Bungo Stray Dogs The Movie: Beast is a Japanese 2022 live-action film directed by Koichi Sakamoto and written by Kafka Asagiri. Based on a light novel spin-off from the Bungo Stray Dogs manga by Asagiri, the movie is set in an alternate universe from the franchise.[1]
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Directed by | Koichi Sakamoto |
Written by | Kafka Asagiri |
Based on | Bungo Stray Dogs Beast by Kafka Asagiri |
Starring | Shōhei Hashimoto, Yūki Torigoe |
Music by | Taku Iwasaki |
Distributed by | Kadokawa Corporation |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The story follows Ryunosuke Akutagawa, a man who vows revenge on a man dressed in black in order to rescue his sister. However, as he is about to starve to death, a man from the Armed Detective Agency appears.[1]
A live-action film, Beast was confirmed in March 2020 to be in development. It is based on a light novel by Kafka Asagiri, who is providing the screenplay, while Koichi Sakamoto is directing the movie.[2] While Yūki Torigoe (Atsushi Nakajima) and Shohei Hashimoto (Ryunosuke Akutagawa) are reprising their roles from the original plays, most of the remaining cast are new.[3] Several actors have commented the film will have a different style from plays.[4][5]
Taku Iwasaki is returning from the anime version to compose the live-action film's music, and the rock unit Granrodeo is also returning to contribute the theme song "Tokei-mawari no Torque" (Clockwise Torque).[6] Iwasaki claimed he conceived a specific type of soundtrack to fit the live-action version of Bungo Stray Dogs which would stand out in contrast to the anime soundtrack. Granrodeo "tried to express the contrast between justice and evil in the music".[7]
In charge of the script, Kafka Asagiri provided new content not present in the original Beast light novel, including more characters.[8]
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