{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e68cce01f3c0ab3b22539bcb","clusterId":"c_cfda764cf02660c93a0157b9","slug":"sins-of-kujo-film-teaser-adds-six-cast-members-ahead-of-january-8-opening","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Sins Of Kujo Film Teaser Adds Six Cast Members Ahead Of January 8 Opening","summary":"The live-action film of Shohei Manabe's Sins of Kujo began streaming a new teaser on Thursday, adding six cast members. Kiyohiko Shibukawa plays Takehito Mitarashi, Haru Kuroki plays Kanako Kujo, Yui Narumi plays Rui Ota, Eita Okuno plays Uji, Mutsuo Yoshioka plays Karigane, and Yu Tokui plays Kajiya. The film opens in Japan on January 8, 2027.","whyItMatters":"The teaser fills in the supporting ranks around Yuuya Yagira and Hokuto Matsumura with actors cast as yakuza and swindlers, which puts the film's weight on the same crime-world periphery the Netflix series drew from.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe teaser names the parts each new actor takes. Shibukawa is Takehito Mitarashi, sworn brother of yakuza boss Kyogoku. Kuroki is Kanako Kujo, Taiza Kujo\u0026#39;s ex-wife, raising a daughter on her own. Narumi is Rui Ota, a dating app swindler who hires Kujo as her lawyer. Okuno, Yoshioka, and Tokui play a young yakuza lieutenant, an aide to the head of the Fushimi group, and a former member of a militant yakuza group.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYuuya Yagira returns as Taiza Kujo and Hokuto Matsumura as Shinji Karasuma, both reprising roles from the live-action series. Nobuhiro Doi directs from a script by Nonji Nemoto, and the staff and other cast from the series return.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKiyohiko Shibukawa\u003c/strong\u003e: as Takehito Mitarashi, sworn brother of yakuza crime boss Kyogoku\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaru Kuroki\u003c/strong\u003e: as Kanako Kujo, Taiza Kujo\u0026#39;s ex-wife, raising a daughter as a single mother\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYui Narumi\u003c/strong\u003e: as Rui Ota, a dating app swindler who hires Taiza Kujo as a lawyer\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEita Okuno\u003c/strong\u003e: as Uji, a young yakuza lieutenant\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMutsuo Yoshioka\u003c/strong\u003e: as Karigane, an aide of the head of the Fushimi group yakuza\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYu Tokui\u003c/strong\u003e: as Kajiya, a former member of a militant yakuza group\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"The six names added to Sins Of Kujo fill mostly supporting slots, while Haru Kuroki's Kanako Kujo is the one billed opposite the title. Kuroki carries the film's box-office expectations on January 8.","twitterPost":"Sins Of Kujo adds six cast members, but Haru Kuroki's Kanako Kujo is the name the January 8 opening rests on.","threadsPost":"Sins Of Kujo built its teaser around six new cast announcements, and the list reads as depth rather than star power. Haru Kuroki is the exception: her Kanako Kujo shares the title's weight, which puts the January 8 opening on her performance more than on the ensemble.","newsletterBlurb":"The live-action Sins of Kujo film put out a new teaser on Thursday, naming six more cast members. Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Haru Kuroki, and Yui Narumi are among them, with Eita Okuno, Mutsuo Yoshioka, and Yu Tokui filling out the yakuza side. Yuuya Yagira and Hokuto Matsumura return from the series, and the film opens in Japan on January 8, 2027.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-10/live-action-sins-of-kujo-film-teaser-reveals-more-cast/.241613\",\"title\":\"Live-Action Sins of Kujo Film's Teaser Reveals More Cast\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4840,"outputTokens":950,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789029866,"createdAt":"2026-09-10T08:39:58.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T08:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T08:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_cfda764cf02660c93a0157b9","canonicalTitle":"News\nLive-Action Sins of Kujo Film's Teaser Reveals More Cast","representativeArticleId":"a_4efd7802ce857441e078f8bb","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Sins of Kujo\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Kiyohiko Shibukawa\",\"Haru Kuroki\",\"Yui Narumi\",\"Eita Okuno\",\"Mutsuo Yoshioka\",\"Yū Tokui\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-10T07:08:20.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-10T07:08:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-10T08:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-10/live-action-sins-of-kujo-film-teaser-reveals-more-cast/.241613","title":"News\nLive-Action Sins of Kujo Film's Teaser Reveals More Cast"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Sins of Kujo"],"studios":[],"people":["Kiyohiko Shibukawa","Haru Kuroki","Yui Narumi","Eita Okuno","Mutsuo Yoshioka","Yū Tokui"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}