Overview
- GKIDS released the first trailer for the live‑action Look Back, giving the public the film’s earliest extended footage and tone.
- Hirokazu Kore‑eda serves as writer, editor and director on the project, signaling an auteur approach to the adaptation.
- Principal casting is confirmed with Deguchi Natsuki and Furi Nanase as older and younger Fujino, and Makita Aju and Okada Rokka as older and younger Kyomoto.
- Producer Daiju Koide’s K2 Pictures handled production in Japan, filming has wrapped, and the project is currently in the editing stage.
- K2 Pictures plans a Japanese theatrical debut later this year and GKIDS will release the film in territories including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland, though no firm dates have been announced.