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The staff for the live-action film of Rensuke Oshikiri‘s horror manga Sayuri revealed a trailer and a new visual on Thursday.
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Showgate will release the film in theaters in Japan on August 23.
Ryōka Minamide plays the film’s protagonist Norio, the eldest son of the Kamiki family.
Additional cast members include:
- Zen Kajihara as the father Akio
- Fusako Urabe as the mother Masako
- Kitarō as the grandfather Shōzō
- Kokoro Morita as Norio’s older sister Keiko
- Ray Inomata as Norio’s younger brother Shun
- Toshie Negishi as Norio’s grandmother Harue, who is suffering from dementia
- Hana Kondo as Norio’s classmate Nao Sumida
Kōji Shiraishi (Sadako vs. Kayako, Impossibility Defense) is directing the film.
The manga follows a family who move into their own house. Immediately, the family and the house experience mysterious phenomena.
Oshikiri published the manga in Gentosha Comics‘ Comic Birz magazine from January 2010 to March 2011. The manga has two volumes.
Oshikiri launched the Hi Score Girl manga in Square Enix‘s Monthly Big Gangan magazine in 2010, and ended it in September 2018. Square Enix published the manga’s 10th and final volume in March 2019. Square Enix Manga & Books is publishing the manga in English. Oshikiri launched the Hi Score Girl DASH spinoff in Big Gangan in December 2019. The main manga inspired two television anime series.
Sources: Sayuri‘s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie