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2nd Live-Action Mr. Osomatsu Film's Teaser Reveals January 9 Opening
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the second live-action film in the Mr. Osomatsu (Osomatsu-san) franchise unveiled a teaser trailer and a new visual for the film on Friday. The teaser announces the film's January 9 opening date. Yūichi Nakamura, who plays the brother Karamatsu in the anime, narrates the teaser.
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.
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 fourth season of the anime premiered on television on July 8.
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: Mr. Osomatsu live-action film's website, Comic Natalie
