The official trailer and poster visual for the film "Bomb" (directed by Nagai Satoshi, to be released on October 31st), starring actor Yuki Yamada, were released on July 31st.
The original work is the best-selling novel of the same name by Wu Shenghao (Kodansha), which won two awards in the "This Mystery is Amazing! 2023 Edition" and "I Want to Read Mystery 2023 Edition." Director Nagai, who has worked on "The Emperor's Club" (2017), "Love is Like After the Rain" (2018), and "Character" (2021), has adapted it into a live-action film. It is an "extreme real-time mystery" that depicts the battle between Suzuki Tagosaku, a middle-aged man who foretells the presence of a bomb planted in Tokyo, and the police searching for the bomb's location.
Yamada plays Ruike, a negotiator with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division who faces off against Suzuki Tagosaku (Sato Jiro). Sairi Ito plays Koda, a police officer working at a police box who is busy searching for the bomb, Sometani Shota plays Todoroki, a local detective who is investigating Suzuki Tagosaku's past, and Atsuro Watabe plays Kiyomiya, Ruike's boss and fellow negotiator.
The one-minute trailer begins with Ruike (Yamada) saying, "Let's get started, Suzuki-san, let's get rid of the monster." Suzuki Tagosaku (Sato), a middle-aged man who was arrested for being drunk, suddenly declares in the middle of his interrogation, "The next explosion will occur in an hour." True to his word, an explosion occurs in Tokyo. The interrogation quickly turns into a tense "offense and defense with a time limit," turning into a psychological battle that tests the limits of reason and emotion.
Station platforms, entertainment districts, residential areas... one after the other, images of explosions are projected onto the screen. Cornered, Ruike blurts out his true feelings: "If we keep this up, we'll lose." Suzuki's taunting whispers, "Oh dear, you've lost again," seem to get on Ruike's nerves, and he is so angry he nearly slams his smartphone down. The trailer ends abruptly with a final shot of Ruike's stunned expression.
The poster visual has also been released. Ruike and the other main characters stand with piercing gazes amidst blazing flames and swirling black smoke. Ahead of them is Suzuki, sitting in a chair in an interrogation room. The two huge letters "bomb" are inscribed across the entire poster.
