The live-action Inuyashiki film is directed by Shinsuke Sato, and it will be released in Japan in 2018.
In both the film and the TV anime, Hongo plays Naoyuki Ando, an ordinary high school student who gets caught up in the conflict between his childhood friend, the villainous Hiro Shishigami, and the heroic middle-aged cyborg Ichiro Inuyashiki.
Hiroya Oku’s dark science fiction manga, Inuyashiki, is being adapted into both a live-action film and an animated TV series, and actor Kanata Hongo is pulling double duty by starring as the same character in both versions.