{"id":13891,"date":"2022-12-15T10:52:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T15:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:27:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:27:12","slug":"netflix-has-green-lighted-a-first-ever-city-hunter-japanese-live-action-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Has Green-Lighted a First Ever &#8216;City Hunter&#8217; Japanese Live-Action Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix got another boost to its growing Japanese content slate, Netflix\u00a0has green-lighted a Japanese live-action film based on the classic Japanese Manga<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cCity Hunter\u201d created by Tsukasa Hojo,<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 &#8220;<\/span><strong><i>City Hunter<\/i><\/strong>,&#8221; which will be available for streaming all over the world.<span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Created by a legendary artist Tsukasa Hojo, the manga was a staple of Japanese pop culture throughout the 1980s, selling over 50 million copies around the world. The story unfolds in the bustling streets of Shinjuku with the manga to be updated to the modern-day.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/pelmeds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/png\/zoloft.html\">buy zoloft online<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> The original work was a staple of Japanese pop culture throughout the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>Ryohei Suzuki (\u201c<strong>Tokyo MER<\/strong>,\u201d \u201c<strong>Segodon<\/strong>\u201d) has signed on to star in the iconic role of Ryo Saeba whose partner Makimura is killed. He and Makimura\u2019s sister Kaori team up to find out the truth.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>The franchise spawned a popular anime series and numerous feature-length adaptations, including movies made in Hong Kong (one starring Jackie Chan), France and mainland China, but this will be their first time the property is adapted as a live-action film in its native Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Yuichi Sato(&#8220;<strong><i>Kisaragi<\/i><\/strong>,&#8221; &#8220;<strong><i>Strawberry<\/i> <\/strong><i><strong>Nights<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>and &#8220;<i><strong>The End of the Tiny World<\/strong>&#8220;<\/i>) onboard to direct from a script by Tatsuro Mishima, who scripted several episodes of Netflix\u2019s Japanese original series &#8220;<i><strong>Yu Yu Hakusho<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Suzuki says the adaptation will \u201caim to strike the right balance between realism and fantasy, as well as tones from the \u201980s and today.\u201d His pressure to play such an iconic character. \u201cI am thrilled to be playing Ryo Saeba and feel a great deal of responsibility to portray this beloved, legendary character created by Tsukasa Hojo,\u201d Suzuki says.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/pelmeds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/png\/lexapro.html\">buy lexapro online<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> \u201cI cannot wait for both existing fans as well as newcomers around the world to fall in love with Ryo Saeba and his fun, action-packed adventures around modern-day Tokyo.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/pelmeds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/png\/valtrex.html\">buy valtrex online<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the creator Hojo, the Japanese feature adaptation unveiled Thursday by Netflix has been in the works for a decade. \u201cI always hoped the lead would be played by someone who really liked City Hunter and thanks to Ryohei\u2019s unwavering passion, the time has finally come,\u201d he also mentioned. \u201cThanks to the dedicated cast and crew, I\u2019m looking forward to the title being brought to screen, with a fresh and realistic perspective that isn\u2019t strictly bound to the original manga.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project is set for a 2024 release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix got another boost to its growing Japanese content slate, Netflix\u00a0has green-lighted a Japanese live-action film based on the classic Japanese Manga\u00a0 \u201cCity Hunter\u201d created by Tsukasa Hojo,\u00a0 &#8220;City Hunter,&#8221; which will be available for streaming all over the world.\u00a0 Created by a legendary artist Tsukasa Hojo, the manga was a staple of Japanese pop&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[13150,13153,92,13149,3507,13148,13152,10564,13151,13147,10562,13154],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Netflix Has Green-Lighted a First Ever &#039;City Hunter&#039; Japanese Live-Action Film | Cinema Daily US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Netflix Has Green-Lighted a First Ever &#039;City Hunter&#039; Japanese Live-Action Film | Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Netflix got another boost to its growing Japanese content slate, Netflix\u00a0has green-lighted a Japanese live-action film based on the classic Japanese Manga\u00a0 \u201cCity Hunter\u201d created by Tsukasa Hojo,\u00a0 &#8220;City Hunter,&#8221; which will be available for streaming all over the world.\u00a0 Created by a legendary artist Tsukasa Hojo, the manga was a staple of Japanese pop...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cinema Daily US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-15T15:52:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-12-12T08:27:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/City-Hunter.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1124\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"754\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891\",\"name\":\"Netflix Has Green-Lighted a First Ever 'City Hunter' Japanese Live-Action Film | Cinema Daily US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/City-Hunter.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-15T15:52:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-12T08:27:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a39aff30168e5736b19e3486a7747bd3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/City-Hunter.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/City-Hunter.jpg\",\"width\":1124,\"height\":754},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Netflix Has Green-Lighted a First Ever &#8216;City Hunter&#8217; Japanese Live-Action Film\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/\",\"name\":\"Cinema Daily US\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a39aff30168e5736b19e3486a7747bd3\",\"name\":\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Nobuhiro-Hosoki-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Nobuhiro-Hosoki-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Nobuhiro Hosoki\"},\"description\":\"Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick's \\\"A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called \\\"Morning Satellite\\\" at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.cinemadailyus.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Netflix Has Green-Lighted a First Ever 'City Hunter' Japanese Live-Action Film | Cinema Daily US","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Netflix Has Green-Lighted a First Ever 'City Hunter' Japanese Live-Action Film | Cinema Daily US","og_description":"Netflix got another boost to its growing Japanese content slate, Netflix\u00a0has green-lighted a Japanese live-action film based on the classic Japanese Manga\u00a0 \u201cCity Hunter\u201d created by Tsukasa Hojo,\u00a0 &#8220;City Hunter,&#8221; which will be available for streaming all over the world.\u00a0 Created by a legendary artist Tsukasa Hojo, the manga was a staple of Japanese pop...","og_url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891","og_site_name":"Cinema Daily US","article_published_time":"2022-12-15T15:52:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-12-12T08:27:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1124,"height":754,"url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/City-Hunter.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nobuhiro Hosoki","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nobuhiro Hosoki","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891","name":"Netflix Has Green-Lighted a First Ever 'City Hunter' Japanese Live-Action Film | Cinema Daily US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/City-Hunter.jpg","datePublished":"2022-12-15T15:52:34+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-12T08:27:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a39aff30168e5736b19e3486a7747bd3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/City-Hunter.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/City-Hunter.jpg","width":1124,"height":754},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=13891#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Netflix Has Green-Lighted a First Ever &#8216;City Hunter&#8217; Japanese Live-Action Film"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/","name":"Cinema Daily US","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/a39aff30168e5736b19e3486a7747bd3","name":"Nobuhiro Hosoki","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Nobuhiro-Hosoki-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Nobuhiro-Hosoki-150x150.jpg","caption":"Nobuhiro Hosoki"},"description":"Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick's \"A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called \"Morning Satellite\" at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cinemadailyus.com"],"url":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13891"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}