Junji Ito's The Long Hair in the Attic Gets Live-Action Film
This marks the first live-action adaptation of the story since a Japanese film in 2000, and the first time a Junji Ito property is being produced as a multinational co-production between Japan, Thailand, and South Korea.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Trending.
Toei, Thai studio M Studio, and South Korean Showbox are co-producing a live-action film of Junji Ito's 1988 one-shot manga The Long Hair in the Attic. Thai director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri will direct. Development is set to finish this year, with filming planned for 2027.
The three-company partnership-Toei of Japan, M Studio of Thailand, and Showbox of South Korea-was announced Monday. Thai director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri, whose credits include The Red Line and Hunger, will direct. The staff plans to finish development this year and begin filming in 2027.
The one-shot originally ran in Monthly Halloween magazine in 1988. It follows a long-haired girl named Chiemi, who is decapitated after a breakup. The story has been adapted before: as a Japanese live-action film in 2000 and as an episode of the 2023 anime omnibus Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre.
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