{"id":25094,"date":"2024-07-28T17:06:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T21:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25094"},"modified":"2024-07-28T23:38:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:38:55","slug":"junji-itos-uzumaki-to-be-released-by-adult-swim-on-september-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25094","title":{"rendered":"Junji Ito&#8217;s &#8216;Uzumaki&#8217; To Be Released by Adult Swim on September 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>After several false starts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10905902\/fullcredits\"><em><strong>Uzumaki<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>is finally scheduled for release by Adult Swim on September 28 and will stream the following day on Max. The long-delayed film adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0411702\/\">Junji Ito<\/a>\u2019s horror manga had first been announced five years ago, in 2019. <br \/><br \/>The four-part series is based on Ito\u2019s three-volume manga series that was first published in 1998 in Shogakukan&#8217;s seinen manga magazine <em>Big Comic Spirits<\/em>. <br \/>Uzumaki follows the story of Kirie Goshima and Shuichi Saito, two high-school students in a small fictional Japanese town that has been afflicted by a so-called \u201cspiral curse\u201d that threatens its very survival. The two young students are tasked with finding a way to rescue themselves and their fellow townspeople from the mysterious malady, which manifests in the form of a treacherous spiral shape.<br \/><br \/>The official synopsis sets a tone of mayhem with this passage: \u201c&#8217;Let\u2019s leave this town together,&#8217; asks Shuichi Saito, a former classmate of Kirie Goshima, a high school girl who was born and grew up in Kurouzu-cho. Everything from a strange whirlwind, billowing smoke from the crematorium, and the residents is turning into spirals. People\u2019s eyes spin in whirls, a tongue spirals, and the bodies twist unnaturally. In an attempt to escape the curse of the spirals, Kirie decides to flee from Kuouzu-cho, but can she get away from this turmoil?\u201d<br \/><br \/>The <em><strong>Uzumaki<\/strong> <\/em>series is being directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1061192\/\">Hiroshi Nagahama<\/a>, whose credits include <em><strong>Mushi-Shi<\/strong> <\/em>and<em><strong> Flowers of Evil<\/strong><\/em>. The musical score is being composed by Colin Stetson, who did the honors for <em><strong>Hereditary<\/strong><\/em>. The upcoming project is being produced by Drive, the Japanese animation studio known for the second season of <em><strong>Up Your Etermity<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p>This is not the first time that <strong><em>Uzumaki<\/em> <\/strong>has been made into a live-action production. In 2000, a four-part live-action version was released in Japan, directed by the Ukrainian-born Higuchinsky, also known as Akihiro Higuchi.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/\">Check out more of Edwar Moran&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After several false starts, Uzumaki is finally scheduled for release by Adult Swim on September 28 and will stream the following day on Max. The long-delayed film adaptation of Junji Ito\u2019s horror manga had first been announced five years ago, in 2019. 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