Yuki Yamada Stars in Super Mob Ninja, Directed by Yugo Sakamoto on Prime Video
Sakamoto and Sonomura reunite after Baby Assassins, putting Yamada, known for intense roles like Bomb's Ruiya, into a deliberately low-presence lead for an action comedy centered on a nameless mob character.
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Yuki Yamada will lead the Prime Original film Super Mob Ninja, streaming worldwide on Prime Video on February 19, 2027. Yugo Sakamoto of the Baby Assassins series directs and writes, with Kensuke Sonomura on action direction. Yamada plays Higashino Akira, a fired convenience store worker who joins a government secret organization battling demons.
Yamada's casting as Higashino Akira is a deliberate turn away from the intense presence he showed as Ruiya in Bomb and Mankyoku in the Kingdom series. He describes the role as a lead with less presence than ever before, and says the sword action here was the hardest of any action work he has done, more tiring than filming Kingdom.
Sakamoto, still in the editing phase, promises incredibly amazing action that supports nameless people. Sonomura, who handled precise hand-to-hand combat on Baby Assassins, asks viewers to enjoy movements that transcend common sense. Yamada says he stopped understanding what genre the film is while making it, and leaves the classification to the audience.
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