He won the Eiji Yoshikawa Award for New Writers in 2009 for Tenchi Meisatsu, and the Fūtarō Yamada Award in 2012 for Mitsukuniden.
Warner Bros. Japan began streaming a trailer for the live-action film of Tow Ubukata’s Jūni-nin no Shinitai Kodomo-tachi (Twelve Children Who Want to Die) novel on Wednesday.
The cast includes Hana Sugisaki, Mackenyu, Takumi Kitamura, Mahiro Takasugi, Yuina Kuroshima, Ai Yoshikawa, Riku Hagiwara, Yūto Fuchino, Ryūta Bandō, Kotone Furukawa, and Aisa Takeuchi.
The video reveals the film’s cast, staff, and January 25 opening.