Sakamoto Days Live-Action Film Adds 5 Cast Members and Confirms April 29 Release in Japan

If you have ever watched a calm neighborhood shop like it was a stage hiding trapdoors, you already understand the charm of Sakamoto Days: a soft daily life that can flip, in one breath, into something sharp and fast, and now the live-action film is adding more pieces to that carefully loaded board.

Five new cast additions enter the frame

The film has revealed five additional cast members: Shin'ya Kote as Boiled, Hinako Sakurai as Obiguro, Shintaro Anzai as Tatsu, Kōji Katō as Boss, and Kenjirō Tsuda as Asakura; and yes, you can almost hear the story gaining weight the same way Tarō does—quietly, but unmistakably.

The movie is set to open in Japan on April 29, with Ren Meguro (Snow Man) starring as Tarō Sakamoto and Fumiya Takahashi as Shin Asakura; Meguro has shared that, unlike other roles he took to send something outward, this time he stepped into Sakamoto Days more for himself, a small confession that lands like a coin in a still cup.

Also in the cast: Aya Ueto (Aoi Sakamoto), Miyu Yoshimoto (Hana Sakamoto), Mayū Yokota (Lu Shaotang), Junki Tozuka (Heisuke Mashimo), Akihisa Shiono (Kashima), and Keisuke Watanabe (Natsuki Seiba), while Takumi Kitamura, Yūsei Yagi, and Meru Nukumi appear as Order assassins Nagumo, Shishiba, and Osaragi.

A growing universe, measured in dates and episodes

Yūichi Fukuda directs and writes, with action directed by Keiya Tabuchi, and the production is handled by CREDEUS alongside Avex Pictures; behind the scenes, it sounds like two hands on one steering wheel, trying to keep comedy and danger in the same lane.

The original manga began after a 2019 one-shot and launched in November 2020, then entered its final battle in August 2025; the anime premiered in January 2025 and its first part ran 11 episodes, with part two arriving in July 2025, and a second season already on the way. You have also seen the world expand through Sakamoto Holidays (launched July 2024), two novels (April 2023 and December 2024), and even a smartphone puzzle game (launched April 2025).

I remember reading the early chapters late at night and feeling that odd warmth when a “retired” legend chooses family over fame; if you are anything like me, you are not just counting cast names—you are watching a simple store sign glow like a lighthouse in a storm.