The official website for the forthcoming live-action film adaptation of Toshio Ozawa's high school delinquent comedy manga G-MEN announced today that its theatrical release date in Japan has been pushed back to the summer of 2023. The Yuta Kishi (Johnny & Associates' boy idol group King & Prince member)-starring film was originally slated for the fall of 2022.
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The message from the film's production committee reads:
The film "G-MEN," which announced its production on January 24, 2022 and originally scheduled to be released in the fall of this year, has been rescheduled for release in the summer of 2023 due to adjustments to the production schedule caused by the COVID-19 infection of several people involved, as well as additional filming to ensure a higher quality production.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause to those who have been looking forward to the release of this film, and we ask for your understanding in this matter. All of us involved are working as one to make this film a success, so please look forward to its release.
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. 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.
Toichiro Rutou (Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku, The Way of the Househusband live-action TV drama) is attached to direct on a screenplay by Masao Kato (Sinking of Japan) and Maruichiro Maruo (Moteki). Toei works on distribution.
Source: "G-MEN" live-action film official website
© 2022 "G-MEN" Production Committee"
© Toshio Ozawa (Akita Shoten) 2015
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