The official website for the live-action film of Kemuri Karakara’s Laughing Under the Clouds (Donten ni Warau) manga announced on Saturday that the manga is inspiring a live-action spinoff work that will stream on January 1.
The first film, titled Donten ni Warau Gaiden: Ketsubetsu, Yamainu no Chikai (Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden – Parting, The Oath of the Yamainu), opened on December 2.
Karakara launched a sequel titled Donten ni Warau Gaiden (Laughing Under the Clouds – Side Story) on Mag Garden’s “Beat’s” manga site in 2014.
The story of Laughing Under the Clouds takes place in the 11th year of the Meiji era.