The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Yuto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days manga series released a new teaser trailer and visual introducing the second main actor in the film — Fumiya Takahashi (Kamen Rider Zero-One/Aruto Hiden in Kamen Rider Zero-One ) as Shin Asakura, who is a former hitman and esper who can reads others' minds. He was also the former partner of the protagonist, Taro Sakamoto, played by Ren Meguro (Japanese male idol group Snow Man member). Sakamoto Days Live-Action Film Teaser Trailer 2 RELATED: Sakamoto Days Live-Action Film Teaser Trailer, Visual Introduces Ren Meguro as Taro Sakamoto Yuichi Fukuda, best known for his work on the Gintama live-action series, is attached to direct on a screenplay also by hilmself. Action scenes will be supervised by Keiya Taguchi, who worked on the Attack on Titan live-action film series and Shin Kamen Rider . The two previously worked together on the UNDER NINJA live-action film. The Sakamoto Days live-action film is set to release in Japan during 2026’s Golden Week holiday , which falls between April 29 and May 6 next year. RELATED: Sakamoto Days Live-Action Film Reveals Teaser Visual, Golden Week 2026 Premiere The original Sakamoto Days manga series, created by Yuto Suzuki, is serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since November 2020, with 24 collected volumes in Japan and 18 translated and released into English. The anime adaptation directed by Masaki Watanabe ( Bartender ) at TMS Entertainment premiered in January 2025, with Netflix streaming the series. The manga releases weekly on the Shonen Jump app and through VIZ Media, who describes the series as such: Time has passed peacefully for Sakamoto since he left the underworld. He’s running a neighborhood store with his lovely wife and child and has gotten a bit…out of shape. But one day a figure from his past pays him a visit with an offer he can’t refuse: return to the assassin world or die! Source : "Sakamoto Days" live-action film official official website and X (formerly Twitter)
