10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 Gets Live-Action Film for January 2027
Announcing a film for a finished two-volume manga lets the production keep the same cast and director on the characters past the point where the series left them.
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The live-action series of Mamita's 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 manga is also getting a live-action film on January 22, 2027. The TV cast returns. Chihiro Ikeda directs from a screenplay by Yo Saito, after directing the series with Noriaki Kosuge. Kohei Shoji plays Keishi Tanaka and Shunsuke Kazama plays Suzume Tojo. The series ran on TV Tokyo and other channels from July 4, 2025.
The film keeps the series staff in place. Chihiro Ikeda directed the TV adaptation with Noriaki Kosuge, and returns alone here on a screenplay by Yo Saito, who also wrote the series scripts. Erina Koyama composed the series music.
Shunsuke Kazama plays Suzume Tojo, who is three months from forty and working through a private list that includes a takoyaki party, a parfait at a cafe, and a birthday with a lover. Kohei Shoji plays Keishi Tanaka, his junior at the company, who finds the list and helps him work through it. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga and released the first volume on May 6.
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