It was announced that Katsuhisa Minami's The Fable manga will get a live-action film adaptation. The upcoming film stars Junichi Okada (From up on Poppy Hill) as Fable.
Also part of the film's cast are:
The original manga follows a fabled genius at killing who was taught since childhood to obey the orders of his boss. He is ordered to live in Osaka as a normal person for one year in order for the boss to lay low.
Directed by Kan Eguchi with scripts written by Yusuke Watanabe (20th Century Boys, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods), The Fable is set for a 2019 release.
[Source: Anime News Network]
- Fumino Kimura (The Many Faces of Ito) as Yoko, Fable's optimistic and heavy-drinking partner
- Mizuki Yamamoto (Black Butler) as Misaki, an ordinary woman that Fable met in Osaka
- Koichi Sato (64: Part I) as the Boss, the man who trained Fable to kill from a young age
- Sota Fukushi (Kamen Rider Fourze) as Hood, an assassin hired by Sunakawa to kill Fable
- Yuya Yagira (Aoi Honoo) as Kojima, Ebihara's close friend who is released from prison and chases Misaki
- Osamu Mukai (BECK) as Ebihara's enemy Sunakawa
- Ken Yasuda (HK2: The Abnormal Crisis) as Fable's manager Ebihara
The original manga follows a fabled genius at killing who was taught since childhood to obey the orders of his boss. He is ordered to live in Osaka as a normal person for one year in order for the boss to lay low.
Directed by Kan Eguchi with scripts written by Yusuke Watanabe (20th Century Boys, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods), The Fable is set for a 2019 release.
[Source: Anime News Network]
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