Yagira Interview Released For Ryuji Remake As Manga Adaptation Confirmed
The remake's promotion now runs on two tracks, a lead interview and making-of footage paired with a manga adaptation that starts serializing a month before the film opens.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Cinema Today reports an interview video with lead actor Yuya Yagira and making-of footage for 'RYUJI Ryuji,' the remake of the 1983 yakuza film 'Ryuji' that opens October 30. Yagira discusses building the role with director Nobuo Mizuta and acting alongside Riku Hagiwara and BE:FIRST's JUNON. An official manga adaptation by Kosuke Tokimune begins serialization September 27 on 'Manga BANG Comics.'
The film sets its story in Shinjuku's Kabukicho between 1984 and 1990, following Ryuji (Yuya Yagira), a yakuza trying to leave the underworld for his wife Mariko (Rina Kawaei) and their newborn son. Yagira describes building the role through long conversations with director Nobuo Mizuta about his own weaknesses and anxieties. He also recalls watching old yakuza films with Ken Takakura and Bunta Sugawara, and says he wanted to re-express that era of Japanese cinema. Riku Hagiwara plays Nao and JUNON plays Hiroshi, the underlings who look up to Ryuji.
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