In addition to the feature film starring Ryusei Yokohama, the live-action adaptation project based on Toshio Sako’s gambling-themed manga Usogui (The Lie Eater) will also get a four-episode spin-off web drama series starring Hayato Sano (Yu Ishigami in the Kaguya-sama: Love Is War live-action films) and Mai Shiraishi (ex-Nogizaka46 member).
25-yesr-old Ryusei Yokohama (Hikari Nonomura / ToQ 4gou in the 2014 Super Sentai TV series Ressha Sentai ToQger) is cast as the protagonist Baku Madarame.
Sano plays Takaomi Kaji, a young man who changes his debt-ridden life and rises through the ranks of the underworld after meeting the protagonist Baku Madarame.