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Live-Action Kakegurui Sequel Film Casts Ryūsei Fujii, Opens in May 2021
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The official website for the live-action films based on Johnny's West member Ryūsei Fujii (seen in costume right in visual below) as the character Makuro Shikigami.
The sequel will include a returning cast. Minato Takano.
The original Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler manga launched in releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer. But when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like!
The manga inspired a 10-episode live-action show that premiered in Japan in January 2018. inspiring a live-action series that will premiere in 2021.
The main manga inspired a television anime series that ran from July streaming the series in June 2019.
Aside from Kakegurui Twins, the original manga has also inspired two other spinoff manga and two novels.
Sources: Kakegurui live-action film's website, Comic Natalie
