The popular Look Back manga by Chainsaw Man‘s Tatsuki Fujimoto will receive a live-action adaptation in 2026 by acclaimed Japanese film director Hirokazu Kore-eda. The news was revealed alongside the latest chapter’s debut on Shonen Jump+. The Look Back live-action film’s first visual was also revealed, and can be seen below.
Other visuals can be seen here:
Kore-eda writes, edits, and pens the screenplay for the Look Back live-action. Further Look Back live-action staff include:
- Composer: Yuta Bandoh (also known as Taku Matsushiba)
- Photography: Senzo Ueno
- Lighting: Masachio Nishida
- Sound Engineer: Kazuhiko Tomita
- Art Direction: Shinsuke Kojima
- Costume: Sacico Ito
- Hair & Make-Up Supervision: Katsuhiko Yuumi
- Assistant Director: Kensei Nakayama
- Scripter: Ryoko Taguchi
- Casting: Toshie Tabata, Yoko Yamashita
- VFX Supervisor: Rinto Ueda
- Line Producer: Shinichiro Muraoka
- Support: Nikaho, Akita Prefecture
- Planning, Producer: Daiju Koide
As the copyright notice reveals, K2 Pictures, which operates a film fund, was involved in its creation. K2 was founded by Muneyuki Kii, a former producer at Toei. Reports in May 2024 revealed that Kore-eda had a project in the works, suggesting that the Look Back live-action was in development even before the release of the popular anime film (June 2024). You can check out Anime Corner’s interview with the anime’s director, Kiyotaka Oshiyama, here. Other partners of K2 Pictures include Chainsaw Man anime studio MAPPA, and directors Shunji Iwai, Miwa Nishikawa, Takashi Miike, and Kazuya Shiraishi.
A celebrated filmmaker, Kore-eda has won awards at the Japan Academy Awards, Asian Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival, and more.
MANGA Plus describes Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto:
Fujino is a fourth grader who draws a manga strip for the school newspaper. Her art makes her the star of the class, but one day she’s told that Kyomoto, a student who refuses to come to school, would also like to submit a manga for the paper…
Source: Shonen Jump+, via Shihei Lin on X (formerly Twitter)
© Tatsuki Fujimoto / Shueisha © 2026 K2 Pictures · Shueisha
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