The official website for the live-action adaptation project based on Satoru Noda’s adventure manga, Golden Kamuy, has released a main trailer for Golden Kamuy: Hokkaido Irezumi Shuzin Soudatsu-hen (Hokkaido Tattooed Prisoners Scramble Arc), an upcoming serial drama series that tells a sequel story to the feature film released in January 2024. The clips also confirms that the nine-episode drama will premiere on the Japanese satellite broadcasting station WOWOW’s Serial Drama W programming block on October 6, 2024.
Kento Yamazaki reprises his role as the protagonist, Saichi Sugimoto, alongside Anna Yamada as the main heroine, Asirpa. In addition to the the 13 main cast members from the film including the two and four members announced in March, seven more additional cat members have been revealed as below:
Tetsuzo Nihei played by Takahiro Fujimoto
Kazuo Henmi played by Masato Hagiwara
Kiichiro Wakayama played by Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Tatsuya Nakazawa played by Tomoki Kimura
Yasaku Edogai played by Yuki Furukawa
Choan Kumagishi played by Yu Tokui
Kiyohiro Suzukawa played by Kazuhiro Yamaji
The live-action feature film released in 343 theaters across Japan on January 19, 2024, making its first place debut with 533,848,690 yen (3.6 million USD) on 356,186 admissions. It stayed on the Japanese box office top 10 for eight consecutive weekends.
Source: “Golden Kamuy” live-action film official website / X (formerly Twitter)©Noda Satoru/SHUEISHA ©2024 WOWOW
