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Live-Action Jūni-nin no Shinitai Kodomo-tachi Film Opens in Hong Kong in April
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong film distributor Neofilms announced on Wednesday that it will begin screening the live-action Tow Ubukata's Jūni-nin no Shinitai Kodomo-tachi (Twelve Children Who Want to Die) novel in Hong Kong on April 11. Neofilms is streaming a Chinese-subtitled trailer for the film.
The film earned a cumulative total of 1,320,217,700 yen ($11.94 million).
The cast includes Kotone Furukawa, and Aisa Takeuchi.
Ikebukuro West Gate Park) directed the film, and Yutaka Kuramochi wrote the script. Filming took place from late July to late August last year. Utena Kobayashi composed the music. The Royal Concept performed the film's theme song "On Our Way."
Good! Afternoon magazine in June 2017 and ended it last November. Kodansha released the third and final compiled book volume on January 7.
Bungeishunju published the original novel in October 2016.
The story is a locked-room mystery where 12 kids go into an abandoned hospital to give up on life. In the room where they meet, a boy is already lying dead, and no one knows who he is. The novel was nominated for the Naoki Prize for 2016.
Ubukata debuted as a short story writer in 1996, and he won the Le Chevalier D'Eon.
