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Live-Action Cells at Work! Film Opens in Hong Kong on February 6

Hong Kong film distributor Neofilms began streaming a Chinese- and English-subtitled trailer for the live-action film of Akane Shimizu's Cells at Work! (Hataraku Saibō) manga on Wednesday. The trailer reveals that the film will open in Hong Kong on February 6.

The film opened in Japan on December 13 and ranked at #1. The film sold a total of 612,000 tickets and earned a total of 844,768,310 yen (about US$5.49 million) in its first three days.

The film has 4D (4DX and MX4D) and IMAX screenings in Japan.

Hideki Takeuchi (live-action Nodame Cantabile, Thermae Romae, Fly Me to Saitama) directed the film, with a script by Yūichi Tokunaga (live-action Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Liar x Liar, Princess Jellyfish). Warner Bros. Japan distributed the film. Official HiGE DANdism performed the theme song "50%."

Source: Neofilms YouTube channel