The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of an episode from Hirohiko Araki’s Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe manga series, “At a Confessional,” released a new teaser trailer today. The clip introduces four additional cast members of the film — Arata Iura as Tamiya, Tina Tamashiro as Maria, Shigeyuki Totsugi as Sotoba, and Shunsuke Daito as Mizuo.
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional is set to release in Japan on May 23, 2025.As the first episode of the spin-off series to Araki’s representative work, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, “At a Confessional” was published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997, then was included in the manga’s first tankobon volume released in 2013. The series centers on Rohan Kishibe, one of the main characters from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable. Rohan, a manga artist, encounters a series of strange happenings at his research sites. The live-action drama series featuring Issei Takahashi as Rohan was broadcast on NHK in 2020, 2021, 202, and 2024. A feature film Rohan at the Louvre (Rohan au Louvre) released in Japan in May 2023. Issei Takahashi reprises his role as Rohan Kishibe once again. Marie Iitoyo also joins as Kyoka Izumi, a female editor at Weekly Shonen Jump who is in charge of Rohan. Kazutaka Watanabe, who worked on the live-action series including the feature film Rohan at the Louvre, serves as director on a screenplay by Yasuko Kobayashi (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure anime series). VIZ Media releases the English edition of the original manga, and describes the story:
Debuting in the same deluxe hardcover format as the hit JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure manga is a standalone series featuring everyone’s favorite manga artist, Rohan Kishibe! Rohan has freed himself of Josuke Higashikata, but that doesn’t mean his life is going to be easy! No, now the supernatural has come knocking, and Rohan must contend with an all-new level of bizarre adventure…
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