Netflix¡¯s Vice President of Content, Japan, Kaata Sakamoto, last week unveiled the streamer¡¯s 2026 slate, which builds on the popularity of its reality series, while mining manga for adaptations and leveraging its relationship with Toho Studios.
Among the projects previewed was footage from ¡°The Human Vapor,¡± based on Toho¡¯s 1960 cult film of the same title. The series is written and executive-produced by Yeon Sang-ho (¡°Train to Busan¡±) and directed by Shinzo Katayama (¡°Gannibal¡±). It follows a string of horrific assassinations carried out by a perpetrator who can vanish into thin air and is billed as ¡°coming soon.¡±
¡°Sins of Kujo,¡± an adaptation of Shohei Manabe¡¯s ¡°Ushijima the Loan Shark¡± manga, premieres April 2. ¡°Light Of My Lion¡± star Yuya Yagira plays an unconventional lawyer who defends Japan¡¯s worst thugs. Hokuto Matsumara co-stars as a fellow lawyer, with supporting roles from Elaiza Ikeda (¡±Tokyo Swindlers¡°) and Keita Machida (¡±10Dance¡°).
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