Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond Is Unbreakable Live Action Movie From Takashi Miike

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TOHO and Warner Brothers announced at a press conference on Wednesday that both companies are collaborating for the first time to produce and distribute a live-action film adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable manga. The press conference lists the film as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond wa Kudakenai Dai-Ichi-Shō (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I).

Prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike (live-action Terraformars, Ace Attorney, Crows Zero, Yatterman, For Love's Sake, Ichi the Killer) is directing the movie, which will open in Japan in summer 2017.

The cast includes:

Kento Yamazaki (Orange, Your Lie in April, Heroine Shikkaku, Wolf Girl and Black Prince, live-action Death Note television, seen right) as Jōsuke Higashikata
Ryunosuke Kamiki (Howl's Moving Castle, The Secret World of Arrietty, Bakuman., Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno) as Kōichi Hirose
Nana Komatsu (Bakuman., Kin Kyori Renai, World of Kanako) as Yukako Yamagishi
Masaki Okada (Hana-Kimi, Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu, Otomen, Mahō Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto, Space Brothers) as Keichō Nijimura
Mackenyu (Chihayafuru) as Okuyasu Nijimura
Takayuki Yamada (Bakuman., Terraformars, Crows Zero, Gantz) as Anjūrō Katagiri
Yusuke Iseya (Casshern, Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno, Shinjuku Swan, Honey and Clover) as Jōtarō Kūjō
Alisa Mizuki (Doraemon: Nobita no Space Heroes) as Tomoko Higashikata
Jun Kunimura (Attack on Titan, Chihayafuru, The Wind Rises, Ichi the Killer) as Ryōhei Higashikata

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable is the fourth part of Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. The story is set in Morioh, located in S City in M Prefecture of Japan, and it follows the misadventures of Jōsuke Higashikata and his companions, as they are involved in a series of bizarre incidents in their town.

Araki serialized the fourth part of the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1992 to 1995. David Production has been adapting the manga into multiple television anime series, beginning with Part 1 in 2012. Its television anime adaptation of Diamond is Unbreakable premiered on April 1, and is currently running. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs in Japan.

Viz Media is releasing the manga in North America, though its releases have not yet reached the fourth part.

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[SlaughterX]

I was excited up until the last 2 words of this thread. I can't say I've liked a single movie the guys ever made, which sucks because I really like JoJO. I just wish they would release the anime here in the US on BD.

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Originally Posted by SlaughterX

I was excited up until the last 2 words of this thread. I can't say I've liked a single movie the guys ever made, which sucks because I really like JoJO. I just wish they would release the anime here in the US on BD.

Well Jojo is currently airing on Toonami, so might have some hope for that.

[Bobo1313]

Originally Posted by SlaughterX

I was excited up until the last 2 words of this thread. I can't say I've liked a single movie the guys ever made, which sucks because I really like JoJO. I just wish they would release the anime here in the US on BD.

I've seen almost all his movies and the only one I liked was Audition.

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Warner Bros. began streaming two commercials on Tuesday for the live-action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable film. The commercials preview Jōsuke Higashikata's Stand Shining Diamond.

The film's title is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond wa Kudakenai Dai-Ichi-Shō (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I), although the staff have not yet confirmed additional installments for the series.

The film held its world premiere at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) in Switzerland on July 2, and it won the RTS Audience Award. The film also screened at Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival last month. The film opens in Japan on Friday.

Prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike (live-action Terraformars, Ace Attorney, Crows Zero, Yatterman, For Love's Sake, Ichi the Killer) is directing the movie.

The cast includes:

Kento Yamazaki as Jōsuke Higashikata
Ryunosuke Kamiki as Kōichi Hirose
Nana Komatsu as Yukako Yamagishi
Masaki Okada as Keichō Nijimura
Mackenyu as Okuyasu Nijimura
Takayuki Yamada as Anjūrō "Angelo" Katagiri
Yusuke Iseya as Jōtarō Kūjō
Alisa Mizuki as Tomoko Higashikata
Jun Kunimura as Ryōhei Higashikata

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable is the fourth part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. The story is set in Morioh, located in S City in M Prefecture of Japan, and it follows the misadventures of Jōsuke Higashikata and his companions, as they are involved in a series of bizarre incidents in their town.

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