Warner Bros. Japan announced on Friday that Tarō Nogizaka’s Natsume Arata no Kekkon (Arata Natsume’s Marriage) manga is getting a live-action film that will open in Japan on September 6.
The film will star Yuuya Yagira (live-action Gintama’s Tōshirō Hijikata) as the titular Arata, and Yuina Kuroshima (live-action Fullmetal Alchemist’s Lan Fan) co-stars as Shinju Shinagawa.
Nogizaka’s Iryū – Team Medical Dragon manga previously inspired four live-action television series in 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2014.
After consulting with the bereaved family members of one of the victims of the serial killer Shinju Shinagawa, Arata visits Shinju in prison.