The film’s official Twitter celebrated Yamazaki’s 23rd birthday. series’ episodes were adapted into a 22-episode TV anime by Kyoto Animation in 2012.
One day after the star Kento Yamazaki’s 23rd birthday, the official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Honobu Yonezawa’s mystery novel Hyouka today posted a 90-second full trailer introducing Yamazaki as the male protagonist Houtarou Oreki, 22-year-old Alice Hirose as the main heroine Eru Chitanda, and more main characters.
The Hyouka live-action film is directed by 41-year-old Mari Asato, who has mainly worked on horror genre films, including Real Onigokko 3-5 (2012) and Zero The Movie (2014).