The return of Nicky Larson
In the midst of a week of light programming on Netflix, a great new feature has since become available 25 Aprilthe new live-action film Nicky Larson. Logically titled City hunter in the original version, this Japanese action comedy directed by Yuichi Satoh is played by actor Ryohei Suzuki. She is an award-winning star in Japan, also seen by Takashi Miike (The lion standing in the wind) and Hirokazu Kore-eda (Our little sister) who are in Zion (Tokyo tribe).
So he is the one who lends his features to the famous and delusional shadow detective Nicky Larson, Ryo Saeba in the original version, fighter and lover of beautiful girls. Not to mention obsessed and sexually perverted in the original version…
This new movie Nicky Larsonafter four film adaptations and live action filming of the famous manga created in 1985 by Tsukasa Hojo, including the one by Philippe Lacheau released in 2019, is therefore the first live action adaptation in Japanese. It takes up Nicky Larson’s original idea:
Sniper and eternal seducer, private detective Nicky Larson reluctantly teams up with his ex-partner’s sister to investigate his ex-partner’s death. Together they will face challenges in the underworld and will track down a drug that is as dangerous as it is mysterious…
In the film’s casting, Ryohei Suzuki plays Misato Morita. He plays the role of his teammate Kaori Makimura (Laura Marconi in VF), adoptive sister of Hideyuki Makimura (Tony Marconi in VF), former partner of Nicky Larson played by Masanobu Ando.
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Humor, action and less sexism
Darker than the anime series we saw in the show Le Club Dorothée, this Netflix film plays the action comedy card at its best, with a funnier and more surprising hero than ever. But the film also has a not exactly light plot, with revenge to be carried out and serious stakes. As for the often crude and sexist humor of the original creation, it’s muted here. Actor Ryohei Suzuki explained to AFP:
We established a rule that the character, in our version, would not touch someone’s body without their consent (…) (as for the explicit sequences in the manga) we revised them again with a contemporary audience in mind.
Furthermore, the actor praised Philippe Lacheau’s film, explaining: “At the time fans, including myself, thought the French version was really well done, I said to myself: “Thank you Philippe Lacheau!“
With its action, its humor and its moments of seriousness, as well as its staging which sometimes allows for some flashes, this Nicky Larson modernized has everything you need to succeed on Netflix.
Source: Cine Serie
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