The film will hit theaters on December 20
The production team of Saint Oniisan The Movie ~Holy Men vs Akuma Gundan~ (Holy Men vs Demon Army), the first live-action film of Hikaru Nakamura Manga Men's Saint Young (Saint Oniisan), has released a teaser video New character on Thursday. Video introducing the cast of Team Heavenly Realm with interviews.
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The cast of Team Heavenly Realm includes:
Ryo Katsuji as Taishakuten, god of war and thunder Jirō Satō plays the film's original character, fighting hermit Mai Shiraishi as Benzaiten, goddess of music and arts Kento Kaku as Brahmā, personal conception about cosmic principles Takanori Iwata as Archangel Michael Ryunosuke Kamiki as Johane, or John of Revelation Taiga Nakano as Kannon/Ekādaśamukha
The comedy manga imagines if Buddha and Jesus shared a cheap apartment in Tokyo with no bathroom.
Returning cast and crew from the manga's previous live-action series include Kenichi Matsuyama (Promare's Galo Thymos) as Jesus and Shōta Sometani (BELLE's Kamishin, Suzume's Minoru Okabe) as Duc Buddha. Yūichi Fukuda (live-action Gintama, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.) returns to direct the film and write the script based on an expanded story (“Screen e no Nagai Michi” or The Long Road to the Big Screen) Nakamura created the film.
Mrs. Green Apple performs the theme song “Bitter Vacances” (Bitter Vacation).
Other cast members include:
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TOHO will premiere the film on December 20.
The staff considers the 23rd of every month as “Oniisan no Hi” (Youth Day) which is a play on words in Japanese pronunciation, and they will release more information about the film on that day every month until the series is released. movie premiere.
The first 10-episode live-action season premiered on Kakao Japan's Piccoma TV streaming service in October 2018. The second season began airing on Piccoma TV in June 2019 and was also shown in theaters. . The third season premiered on NHK in January 2020. Each season has 10 episodes.
Nakamura launched the manga in Kodansha's Morning two magazine in 2006. The manga won the Short Story award at the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Awards in 2009 and was also nominated for the Manga Taisho award in the same year.
The manga is inspired by an anime film that premiered in Japan in May 2013. The manga's eighth and ninth volumes were both bundled with the original anime DVD when they were released in December 2012 and July 2013.
Publisher Kodansha USA is releasing the manga digitally in English.
Source: TOHO Movies YouTube channel
