Baby Assassins
Japanese film series
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Baby Assassins (ベイビーわるきゅーれ, Beibi Warukyūre) is an action comedy crime film series written and directed by Yugo Sakamoto.[1][2][3] The series follows two young women who work as contract killers, Mahiro Fukugawa (Saori Izawa[4]) and Chisato Sugimoto (Akari Takaishi[5]) as they struggle to adjust to modern society.[6][7] The series, distributed in Japan by Shibuya Productions,[2][8] consists of three films and a twelve-episode television drama.
- Baby Assassins (2021)
- Baby Assassins 2 (2023)
- Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)
| Baby Assassins | |
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Poster for the first film, featuring lead characters Mahiro (left) and Chisato (right) | |
| Created by | Yugo Sakamoto |
| Original work | Baby Assassins (2021) |
| Owner | Shibuya Productions |
| Films and television | |
| Film(s) |
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| Television series | Baby Assassins Everyday! (2024) |
| Official website | |
| https://babywalkure.com/ | |
Films
Baby Assassins (2021)
The first film in the series, Baby Assassins (ja), was released in Japan on July 30, 2021.[1] The story follows two young girls, Chisato and Mahiro, who work as contract killers while living together as roommates in Tokyo. After their handler at the organization employing them instructs them to get jobs, Mahiro and Chisato struggle with fitting into society due to their propensity to resolve their social difficulties with violence.[3][7]
Baby Assassins 2 (2023)
Baby Assassins 2[a] was released in Japan on March 24, 2023.[9] The film continues to follow Chisato and Mahiro as they are hunted down by fellow assassins and brothers Makoto (Tatsuomi Hamada) and Yuri Kamimura (Joey Iwanaga). The film's theme song, "Jyanaindayo," was performed by idol group Atarashii Gakko!, who also make a cameo appearance in the film.[10]
Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)
The third film, Baby Assassins: Nice Days was released in Japan on September 27, 2024.[11] Taking place in Miyazaki, the film follows Chisato and Mahiro as they become the targets of the bloodthirsty and zealous Kaede Fuyumura (Sosuke Ikematsu), who they must race to dispose of before he kills both of them.
Television series
Production
All three films are written and directed by Yugo Sakamoto,[14][15] and feature action choreography by Kensuke Sonomura.[16][3][17]
Baby Assassins (2021)
- Directed, written and edited by Yugo Sakamoto
- Produced by: Yuji Okumura, Takeshi Hitomi, Ken Matsubara, Miokazu Kobayashi
- Executive Producer - Yusuke Suzuki
- Producers: Riku Tsunoda, Tsuyoshi Goto
- Action Director: Kensuke Sonomura
- Action Coordinator: Naohiro Kawamoto
- Music producer: Ken Matsubara
- Photography and lighting: Moritada Iju
- Sound: Takeshi Igarashi, Naka Ueda
- Art and decoration - Mirai Iwasaki
Baby Assassins 2 (2023)
- Director and Screenwriter: Yugo Sakamoto
- Action Director: Kensuke Sonomura
- Produced by: Yuji Okumura, Takeshi Hitomi, Ken Matsubara, Miokazu Kobayashi
- Executive Producer - Yusuke Suzuki
- Producers: Riku Tsunoda, Tsuyoshi Goto
- Music producer: Ken Matsubara
- Music - SUPA LOVE
- Photography - Iju Moritada
- Lighting - Hiroki Hibino
- Recording - Takeshi Igarashi
- Art - Mirai Iwasaki
Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)
- Director and Screenwriter: Yugo Sakamoto
- Assistant Director: Wataru Kudo
- Producers: Riku Sumida, Tsuyoshi Goto
- Executive Producer: Yusuke Suzuki
- Action Director: Kensuke Sonomura
- Action Coordinator: Naohiro Kawamoto
- Cinematography: Moritada Iju
- Lighting: Masafumi Seki
- Sound: Masato Komaki
- Music Producer: Ken Matsubara
- Music: SUPA LOVE
- Theme song: ZIYOOU-VACHI
Reception
Robert Daniels of The New York Times regarded the first film in the series positively, describing it as "a colorful and wild blitzkrieg".[18]
To commemorate the release of the second film, a stage greeting was held at Shinjuku Piccadilly in Tokyo on March 25, 2023. Featured in this event was the director Yugo Sakamoto, the lead duo Akari Takaishi and Saori Izawa, the villains Jou and Tatsuomi Hamada, Atomu Mizuishi, and the members of Atarashii Gakkou, who performed the theme song appearing on stage.[citation needed]