Kenjiro Tsuda Joins Cast Of My Home Hero Live-Action Film; New Trailer Revealed!

The official website of My Home Hero live-action film revealed a new trailer on Jan 10, 2024, previewing its theme song “Insomnia” performed by Eve.

The trailer highlights Kenjiro Tsuda’s impressive acting skills as he takes on the role of Kanji Shino, the leader of a semi-gangster organization determined to track down the main character, Tetsuo.

The website also revealed more cast members in addition to the trailer.

Newly announced cast members include:

• Ryūbi Miyase as Hayato Ōsawa
• Danshun Takekawa as Kōji Yasumoto
• Toshiyuki Itakura as Toshima
• Shunsuke Daito as Yakushiji
• Shō Nishigaki as Enoki
• Shunya Kaneko as Minamida

My Home Hero live-action film is set to release on March 8, 2024.

According to the website, the live-action film will be released as the concluding part of the drama series.

My Home Hero live-action TV drama started airing on Oct 24, 2023.

Cast includes:

• Kuranosuke Sasaki as Tetsuo Tosu
• Kyohei Takahashi as Kyoichi Majima
• Asuka Saito as Reika Tosu
• Tae Kimura as Kasen Tosu
• Eisaku Yoshida as Yoshitatsu Matori
• Takuma Otoo as Kubo
• Yasushi Fuchikami as Takeda
• Shuichiro Naito as Nobuto Matori

An anime television series adaptation produced by Tezuka Productions aired from April to June 2023.

My Home Hero, written by Naoki Yamakawa and illustrated by Masashi Asaki, began in Kodansha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine on May 29, 2017. In February 2021, it was announced that the series would reach its climax.

Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankobon volumes. The first volume was released on Sep 6, 2017. As of June 2023, 21 volumes have been released.

MyAnimeList describes the plot of My Home Hero as:

Tetsuo Tosu, an ordinary salaryman, discovers his daughter, Reika, has been physically abused by her boyfriend, Nobuto Matori. Trying to learn more about him, Tetsuo uncovers Matori’s scheme to extort money from Reika’s wealthy grandparents and finds out that he is a member of a crime syndicate, with a history of murdering his former girlfriends.

Filled with rage and fear at the thought of Reika being in danger, Tetsuo ends up killing Nobuto, and with the help of his wife, Kasen, successfully disposes of the body. Now, as the members of the syndicate begin to question Nobuto’s sudden disappearance, Tetsuo and Kasen must work together to ensure the safety of their daughter and prevent her from getting involved in the predicament any further.

Source: Official Website