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Yuta Kishi to Star in Live-action Film Inspired by Toshio Ozawa's Delinquent Comedy Manga G-MEN

 

 

Yuta Kishi, a 26-year-old member of Johnny & Associates' boy idol group King & Prince, is set to star in a live-action film adaptation of Toshio Ozawa's high school delinquent comedy manga G-MEN. This is the fourth film he has appeared in and his first starring role.

 

The manga was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion from 2014 to 2018. It was compiled in 15 tankobon volumes and has printed over 1.5 million copies in Japan. As it has continued to gain new fans even after its serialization ended, the decision was made to make it into a live-action film.

 

The story centers on Shota Kadomatsu, who transfers to Takehana Private Boys High School, which has four girls' schools within two kilometers around it, in order to get a girlfriend. However, he is sorted into the unpopular "G" class, which is full of problem students. As he bonded with them, he struggles to get a girlfriend.　　

 

"The character I will be playing, Shota, is a protagonist who gives 100% to everything he does, and there are parts of him that overlap with my own, including the part where he spins out of control," Kishi says. "I hope I can do my best to express the feelings of a pure adolescent boy, and the way he sacrifices himself and devotes himself to his friends. What I'm looking forward to is the action scenes! I've been training differently than usual to build up my body and endurance, and I'm preparing every day to deliver hot and cool action scenes."

 

Toichiro Rutou (Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku, The Way of the Househusband live-action TV drama)-directed film is set to be released in Japan in the fall of 2022. Toei works on distribution.

 

 

 

 

As reported, a live-action TV drama adaptation of Toshio Ozawa's high school delinquent manga Nanba MG5 and its sequel Nanba Dead End is also set to be aired on Fuji TV from April 2022.

 

 

Source: Toei official website

 

© 2022 "G-MEN" Production Committee"

© Toshio Ozawa (Akita Shoten) 2015

 



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