Main cast announced for upcoming live-action film “Tokyo Revengers.” Now cast for the film are Takumi Kitamura as Takemichi Hanagaki, Yuki Yamada as Ken Ryuguji, Yosuke Sugino as Naoto Tachibana, Nobuyuki Suzuki as Masataka Shimizu, Hayato Isomura as Atsushi Sendo, Shotaro Mamiya as Tetta Kisaki, and Ryo Yoshizawa as Manjiro Sano. Casting for the lead female role of Hinata Tachibana has not been revealed. The film is based on manga series “Tokyo Revengers” by Ken Wakui (“Shinjuku Swan“) and directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa.
“Tokyo Revengers” will be released October 9, 2020 in Japan.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Takemichi Hanagaki (Takumi Kitamura) lives as a 26-year-old freeter. His life is basically miserable. One day, he learns from the news that Hinata Tachibana and her younger brother Naoto Tachibana (Yosuke Sugino) were murdered by the Tokyo Manjikai Gang. Takemichi Hanagaki is stunnded by the news, because Hinata Tachibana was his first love during his middle school days.
The next day, Takemichi Hanagaki is pushed by someone on a station platform and falls onto the railway track. At that moment, he goes back 10 years into the past. There, he tells Naoto Tachibana that in 10 years, Hinata Tachibana will get murdered. This changes the present day. Now, Naoto Tachibana works as a detective and avoids being killed by the Tokyo Manjikai Gang, but Hinata Tachibana’s fate is different. She is murdered by the Tokyo Manjikai Gang.
Takemichi Hanagaki then asks for help from Detective Naoto Tachibana. He wants to save Hinata Tachibana by going back in time to destroy the Tokyo Manjikai Gang.
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