The official accounts for the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Hiromasa Okujima’s Baban Baban Ban Vampire comedy manga series released a teaser trailer and visual today introducing the three main cast members.Ryo Yoshizawa (Sougo Okita in the Gintama live-action films) plays 450-year-old vampire Ranmaru Mori. Rihito Itagaki (Norman in THE PROMISED NEVERLAND live-action film) plays Rihito Tatsuno, whom Ranmaru is after for his blood. Nanoka Hara (Suzume Iwato in Suzume) plays Rihito’s first love, Aoi Shinozuka.
Baban Baban Ban Vampire Live-Action Movie Teaser Trailer
Teaser visual
The site also confirmed that the Shinji Hamasaki-directed adaptation will open in Japan on February 14, 2025.Shinji Hamasaki has been active as a commercial director since the mid-2000s, and this is his second feature film directorial work, following Ichido Shindemita (“I Died Once”) in 2020, in which Ryo Yoshizawa also appeared.”I honestly spent many days trying to figure out what the right answer would be for this live-action adaptation of the extremely silly manga,” said Hamasaki. “Then Okujima-sensei, the original author of the manga, told me that the film belongs to the director, so please feel free to have fun making it, and I was convinced that this was my chance to make the best vampire comedy film in Japan. And the best cast memebrs in Japan gathered to film this outrageous comedy! I am very grateful to Ryo Yoshizawa-san, the lead actor, and all the other people who appeared in the film! The midsummer sun was killing you even if you are not a vampire, and we spent many days shooting late at night, but together with the staff and cast, we did our best to tackle the question of what a vampire comedy is all about. We are about to create an extraordinary vampire movie. We look forward to seeing you at the theater next year’s February 14, Valentine’s Day.”
The manga author Hiromasa Okujima also posted a celebratory illustration featuring Ryo Yoshizawa as Ranmaru Mori on his official X (formerly Twitter).
As previously reported, the manga’s TV anime adaptation is also in the works for a January 2025 premiere.The manga, whose genre is categorized as “BL (Bloody Love-Comedy),” has been serialized in Akita Shoten’s Bessatsu Shonen Champion. The story centers on Ranmaru Mori, a live-in part-timer at a long-established public bathhouse, whose true identity is a 450-year-old vampire. He is in search of the ultimate taste, “the blood of an 18-year-old virgin,” and continues to protect the virginity of the only son of the bathhouse, 15-year-old Rihito. However, when Rihito reaches puberty, he falls in love at first sight with a girl in the same class! Ranmaru’s desperate plan to stop him from losing his virginity begins…!
Sources: “Baban Baban Ban Vampire” live-action movie official website / X (formerly Twitter), Hiromasa Okujima official X©2025 “Baban Baban Ban Vampire” Production Committee © Hiromasa Okujima (Akita Shoten) 2022
