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Manga-Based Bad Boys J Live-Action Drama Gets Film

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Takashi Nikaidō, Ryōsuke Hashimoto return to star in film about bike gangs

The live-action television Hiroshi Tanaka's Bad Boys manga, is getting a film adaptation. The film, which will also be titled Bad Boys J, will open in Japan on November 9.

Takashi Nikaidō will return to play the leader of the Beast gang, the most powerful gang in Hiroshima, and A.B.C-Z member Ryōsuke Hashimoto will play the leader of Paradise Butterflies' rival gang, Hiroshima Knights. Takashi Kubota is returning to direct the film.

In the film, a new enemy appears to threaten all three gangs. The film will also feature the following cast: Hikaru Iwamoto, Tatsuya Fukasawa, Tomomi Itano.

Tanaka's Bad Boys manga ran in opened in Japan in 2011.

Source: Comic Natalie


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