Yesterday, following the end of chapter 222 of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s “Chainsaw Man”, his famous one-shot creation, “Look Back” has been announced to get a live-action movie adaptation.

The beloved one-shot manga, published in 2021, focuses on a young boy named Ayumu Fujino who has a talent for drawing manga, but is lauded by his skills. One day, he was asked by his teacher to hand over one of his strips to a girl in his class named Kyomoto and since then, the two have been working together on many one-shots, until they were approached by a major publisher for serialization but disagrements led into a split. The manga was adapted once into an anime movie from Studio Duran in 2024 which became of the greatest “universally-acclaimed” anime films of the year.

The live-action movie adaptation of the manga will be written for the screen, directed and edited by legendary filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. Prior to filming, Kore-eda had discovered the manga when he was walking in Tokyo and later, producer Daiju Koide approached Kore-eda for a movie adaptation offer, which he later accepted. Filming took place in Nikaho, Akita Prefecture and was immediately in the editing and finishing process when the film was announced.

The film also features music by Yuta Bandoh and the film will be distributed in Japan by K2 Pictures, with Goodfellas handling international sales outside of Asia. Two key posters were released, featuring the main characters in the snow and in the protagonist’s room as they bond throughout the story, reflecting on the protagonist’s relationships as the story progresses through.

The film is scheduled to be released in Japan around next year, more details regarding the live-action adaptation of this treasured one-shot story from famed visionary screenwriter and director Hirokazu Kore-eda will be announced sometime in the very near future. 

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