{"rewrite":{"id":"r_28589bfa9d4c41c38dac1889","clusterId":"c_6e6929152fdd4db685e526db","slug":"junji-ito-s-the-long-hair-in-the-attic-gets-live-action-film","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Junji Ito's The Long Hair in the Attic Gets Live-Action Film","summary":"Toei, Thai studio M Studio, and South Korean Showbox are co-producing a live-action film of Junji Ito's 1988 one-shot manga The Long Hair in the Attic. Thai director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri will direct. Development is set to finish this year, with filming planned for 2027.","whyItMatters":"This marks the first live-action adaptation of the story since a Japanese film in 2000, and the first time a Junji Ito property is being produced as a multinational co-production between Japan, Thailand, and South Korea.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe three-company partnership-Toei of Japan, M Studio of Thailand, and Showbox of South Korea-was announced Monday. Thai director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri, whose credits include \u003ci\u003eThe Red Line\u003c/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c/i\u003e, will direct. The staff plans to finish development this year and begin filming in 2027.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe one-shot originally ran in Monthly Halloween magazine in 1988. It follows a long-haired girl named Chiemi, who is decapitated after a breakup. The story has been adapted before: as a Japanese live-action film in 2000 and as an episode of the 2023 anime omnibus \u003ci\u003eJunji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre\u003c/i\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Junji Ito's 1988 one-shot The Long Hair in the Attic is getting a live-action film co-produced by Toei, M Studio, and Showbox. Thai director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri will direct. Development finishes this year, filming starts 2027.","twitterPost":"Junji Ito's The Long Hair in the Attic is getting a live-action film. Toei, M Studio, and Showbox co-produce. Sitisiri Mongkolsiri directs. Development wraps this year, filming in 2027.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"A live-action film adaptation of Junji Ito's 1988 one-shot The Long Hair in the Attic has been announced. The project is a three-way co-production between Japan's Toei, Thailand's M Studio, and South Korea's Showbox. Thai director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri will direct. Development is expected to finish this year, with filming planned for 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-18/junji-ito-the-long-hair-in-the-attic-manga-gets-live-action-film/.237473\",\"title\":\"Junji Ito's 'The Long Hair in the Attic' Manga Gets Live-Action Film\"}]","lintFlagsJson":"[]","lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3346,"outputTokens":635,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1779826938,"createdAt":"2026-05-19T17:05:31.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-05-19T17:16:40.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-19T17:16:40.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6e6929152fdd4db685e526db","canonicalTitle":"Junji Ito's 'The Long Hair in the Attic' Manga Gets Live-Action Film","representativeArticleId":"a_745c15e8e0efd1382780221b","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"The Long Hair in the Attic\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Junji Ito\",\"Sitsiri Mongkolsiri\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-05-18T05:56:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-05-19T07:55:15.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-19T17:16:40.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-18/junji-ito-the-long-hair-in-the-attic-manga-gets-live-action-film/.237473","title":"Junji Ito's 'The Long Hair in the Attic' Manga Gets Live-Action Film"},{"source":"Anime Trending","url":"https://anitrendz.net/news/2026/05/19/junji-itos-the-long-hair-in-the-attic-gets-live-action-film-from-thai-director-sitisiri-mongkolsiri","title":"Junji Ito's The Long Hair in the Attic Gets Live-Action Film from Thai Director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["The Long Hair in the Attic"],"studios":[],"people":["Junji Ito","Sitsiri Mongkolsiri"],"type":"announcement","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Toei, M Studio, and Showbox are co-producing a live-action film of Junji Ito's 1988 one-shot manga The Long Hair in the Attic.","Thai director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri will direct the film.","Development is set to finish this year, with filming planned for 2027.","The story follows a long-haired girl named Chiemi, who is decapitated after a breakup.","The one-shot was previously adapted as a Japanese live-action film in 2000 and as an episode of the 2023 anime Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre."]}