'RYUJI' Character PVs Launch With Ryuji And Mariko Editions
The PV rollout gives the first extended look at the relationship between Ryuji and his wife Mariko, the emotional core of a remake arriving 43 years after the original's release.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
The film 'RYUJI Ryuji,' starring Yuya Yagira and opening October 30, will release character PVs for all six main characters in three installments of two each. The first installment, out August 25, covers Ryuji and Mariko, with Yagira and Riona Kawae providing narration. The film is a new adaptation of the 1980s legend 'Ryuji.'
The first character PVs for the film 'RYUJI Ryuji' landed on August 25, pairing Yuya Yagira's Ryuji with Riona Kawae's Mariko. Each actor narrates their own edition, tracing how the underworld figure and the woman who loves him came to live as a family.
The film, opening October 30, is a new adaptation of 'Ryuji,' a title that became a legend in Japanese film history when its original star and writer, Kaneko Masatsugu, died eight days after its release. Five more character PVs follow in two later installments.
- Ryuji: played by Yuya Yagira, a protagonist trying to go straight for his wife and child
- Mariko: played by Riona Kawae, Ryuji's wife who loves him
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Cinema Today 『RYUJI 竜二』キャラクターPV公開！第一弾は柳楽優弥＆川栄李奈