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Live-Action 'The Violence Action' Film's Teaser Showcases More Cast, August 19 Opening
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The official website for the live-action film adaptation of author Shin Sawada and artist Renji Asai's The Violence Action manga posted a teaser trailer and teaser visual on Friday. Both showcase more cast members and the August 19 opening for the film.
Kanna Hashimoto (left in image below) plays protagonist Kei Kikuno.
The main cast includes (from left to right, top to bottom in image below):
- Fumika Baba as Shopkeeper
- Yōsuke Sugino as Terano
- Kanna Hashimoto as Kei Kikuno
- Ōji Suzuka as Watanabe
- Win Morisaki as Kaneko
- Takashi Okamura as Zura-san
- Yu Shirota as Michitaka-kun
- TYūri Ōta as Daria
- TShunsuke Daito as Ayabe
- Jirō Satō as Sandaime (third generation leader)
- Katsunori Takahashi as Kinoshita
The manga's story centers on Kei Kikuno, an assassin who seems to be an easygoing and cute girl next door but is actually a top hitgirl. Kei skillfully handles jobs with her gun expertise and physical prowess.
Tōichirō Rutō is directing the film, and is co-writing the script alongside Itaru Era.
The series launched on Shogakukan's online magazine Yawaraka Spirits in April 2016. The manga went on hiatus from March 2018 to June 2019 due to a creator's poor health. The series ranked on the top 20 list of manga for male readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook.
Asai drew a manga adaptation of Mamoru Hosoda's The Boy and The Beast anime film, and Yen Press released the series in English in North America.
Daisuke Muroi is Sawada's real name, and he drew the Reiri manga with author Hitoshi Iwaaki (Historie, Parasyte) from December 2015 to December 2018.
Sources: The Violence Action live-action film's website, Comic Natalie
