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New Live-Action Bad Boys Film Streams Video Clip

The staff for the live-action film of Hiroshi Tanaka's Bad Boys manga started streaming about 77 seconds of footage from the film on Tuesday.

Note: The below video does not have English subtitles

The footage offers a glimpse of the protagonist Tsukasa's growth as a member of the Gorakuchō gang. Yōji and the other members tell Tsukasa to dress like a delinquent and join them at a club. However, he gets uncomfortable there and leaves early, only to meet a girl named Kumi who also felt out of place at the club. Just as the two start getting closer, the rival gang Beast shows up.

The manga centers on Tsukasa Kiriki, a sheltered only son of a wealthy family. Ever since he was helped by a legendary delinquent named Murakoshi in his childhood, Tsukasa has decided to follow in Murakoshi's footsteps, and decides one day to run away from home to achieve that dream.

Boy band JO1 member Issei Mamehara plays protagonist Tsukasa Kiriki in the film. The cast members include Jūtarō Yamanaka as Hisao Nakamura, Rihito Ikezaki as Yōji Nakagawa, and Sora Inoue as Eiji Iwami.

Tatsuro Nishikawa (Mukō no Ie, Bishu: Sekai de Ichiban Yasashi Fuku) is directing the film and co-writing the script with Kento Mineo. Toei is distributing the film. JO1 performs the film's theme song "Be brave!."

The film will open on May 30.

The manga ran in Shonengahosha's Young King magazine from 1988 to 1996. The manga inspired a five-episode original video anime (OVA) adaptation from 1993 to 1998. The manga also inspired a live-action film in 2011, a live-action series that ran for 12 episodes in April to June 2013, and another live-action film in November 2013.

Crunchyroll once released Tanaka's Kippo manga in English. The manga ended in July 2020.

Sources: Bad Boys live-action film's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie