It is officially announced today that a live-action film adaptation of the Osomatsu-san / Mr. Osomatsu anime series, which was inspired by Fujio Akatsuka’s Osomatsu-kun comedy manga in the 1960s, is set to be released in Japan in the spring of 2022, and that the nine members of Johnny & Associates’ male idol group Snow Man are cast as its main characters.
All three seasons of the Mr. Osomatsu TV anime and the feature film Mr. Osomatsu THE MOVIE are available on Crunchyroll.
It has been adapted into stage plays and musicals since 2016 but this is the first time it has been made into a live-action film.