Shun Oguri stars as detective Kenji Okamoto in the Netflix series "Gas Man," which premiered on July 2, and stars in the film "Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo," which opens in Japan on October 23.
Shun Oguri is the lead in two 2026 productions. In the eight-episode Netflix series "Gas Man," he plays detective Kenji Okamoto, who with partner Kyoko Kono (Yu Aoi) pursues a killer who can turn his body into gas. The series, a reboot of Toho's 1960 special effects film "The First Gas Man," is directed by Shinzo Katayama and executive produced by Yeon Sang-ho. It premiered worldwide on Netflix on July 2.
Oguri also stars in "Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo," a Japan-U.S. co-production directed by Takashi Miike, opposite Lily James. The film opens in Japan on October 23, and its theme song "Raven Sky" is performed by Ado. The main trailer featuring the song has been released.
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Sep 2
All 26 episodes of the TV anime Wangan Midnight will stream free for a limited time on the YouTube channel Full☆Anime TV starting September 4. The release celebrates the 35th anniversary of Michiharu Kusunoki's manga, which began serialization in 1990. The 2007 anime stars Shun Oguri as Akio Asakura, who buys a Nissan Fairlady Z S30Z from a junkyard and discovers it is the Devil Z, a monster machine built by tuner Jun Kitami.
Aug 21
Ado will perform the theme song for the Japan-U.S. co-produced film 'Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo,' starring Shun Oguri and Lily James and directed by Takashi Miike. The song is titled 'Raven Sky.' The main trailer featuring the song has been released. The film opens in Japan on October 23.
Jul 20
Isao Tsuge, the character design supervisor for the Netflix series "Gas Man," has explained the three concepts embedded in the blue-gray coat worn by the titular character. In an interview with Cinema Today, Tsuge said the coat's color first represents the gas-like nature of the character, second conveys a sense of otherness, and third shows respect for the 1960 original film, which also featured blue and gray tones. Tsuge, who has worked on films including "Departures" and "Shin Godzilla," designed the Gas Man after receiving the role two months before filming began. He praised actor UTA, who plays the Gas Man, for delivering emotionless lines with precise timing while also showing natural warmth in scenes with a young girl. Tsuge noted he has known UTA since childhood through his father, actor Masahiro Motoki, with whom Tsuge worked on "Departures" and "Gemini." The series, a reboot of Toho's 1960 special effects film "The Gas Man First Number," is directed by Shinzo Katayama and stars Shun Oguri and Yu Aoi alongside UTA. All eight episodes are now streaming on Netflix.
Jun 8
Netflix and Toho have released the main trailer and key art for the eight-episode series "Gas Man," a reboot of Toho's 1960 special effects film "The First Gas Man." The series, directed by Shinzo Katayama and executive produced by Yeon Sang-ho, follows detectives Kenji Okamoto (Shun Oguri) and Kyoko Kono (Yu Aoi) as they pursue a killer who can turn his body into gas. The trailer shows the Gas Man, played by debut actor UTA, announcing a press conference where he will reveal his methods and next target. Suzu Hirose and Kento Hayashi play video streamer siblings, and Yutaka Takenouchi plays a former yakuza-turned-company president. Filming ran from September 2024 to April 2025 across about 120 locations, with location scouting covering over 1,000 sites. The production achieved the first full closure of Tokyo Station front for a Japanese film shoot after 18 months of negotiations. The series streams worldwide on Netflix from July 2.