BARCOS is producing a new Japanese live-action film based on the late Jiro Taniguchi's manga A Distant Neighborhood. The film is scheduled to open in Japan on October 9. The story follows Hiroshi, a salaryman who finds himself transported back into his 14-year-old body while retaining his adult memories and experiences.
Ryōhei Ōtani, known for his role in the live-action Golden Kamuy, will portray the adult Hiroshi. Tōri Oikawa takes on the role of the teenage Hiroshi. The cast also includes Momoko Isotani as Hiroshi's childhood crush Tomoko Nagase, Kenichi Takitō as his father, and Naho Toda as his mother. Yoshinari Nishikoori is directing the film and penned the screenplay, with Eishi Segawa composing the score.
Published by Shogakukan in 1998, A Distant Neighborhood was released in English by Fanfare and Ponent Mon. The publishers describe the manga as a powerful tale exploring whether Hiroshi can alter his past, including his father's disappearance and his mother's death, or if he's doomed to relive painful moments, potentially altering his future marriage.
This marks the second live-action adaptation of the manga, following a 2008 film directed by Sam Garbarski that relocated the story's setting to Paris. Jiro Taniguchi, a celebrated manga artist, passed away in February 2017. Source: Comic Natalie(https://www.animeanime.jp/article/2024/05/28/60778.html)
