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JFF Online Adds ReLIFE Live-Action Film
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Takeshi Furusawa (live-action Another, Clover) directed the film. The film debuted in Japanese theaters in April 2017 and featured an original ending. Sonoko Inoue performed the film's theme song "Sakura."
Yayoiso began her manga on the Comico free manga app in 2013, and it was green-lit for physical publication in 2014.
The manga's story revolves around Arata Kaizaki, an unemployed, single 27-year-old who has just been cut off from his parents' financial support. Unable to find a job due to his leaving his previous employer within three months, he is stuck. One night after drinking with a high school friend, Arata meets Ryō Yoake, a man who offers Arata pills to turn him back into a 17-year-old so he can redo his life. After agreeing to the experiment, Arata joins a high school class, and meets Chizuru Hishiro, a socially awkward silent beauty who yearns to have friends. Through connecting with her and other classmates, Arata must find what he lacks to live a happy life in the real world within a one-year time limit.
The manga inspired an anime adaptation in 2016. All the episodes debuted at once on the Comico app before airing on television. Kenshō Ono starred in the anime as Arata Kaizaki and reprised his role in a stage play adaptation in September 2016. A four-episode finale arc for the anime debuted in May 2018.
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