Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub Sets September Release
The film is positioned as the finale of the Tazza franchise, which has spanned four films over nearly two decades.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The live-action film Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub, based on the final installment of Young-man Hur's Tazza manhwa, will open in South Korea in September. Director Kook-hee Choi's crime thriller stars Yo-han Byun and Jae-won Noh as former friends turned rivals on the international poker circuit. Ayaka Miyoshi co-stars. A teaser poster and trailer debuted this week.
The teaser tagline reads: 'The friend I trusted most became the cruelest hand.' The film follows Tae-young Jang (Yo-han Byun), who loses his online casino empire to his former best friend Tae-young Park (Jae-won Noh). They meet again on the international poker circuit. Ayaka Miyoshi, known from Alice in Borderland, plays Kaneko, a yakuza-backed company head. The cast also includes Kyung-ho Yoon and Woo-jin Cho. The Tazza film series began in 2006 with Tazza: The High Rollers, which drew 6.8 million admissions. Two sequels followed. This fourth entry is the finale.
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