Lasar Ishii will reprise his role as protagonist Kankichi Ryotsu from the 1996-2004 television anime series and two anime films.
Akimoto debuted Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo in 1976 and it has since become Weekly Shonen Jump’s longest-running manga series.
In addition to the television anime adaptation, the manga inspired an anime special in 1985, live-action films in 1977 and 2011, and a live-action drama adaptation in 2009.
The play will run from September 9-19 at Tokyo’s AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo, and from September 23-25 at Osaka’s Sankei Hall Breeze.