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Tow Ubukata's Jūni-nin no Shinitai Kodomo-tachi Novel Gets Live-Action Film in January
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Mardock Scramble novel, reads the title in the video.
Ikebukuro West Gate Park) is directing the film, and Yutaka Kuramochi is writing the script. Filming took place from late July to late August.
The November issue of launched the series in June 2017, and Kodansha released the second compiled book volume in May.
Bungeishunju published the original novel in October 2016.
The story is a locked-room mystery where 12 kids go into an abandoned hospital to give up on life. In the room where they meet, a boy is already lying dead, and no one knows who he is. The novel was nominated for the Naoki Prize for 2016.
Ubukata debuted as a short story writer in 1996, and he won the Le Chevalier D'Eon.
Sources: Warner Bros. Japan's website and YouTube , Eiga Natalie, Good! Afternoon November issue
