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Ushijima the Loan Shark Film Slated for August

<p><img src="/thumbnails/fit200x200/cms/news/43242/cover.jpg" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="1" align="right">The official website for the live-action film <cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=14291">Ushijima the Loan Shark</a></cite> (<cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=9144">Yamikin Ushijima-kun</a></cite>) <a href="http://ymkn-ushijima-movie.com/" target="_blank">announced</a> that the film will open in Japan in August. The film <a href="/news/2011-08-03/ushijima-the-loan-shark-manga-gets-live-action-film">adapts</a> <cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=30419">Shohei Manabe</a></cite>'s<cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=39851">!<i> manga</i></a></cite> of the same name. The story depicts the human drama in the black market world, as seen through the eyes of the titular loan shark. <p><cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=16737">Takayuki Yamada</a></cite> <cite>(<cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5926">Train Man</a></cite>, <cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=5479">Crying Out Love in the Center of the World</a></cite>, <cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7988">Crows Zero</a></cite>, <cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11584">Gantz</a></cite>, 13 Assassins)</cite> will reprise his lead role from the 2010 live-action television series <a href="/news/2010-08-09/ushijima-the-loan-shark-manga-gets-live-action-show">version</a> of the<cite class="e anime">!<i> manga</i></cite>. In the film, Ushijima participates in a celebrity event to collect on a debt and meets an event leader named Jun.<p><em>Source: <a href="http://natalie.mu/comic/news/63536" target="_blank">Comic Natalie</a></em>