sunday which features the series’ main protagonist, Josuke Higashikata to be played by Kento Yamazaki. Yamazaki is known for this roles in the live-action adaptation of Your Lie in April and the live-action Death Note television adaptation. The movie will be based from the fourth part of the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga created by Hirohiko Araki.
Famous Japanese filmmaker Takashi Miike will be directing the movie along with a powerhouse cast like:
Kento Yamazaki (Orange, Your Lie in April, Heroine Shikkaku, Wolf Girl and Black Prince, live-action Death Note television) as Jōsuke Higashikata
Ryunosuke Kamiki (Howl’s Moving Castle, The Secret World of Arrietty, Bakuman., Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno) as Kōichi Hirose
Nana Komatsu (Bakuman., Kin Kyori Renai, World of Kanako) as Yukako Yamagishi
Masaki Okada (Hana-Kimi, Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu, Otomen, Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto, Space Brothers) as Keichō Nijimura
Mackenyu (Chihayafuru) as Okuyasu Nijimura
Takayuki Yamada (Bakuman., Terra Formars, Crows Zero, Gantz) as Anjūrō Katagiri
Yusuke Iseya (Casshern, Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno, Shinjuku Swan, Honey and Clover) as Jōtarō Kūjō
Alisa Mizuki (Doraemon: Nobita no Space Heroes) as Tomoko Higashikata
Jun Kunimura (Attack on Titan, Chihayafuru, The Wind Rises, Ichi the Killer) as Ryōhei Higashikata
The recently released a teaser related to the announcement of the film. Check out the video below:
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