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Avex Pictures began streaming a teaser trailer for the live-action film of Hideo Yamamoto s
Homunculus manga on Friday. Avex Pictures also revealed four more cast members for the film.
The new cast members include (clockwise from upper left in image below):
Ryo Ito as Manabu Itō, a medical student
Yukino Kishii as a mysterious woman
Seiyo Uchino as a yakuza boss
E-girls group member Anna Ishii as a high school girl that has a connection with the protagonist
Gou Ayano (seen in costume right) plays the film s protagonist.
Takashi Shimizu, the creator of the
Ju-On horror film franchise, is directing the film. The film will open in Japan on April 2 next year. In addition to opening in theaters throughout Japan, the film will exclusively stream on Netflix worldwide.