GKIDS has announced that the live-action Look Back film from Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, Broker, Monster) will screen in the US, Canada, the UK, and Ireland. More details will be revealed later.
The movie was unveiled in 2025 and will debut in Japanese theaters this year.
GKIDS is proud to announce we’ll be bringing Palme d’Or-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s LOOK BACK to theatres in the US, Canada, the UK & Ireland.
More info coming later this year.https://t.co/WD5Qeb3g3N pic.twitter.com/8CUPEsfnK4
— GKIDS Films (@GKIDSfilms) March 9, 2026
The original Shueisha-published Look Back one-shot by Chainsaw Man‘s Tatsuki Fujimoto was released in July 2021. The story follows two classmates who develop a friendship through a passion for drawing.
An anime movie adaptation, directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama (Flip Flappers director, Chainsaw Man devil designer) at his Studio Durian, was released in 2024. It won Best Animated Work award at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize.
The Look Back manga is also available in English via Manga Plus and VIZ Media
Staff
• Director, scriptwriter, editor: Hirokazu Kore-eda
• Assistant director: Kensei Nakayama
• Director of photography: Senzo Ueno (Kosei no Mukogawa)
• Music composer Yuta Bandoh (Belle co-composer, Kaiju No. 8)
Source: @GKIDSfilms
