Rome, 21 November 2023 – A film about Tiger Man. The character of Japanese manga ‘Tiger Mask’ (this is the original title) could land in the cinema in a live-action after the production companies Fabula Pictures srl, Kodansha Ltd. and Brandon Box srl announced that they had signed a partnership agreement for the development and production of a feature film taken from that comic. The film will be set between Italy and Japan and will therefore see a real actor take on the role of the protagonist and wear the tiger mask.
The project
“Tiger Mask is a much loved character both in Japan and in Italy thanks to his qualities of a strong, fascinating and timeless hero“, explains Yohei Takami, head of Rights/Media Business at Kodansha. “We are proud to announce this ambitious project which confirms our passion for the search for universal stories, capable of exciting and involving both national and international audiences”, they say for their part, Marco and Nicola De Angelis, managing directors of Fabula Pictures. “The story of ‘Tiger Mask’ is a profound story, which won us over as children and helped us grow and fight during adolescence”, comments Andrea Sgaravatti, CEO of Brandon Box.
The story of the manga
Scritto da Ikki Kajiwara e illustrato da Naoki Tsuji, the original ‘Tiger Mask’ manga was published in Japan from 1968 to 1971 by the Kodansha publishing house in Bokura Magazine (1968-1969) and in Weekly Shonen Magazine (1970-1971). Kajiwara (1936-1987), one of the great masters of Japanese manga, was also responsible for cult series such as ‘Tommy the Star Of The Giants’, dedicated to baseball, and ‘Rocky Joe’ which tells the story of a young boxer.
In Italy the comic, published by Panini Comics, has inspired a very popular anime series aired for the first time in 1984. The story tells of a ruthless professional wrestler who arrives in Japan after having performed in the American rings. The scary tiger mask actually hides Naoto Date, a young man with a heart of gold who donates the proceeds from his meetings to the orphanage where he grew up as a child. But the Tigers’ Den, the ferocious organization that trained him and made him Tiger Mask, does not tolerate one of its fighters rebelling and decides to eliminate him. With the courage that has always distinguished him, Naoto decides not to give in to blackmail and faces one after another the terrible adversaries tasked with killing him.
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2023-11-21 16:42:34
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