The staff of the live-action film adaptation of Norifusa Mita’s Archimedes no Taisen (The Great War of Archimedes) manga revealed on Thursday that Tsurube Shōfukutei will play the character Kiyoshi Ōsato (romanization not confirmed).
In the original manga, the character was named Tsurube Kiyoshi, and Mita modeled the character’s appearance on Shōfukutei.
Takashi Yamazaki is directing and scripting the film, as well as directing the visual effects for the film.
He approves Kai’s plan and works with him to stop the planned construction of the battleship.