The meeting between world-renowned director Kore-eda Hirokazu and genius manga artist Fujimoto Tatsuki has been realized.
Megabox (CEO Hong Jeong-in, Nam Yong-seok) announced that Kore-eda Hirokazu will direct and that the live-action film Look Back, based on the original manga by Fujimoto Tatsuki, will open domestically in 2026 by releasing two teaser posters for the film. Megabox will handle the import·distribution of the Look Back live-action film.
The Look Back live-action film is based on the manga of the same name by Japanese genius manga artist Fujimoto Tatsuki. The work deals with the beautiful friendship of two girls united by a single passion for drawing, and last year it was also produced as an animation, which became a major topic in Korea by drawing more than 300,000 viewers with Megabox's exclusive domestic release.
This Look Back live-action film raises expectations as world-renowned director Kore-eda Hirokazu is handling the screenplay, directing and editing. Director Kore-eda said he picked up Look Back at a bookstore he happened to visit and read it at a stretch, adding that he felt Fujimoto Tatsuki's desperate determination that made him feel he could not move forward without drawing this work, and that that feeling struck him painfully, conveying his deep emotion about the original. After receiving a proposal from a producer to adapt Look Back into a live-action film, he said, "After meeting the original author Fujimoto Tatsuki, I decided I had to do this work."
In response, original author Fujimoto Tatsuki said, "If Director Kore-eda takes it on, I have nothing more to wish for. I am very much looking forward to it," expressing full trust in the director.
Fujimoto Tatsuki is also well known as the original author of the theatrical Chain Saw Man: Reze arc, which has recorded more than 3.35 million viewers, and he has a strong fan base not only in Japan but also in Korea.
The live-action film Look Back, born from the meeting of two creators who reached the top in different genres of film and manga, has finished principal photography and is currently in postproduction.
Along with the news of the Look Back live-action adaptation, two teaser posters were released that draw attention. They contain striking scenes of Fujino and Kyomoto walking on a snow-covered road seen from behind, and of the two facing desks in a room drawing manga, further raising curiosity and anticipation for the work.
Megabox will handle the import·distribution of this Look Back live-action film and plans to continue the box office success of last year's Look Back animation.
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