UNDER NINJA, an upcoming live-action film based on the seinen manga by Kengo Hanazawa, has published a new trailer (below) featuring the official theme song for the film, entitled “doppelganger”, which is performed by Creepy Nuts. The film hits theaters in Japan on January 24, 2025.
UNDER NINJA Live-Action Film Trailer 2
Yuichi Fukuda writes and directs the live-action film, which also stars Kento Yamazaki, Minami Hamabe, Shotaro Mamiya, Mai Shiraishi, Amane Okayama, Chihiro Yamamoto, Ryubi Miyase, Ryotaro Sakaguchi and Mitsuru Hirata.Hanazawa has serialized the UNDER NINJA manga in Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine since 2018, with 13 collected volumes released in Japan to date. Denpa also publishes an English language version of the series.
UNDER NINJA promotional image
Satoshi Kuwabara directed the TV anime adaptation of UNDER NINJA at Tezuka Productions, and the series aired for 12 episodes from October to December 2023. Crunchyroll streams the anime and describes it:
Within the shadows of Japan, a covert battle wages on. Around 200,000 ninjas still exist carrying out deadly missions as a secret organization, National Intelligence of NINJA, or NIN. But a challenger arises: UNDER NINJA. Known as UN, these ninjas oppose NIN at every turn. One such UN is Kuro, a high school loner sent to the front lines. What will be his fate and which faction will prevail?
Source: Official UNDER NINJA live-action film website
