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CITY HUNTER



And yet another manga-to-live-action projects I have zero connection with, ell except for my memories forever scarred by the Jackie Chan silver-screen adaptation in 1993 (*which coincidentally I just randomly rewatched last week, playing on cable channel) ... so when video and news of THIS live-action Japanese adaptation dropped, I instinctively knew it would essentially serve as fodder for my bloggery-attempts MUAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA



"City Hunter," the hugely popular comic that has sold over 50 million copies and created a sensation, finally gets a live-action adaptation made in Japan! This notorious, cool-headed yet excitable protagonist descends upon modern-day Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Join Ryo, Kaori and Hideyuki on the bustling streets of modern-day Shinjuku as the curtain finally rises on the origin story of "City Hunter," with this Netflix Film streaming worldwide Thursday, April 25, 2024



SYNOPSIS: Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" based in Shinjuku, Tokyo who cleans up trouble in the gritty underworld. Although he's an unparalleled playboy who struggles to keep his cool around beautiful women, when he accepts a request, he carries it out with crack marksmanship, impressive athletic abilities and a calm composure. The unflappable, foolish and flirtatious Ryo is played by Ryohei Suzuki, while the heroine Kaori Makimura is played by Misato Morita. Ryo's partner Hideyuki Makimura is played by Masanobu Ando, and Saeko Nogami, a beautiful detective who has a complicated relationship with Ryo, is played by Fumino Kimura.

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