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Live-Action Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Film's 1st 13 Minutes Streamed

The official website for the live-action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable film began streaming the film's first 13 minutes on Friday.

The film's staff will hold a stage greeting event on Sunday to mark the film's opening. Media news website Natalie began streaming five clips from the film last Sunday.

The film's title is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond wa Kudakenai Dai-Ichi-Shō (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I), although the staff have not yet confirmed additional installments for the series.

The film held its world premiere at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) in Switzerland on July 2, and it won the RTS Audience Award. The film also screened at Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival last month. The film opened in Japan on August 4, and ranked #5 on its opening weekend.

Prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike (live-action Terraformars, Ace Attorney, Crows Zero, Yatterman, For Love's Sake, Ichi the Killer) directed the movie.

The cast includes:

• Kento Yamazaki as Jōsuke Higashikata
• Ryunosuke Kamiki as Kōichi Hirose
• Nana Komatsu as Yukako Yamagishi
• Masaki Okada as Keichō Nijimura
• Mackenyu as Okuyasu Nijimura
• Takayuki Yamada as Anjūrō "Angelo" Katagiri
• Yusuke Iseya as Jōtarō Kūjō
• Alisa Mizuki as Tomoko Higashikata
• Jun Kunimura as Ryōhei Higashikata

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable is the fourth part of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. The story is set in Morioh, located in S City in M Prefecture of Japan, and it follows the misadventures of Jōsuke Higashikata and his companions, as they are involved in a series of bizarre incidents in their town.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip.