First teaser for Tomoyuki Takimoto’s ‘Ikigami’

The official website for the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Motoro Mase’s manga serial Ikigami is now up, and with it comes a new teaser. Like most teasers actual movie footage is pretty sparse, but at least we get a peek at Shota Matsuda in the traditional Fujimoto “sorry dude, you’re dead” pose.

For those not familiar with the manga, the story basically involves a national death lottery in Japan meant to force citizens into becoming more productive members of society and reduce the suicide rate. Children are injected with a lethal nanocapsule along with a nationally-administered vaccine at a very young age. The capsule eventually makes its way to their pulmonary artery where it waits to be activated. Between the ages of 18 and 24 people become eligible for ikigami. 1 out of every 1000 people are chosen to die, being informed of their fate only 24 hours before it happens.

Having passed the age of 24 a man named Kengo Fujimoto has the unenviable job of delivering these ikigami. Although he opposes the law, he would never dare admit it publicly. The film will follow Kengo as he delivers ikigami and tries to accept his role as a messenger of death, slowly maturing with each case. It will also follow a few of his victims as they deal with their fate in different ways.

Here’s the teaser:

Ikigami opens in September.

Links:
Official website
Eigapedia
TokyoGraph

Tags: akira emoto, dystopia, hitori gekidan, ikigami, jun fubuki, riko narumi, shota matsuda, takashi sasano, takayuki yamada