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Actor Jirō Satō Launches New Manga on October 31
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Hero's Inc.'s Comiplex website revealed on October 17 that actor Jirō Satō and manga artist Takeaki Yonemon will launch a new manga titled Yamanami on the website on October 31. The manga's story is about a man named Ittsū who steals a large sum of money from the Yakuza. Ittsū seems like a frivolous man, but he mercilessly fights those who try to get the money back.
Satō posted about the new manga on his X (formerly Twitter) account on Wednesday, and stated that the story is a movie script that was written in January 2011 and had been sleeping for 14 years.
Satō's first manga with artist Ryō Nagata titled Nanashi (Nameless) launched on the Comiplex website in October 2024. Hero's Inc. will publish the manga's second compiled book volume on October 29.
The manga is inspiring a live-action film adaptation in May 2026, with Satō himself both penning the script and starring in the lead role.
Satō has acted in numerous live-action films, including films related to otaku mode, most recently as the character Akikazu Yoshida in the live-action film of Kengo Hanazawa's Under Ninja manga, which opened on January 24 earlier this year. Some of his anime roles include Flanagan in Mary and The Witch's Flower, Noboru Kamikawa in Cross Game, and a middle-aged man in Shikizakura. His other roles include Fumihito Kuroki in the 2005 Densha Otoko series, Hosaku Yajima in the live-action Gokusen series, Henpeita Takechi in the 2017 Gintama live-action film, Kanzō Mogi in the 2015 Death Note live-action series, Majime Kamen in the HK/Hentai Kamen live-action film, and Danjūrō Namakubi in Abashiri Ikka The Movie.
Source: Comiplex
