The recently announced Sakamoto Days live-action film has received a new visual that shows off Taro Sakamoto’s skinnier form.
It was also announced that Japanese talent Ren Meguro is playing the titular ex-assassin, while Yuichi Fukuda (Gintama live-action movie) is the action comedy’s director and writer.
The movie will premiere during 2026’s Golden Week.
The original Sakamoto Days manga by Yuto Suzuki debuted in 2020 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump and has 23 volumes as of August 2025. Viz Media describes the premise as such:
Time has passed peacefully for Sakamoto since he left the underworld. He’s running a neighborhood store with his lovely wife and child and has gotten a bit…out of shape. But one day a figure from his past pays him a visit with an offer he can’t refuse: return to the assassin world or die!
An anime series adaptation premiered with its first cour in January 2025. Cour 2 premiered in the Summer 2025 anime season. Netflix is streaming the anime.
Source: @skmtdays_movie
