Top 20 live action movies adapted from the best manga you should not miss

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Oldboy (2003)

Oldboy - Trailer

Oldboy was published in 1996 with a story by Garon Tsuchiya and art by Nobuaki Minegishi. The opening will make the reader feel strange when a man was kidnapped and imprisoned for 10 years for no reason, suddenly one day he was released and set out to find the person who harmed him.

Because Park Chan Wook's 2003 movie was so successful, almost everyone will forget the original. One of the four pillars of Korean cinema, giving its work a violent and bloody quality. Along with that, although quite a few people already know the ending from the manga, they are still surprised and haunted by Park Chan Wook's ingenious innovation.

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Parasyte (2014)

Parasyte Part 1 Live Action Film - Official Trailer

Two episodes of Parasyte are made based on the manga series of the same name by Hitoshi Iwaaki. The work is set when an alien parasite landed on Earth, infiltrating the human brain to control the body. However, one of them fails to capture Shinichi Izumi and the student becomes an unlikely hero in the tumultuous time. The horror and black comedy elements on the story pages continued to become the highlight of the two film adaptations, helping Parasyte win the hearts of fans.

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Hot Road (2014)

Hot Road (2014) - Trailer

Hot Road is a romantic but tragic love story between high school girl Kazuki and rebellious boy Haruyama of the Nights motorcycle gang, when both were not yet in their twenties. Through the manga series, author Taku Tsumugi wants to highlight the instability in the psychology and life of young Japanese people. The movie Hot Road also depicts that, with the "talented boy and girl" actor Rena Nounen - Hiroomi Tosaka, on the background of heartbreakingly beautiful scenes.

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I Am a Hero (2016)

I Am A Hero Official Trailer

Kengo Hanazawa's series revolves around Hideo Nakata - a manga artist whose career failed, but now has to flee from the zombie apocalypse raging throughout Japan. On that journey, Hideo gradually discovers his true self, becoming a hero in times of turmoil. The film adaptation removes most of the supernatural elements in the story, successfully balancing humor and horror like the original. And the zombie creatures in the movie have scary shapes and creative moves. All make I Am a Hero a memorable live-action film based on the comic book.

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20th Century Boys (2008 - 2009)

20th Century Boys - Trailer

20th century boys is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa, published officially in Big Comic Spirit from 1999 - 2006. 20th century boys owns a large fan base of millions around the world with the plot. Brain-damaging, extremely charismatic, revolves around a guy Kenji and his group of friends from childhood who are gradually drawn into some vague plot, whose fear of a calamity that the whole world will suffer. suffered by a character claiming to be Kenji's childhood "friend".

It took Yukihiko Tsutsumi three films to bring the massive, confusing world of 20th century boys to the screen. As a result, the film adaptation has both time and space to convey the quintessence of comic books, especially flashback elements mixed with reality, giving viewers a journey to solve problems. hammer but extremely interesting.