Last month it was announced that Badboys, a manga serialized in Young King from 1988-1996, was getting a live-action film adaptation directed by Takashi Kubota. Some of the main cast was revealed yesterday, including Takahiro Miura: second son of veteran actor Tomokazu Miura and retired 1970s mega-idol Momoe Yamaguchi.
Miura will play Nomura, the most feared member of Hiroshima’s number one biker gang “Kyou Rengou” (Maniac Alliance). The story involves Kyou Rengou facing off against Gokurakucho, a formerly weak gang which rose to number two in Hiroshima thanks primarily to their eighth generation leader, Tsukasa Kiriki (Shogo Suzuki). Shinnosuke Abe (Crows Zero II), Hidenori Tokuyama (Indigo no Yoru), and Yoshihiko Hosoda (Detroit Metal City) also star.
“Badboys” is slated for a January release in Japan.
Sources: Tokyograph, Cinema Today...
Miura will play Nomura, the most feared member of Hiroshima’s number one biker gang “Kyou Rengou” (Maniac Alliance). The story involves Kyou Rengou facing off against Gokurakucho, a formerly weak gang which rose to number two in Hiroshima thanks primarily to their eighth generation leader, Tsukasa Kiriki (Shogo Suzuki). Shinnosuke Abe (Crows Zero II), Hidenori Tokuyama (Indigo no Yoru), and Yoshihiko Hosoda (Detroit Metal City) also star.
“Badboys” is slated for a January release in Japan.
Sources: Tokyograph, Cinema Today...
- 6/4/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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