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Corpse Party Live-Action Film Gets Sequel
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The staff of the first live-action film adaptation of Rina Ikoma.
Other confirmed returning cast include Ryosuke Ikeoka, Masafumi Yamada (Hitori Kakurenbo Gekijōban, Hontō ni Atta Kowai Hanashi) is also returning to direct the sequel.
Ikoma's role as third-year high school student Naomi Nakashima in the first film marked her first starring role.
The first film opened in Japanese theaters on August 1, alongside a simultaneous live stream on opened in Japanese theaters on September 19.
The staff describes the story from both the original Corpse Party horror game from &TEAM GrisGris and the movie:
Facing goodbyes and graduation, Naomi (Rina Ikoma), her childhood friend Satoshi (Ryosuke Ikeoka), and their classmates, are clearing up after their last ever cultural festival, when horror buff class president Ayumi (Nozomi Maeda) decides to summon Sachiko Ever After so they will stay friends for all eternity. What came instead was an invitation to a haunted graduation ceremony for Heavenly Host Elementary School, forced to close after a series of gruesome murders. What fate awaits Naomi and her friends at the cured school...?
XSEED Games released Corpse Party: Blood Drive in North America and Europe in October. Corpse Party: Blood Drive is the final installment of the series' storyline. The game shipped in Japan on July 30.
The franchise has also Corpse Party: Tortured Souls -Bōgyaku Sareta Tamashii no Jukyō- video anime. The games have collectively sold over 100,000 copies, and the various manga series have sold over 1 million copies.
Sources: Dengeki Online, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
