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Encore Films to Open Live-Action Ajin Film in Indonesia
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Indonesian film distributor Ajin - Demi-Human manga, in Indonesia. The announcement didn't state a release date, but mentioned the film is "coming soon."
The film opened the film in Singapore on Thursday.
The cast includes:
- Takeru Satoh as Kei Nagai (center left)
- Gō Ayano as Satō (center right), the antagonist and member of an ajin terrorist group that wants to befriend Kei
Left column, top to bottom:
- Tetsuji Tamayama as Yū Tosaki, a member of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Ajin Control Commission
- Rina Kawaei as Izumi Shimomura, an ajin who is Tosaki's secretary and bodyguard
- Minami Hamabe as Eriko Nagai, Kei's younger sister
Right column, top to bottom:
- Kōji Tanaka, a member of an ajin terrorist group
- Yudai Chiba as Okuyama, a member of an ajin terrorist group
- Yuki Yamada as Takahashi, a member of an ajin terrorist group
voiced Kei's IBM (Invisible Black Matter) in the film.
The film's setting is Tokyo in 2017. In the film, Kei is a medical intern, with his age changed to match Satoh's.
performed the film's theme song "BLACK MEMORY."
In the original manga's story, an immortal first appeared on an African battlefield 17 years ago. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student named Kei Nagai is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.
The manga already inspired a 3D CG anime film trilogy, two television anime seasons, and three Polygon Pictures.
[Via Kaori Nusantara]
