TOHO Movies has presented a new trailer and poster visual for the live-action film of Shohei Manabe’s Kujo no Taizai (Sins of Kujo) manga. The trailer announces and previews the theme song “Dispel” by the band Hitsujibungaku, who also performed the theme song for the previous live-action series.
Sins of Kujo live-action film (Credits: TOHO / Sins of Kujo Production Committee)
Sins of Kujo Film Cast and Staff Return
Yuuya Yagira is reprising his role from the previous television series as Taiza Kujo, along with Hokuto Matsumura as Shinji Karasuma. The staff and other cast members from the live-action series are also returning for the film.
In particular, Nobuhiro Doi returns to direct the film based on a script by Nonji Nemoto. The continuity of cast and crew should reassure fans of the series that the film will carry the same tone and style forward to the big screen.
What Is Sins of Kujo About?
The manga centers on Kujo, a lawyer who would even defend the devil. In the new Reiwa era where chaos is spreading, he is the “guardian of darkness” who operates behind the scenes.
As Netflix describes the live-action series: does defending the greyest of the grey make him a just lawyer or a wicked one? Kujo Taiza is a lawyer who defends only society’s worst, including thugs and ex-convicts. When elite lawyer Shinji Karasuma finds himself working for Kujo, he is quickly shocked by the man’s unconventional style that does not adhere to standard ethics. As they represent clients with cases reflecting the gritty underbelly of society, Karasuma comes to realize Kujo’s conviction but struggles to grasp his idea of justice, which he will stop at no grey method to achieve.
Manabe launched the manga in Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in October 2020. Shogakukan published the manga’s 16th compiled volume on April 2, and the series has more than 4 million copies in circulation so far. Netflix’s live-action series premiered on April 2. With the new trailer and Hitsujibungaku’s “Dispel” setting the tone, the film is building momentum ahead of its release.
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