The upcoming live-action SAKAMOTO DAYS film has revealed its main poster visual ahead of its theatrical release on April 29 in Japan. The new visual features protagonist Taro Sakamoto alongside 11 other important characters from the story.
Surrounding Sakamoto are several major characters from the series, including Shin, Lu Shaotang, and Heisuke, along with Sakamoto’s wife Aoi and daughter Hana. Members of the elite assassin group ORDER also appear in the visual, including Nagumo, Shishiba, and Osaragi, along with the mysterious X (Slur) and antagonists Kashima and Seba.
Posters using the new visual will begin appearing in theaters across Japan starting March 13, and you can check it out below.
The live-action SAKAMOTO DAYS film adapts the manga by Yuto Suzuki, which is serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. The story follows former legendary hitman Taro Sakamoto, who retires to run a convenience store after falling in love and starting a family, only to be forced back into the assassin world when enemies from his past return with new schemes.
The film is directed and written by Yuichi Fukuda and stars Ren Meguro of Snow Man as Taro Sakamoto. You can see the full cast below.
- Ren Meguro as Taro Sakamoto
- Fumiya Takahashi as Shin Asakura
- Aya Ueto as Aoi Sakamoto
- Miyu Yoshimoto as Hana Sakamoto
- Mayu Yokota as Lu Shaotang
- Junki Tozuka as Heisuke Mashimo
- Akihisa Shiono as Kashima
- Keisuke Watanabe as Seba Natsuki
- Takumi Kitamura as Nagumo
- Yusei Yagi as Shishiba
- Meru Nukumi as Osaragi
- Shinya Kote as Boiled
- Hinako Sakurai as Obiguro
- Shintaro Anzai as Tatsu
- Koji Kato as Shin’s former boss
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Asakura (Shin’s foster parent)
The film will release in Japan during the 2026 Golden Week (April 29 to May 5). You can watch the trailer for the movie, which features is theme song “BANG!!” by Snow Man.
Season 2 of the TV anime was also announced during last year’s Jump Festa, while S1 made insanely strong numbers at Netflix.
Source: SAKAMOTO DAYS Official Website
© Yuto Suzuki / Shueisha
© SAKAMOTO DAYS Film Production Committee
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