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Mr. Osomatsu Franchise Gets 2nd Live-Action Film With New Cast in Early 2026
posted on by Anita Tai
The staff for the Mr. Osomatsu (Osomatsu-san) franchise announced on Wednesday a second live-action film for early next year. In addition, Osomatsu-san on Stage ~Six Men's Show Time~ 2nd Season 2, the second play in the second stage production "season" in the franchise, will also open next summer.
The new cast for the second film's sextuplets are all performers from the Kansai region:
- Seiya Suezawa (Ae! Group) as Osomatsu (red shirt in picture above)
- Yoshinori Masakado (Ae! Group) as Karamatsu (blue shirt in picture above)
- Masaya Sano (Ae! Group) as Choromatsu (green shirt in picture above)
- Ken Kojima (Ae! Group) as Ichimatsu (purple shirt in picture above)
- Keita Richard Kusama (Ae! Group) as Jushimatsu (yellow shirt in picture above)
- Takuya Nishimura (Kansai Jr.) as Todomatsu (pink shirt in picture above)
Members of Snow Man, another popular idol group from Johnny & Associates (now known as Starto Entertainment), starred in the first live-action film. Kōji Mukai, who played Osomatsu in the first film, gave a message of support for the new cast
Taisuke Kawamura (live-action Kuragehime, live-action Nodame Cantabile Saishū Gakushō) is directing the new film, and Takayuki Takuma is writing the screenplay.
The first live-action film opened in March 2022.
The first Osomatsu-san on Stage ~Six Men's Show Time~ stage play ran from September to October 2016, and the second play ran from February to March 2018. The third stage play ran in winter 2019, followed by the first Osomatsu-san on Stage ~Six Men's Show Time~ 2nd Season with a brand-new cast in late 2023. The separate Kigeki Osomatsu-san (Comedy Mr. Osomatsu) play ran in November 2018 with two more followups in 2020 and 2024.
The fourth season of the anime will premiere on television on July 8 at 12:00 a.m. JST (effectively, July 9) on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ Kyushu, before airing on other networks.
The Mr. Osomatsu television anime was inspired by Fujio Akatsuka's original Osomatsu-kun manga and "high tension comedy" TV anime, which centers on the Matsuno household with six naughty and mischievous sons (who are sextuplets). All of the sextuplets, including the eldest Osomatsu, are all in love with the same girl, Totoko. The original Osomatsu-kun series followed the family when the sons were 10 years old. Mr. Osomatsu re-imagines the original manga and TV anime with the sextuplets as adults.
The first three Mr. Osomatsu anime seasons premiered in 2015, 2017, and 2020. The Eiga no Osomatsu-san film debuted in 2019. The franchise also includes various anime shorts and two sixth-anniversary anime films.
Sources: TOHO Movies' X/Twitter account, Osomatsu-san stage play's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie, Stage Natalie
