Live-Action Bakuman Sells Over 500,000 Tickets in 9 Days
Film based on Death Note creators' manga opened in Japan on October 3
The live-action film of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata'sBakuman. manga has sold over 500,000 tickets as of October 11. The movie opened in Japan on 325 screens on October 3. It sold 184,263 tickets for 251,607,900 yen (about US$2.08 million) in its opening weekend, and ranked #1 in the Japanese box office for the October 3-4 weekend.Lead actor Takeru Satoh (Kamen Rider Den-O, Beck, Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru, Ryōmaden, Rurouni Kenshin) said that when he watched this film, he thought that it is great to appear in such a wonderful work, regardless of box office numbers. Still, he is pleased that so many people have seen this film. Co-star Ryunosuke Kamiki (Rurouni Kenshin, Howl's Moving Castle, Summer Wars, The Secret World of Arrietty) said that he is truly happy and thrilled that the film on which he worked so hard has been seen by so many.
Over the October 10-12 holiday weekend, the two actors took part in a "Nationwide Baku Run! 1-Man. Stage Greetings" campaign. They traveled to 23 theaters to greet audiences — the most theaters either had ever visited for a stage greeting campaign.
The film adapts Ohba and Obata's original manga about two friends who decide to become manga creators, aiming to serialize their manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
Satoh plays Moritaka Mashiro, a boy who aspires to be a manga artist, and Kamiki plays his classmate and story collaborator Akito Takagi. The film follows Moritaka and Akito as they walk the path to becoming manga creators. Nana Komatsu plays the heroine Miho Azuki.
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