Live-Action Kowloon Generic Romance Film Opens in Taiwan on October 17
Film opened in Japan on August 29
On October 17th in Taiwan, the live-action film adaptation of Jun Mayuzuki's Kowloon Generic Romance manga will be released by MediaLink Entertainment Limited.
On July 13th in New York, during the Japan Cuts festival, a movie was shown.
The film opened in theaters in Japan on August 29.
In the live-action film, Reiko Kujirai is played by Riho Yoshikawa, who is blind, while Hajime Kudō is portrayed by Kōshi Mizukami, also known as Nina from My Love. Other actors involved in the project are Nina from My Love and Reiko Kujirai from the live-action film.
- Ryō Ryūsei as Miyuki Hebinuma
- Shuntarō Yanagi as Tao Guen
- Minami Umezawa as Yōmei
- Kotone Hanase as Xiaohei
- Figaro Tseng as Yūlong
- Takashi Yamanaka as Lee
- Sahel Rosa as hostess at the Club Banri snack bar
- Mandy Sekiguchi as advertising staff of Hebinuma Pharmaceuticals
- Kyūsaku Shimada as Shū
Yen Press is releasing the manga in English and describes the story:
Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai―one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…
In November 2019, Mayuzuki started publishing their manga in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine. On April 17, Shueisha released the 11th compiled book volume of the manga. On October 28, Yen Press will release the 10th volume of the manga.
The anime version of the manga started airing on April 5th in Japan. Crunchyroll broadcasted the anime while it was being shown in Japan, along with an English dubbed version.
Mayuzuki's earlier work was After the Rain, published in Monthly Big Comic Spirits by Shogakukan in 2014 before moving to Weekly Big Comic Spirits in early 2016 for its serialization. It ran for several chapters every other week until it concluded. ( link ) In April 2018, Shogakukan released the last volume of the manga. Vertical then acquired the rights to publish the entire series in five large collections.
In January 2018, the animated series adaptation of the After the Rain manga was launched on Fuji TV's Noitamina block. It consisted of 12 episodes and was available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video globally. Additionally, a live-action film based on the manga was released in Japan in May 2018.
Source: Medialink Taiwan Facebook page ( link )
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