Shinjuku Swan
Japanese manga series
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Shinjuku Swan (新宿スワン) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Wakui. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine from 2005 to 2013, with its chapters collected in thirty-eight tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a Japanese television drama series that aired in 2007[1] and was also adapted into two live-action films directed by Sion Sono.
| Shinjuku Swan | |
Cover of the first volume of the manga | |
| 新宿スワン | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Ken Wakui |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Imprint | Young Magazine KC |
| Magazine | Weekly Young Magazine |
| Original run | 2005 – 2013 |
| Volumes | 38 |
| Television drama | |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | August 18, 2007 – September 29, 2007 |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Live-action | |
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Plot
Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukicho, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle between rival talent scouts and the yakuza.
Characters
- Tatsuhiko Shitori
- Chisato Morinaga
- Mako
- Hideyoshi
- Yousuke
- Seki
- Hayama
- Tokimasa
- Tadatoshi Ushio
- Soga
- Kameyama
- Momozuka Yuu
- Saotome Akemi
- Masaki Taki
- Tanashi Take
TV series
Cast
- Yōsuke Kawamura as Tatsuhiko
- Haruna Yabuki as Yūka Hasegawa
- Tomohisa Yuge as Hideyoshi Minami
- Eiki Kitamura as Mako
Film adaptations
Shinjuku Swan
The manga was adapted into a comedy film directed by Sion Sono that was released in Japan on May 30, 2015.
Shinjuku Swan II
Shinjuku Swan II, also directed by Sion Sono, was released in Japan on January 21, 2017.
