A Teaser trailer and teaser visual for the film "Specials" (directed by Uchida Eiji, to be released in spring 2026), in which Daisuke Sakuma of the popular group "Snow Man" will star in his first solo role, have recently been released.
The film is a completely original work conceived, written and directed by Director Uchida of "Midnight Swan" (released in 2020). A group of lone professional assassins of different ages and personalities are given a mission with an extremely high reward, but the only way to eliminate their "eccentric" target is to aim to win an unexpected dance competition. With zero experience, zero cooperation and zero motivation, this impromptu team of assassins takes on the challenge of serious dancing.
Sakuma will play Dia, a legendary former assassin who now works as a kind-hearted assistant at a children's home. Other cast members include Kippei Shiina, Yuta Nakamoto of NCT, Sho Aoyagi, and Hitoshi Ozawa.
The teaser visual released reads, "A killer dancing!?" and shows Sakuma, Shiina and others bathed in a spotlight gazing out at the audience through a curtain at a glittering dance venue with a mirror ball peeking through.
The Teaser trailer also released begins with a flashy car chase and spectacular gun action, followed by one action scene after another. In front of the serious-looking assembled assassins, Kumashiro (Shiina) requests an unexpected job: to form a dance team. A lovely young girl coaches the five who try their hand at dancing for a reward of 100 million yen. After a series of fierce gunfights, threatening words such as "I'll kill you if you betray me" are uttered, but then the five are seen looking cool in their suits and in high spirits. At the actual dance competition, silhouettes of people in white suits emerge, and Dia (Sakuma) signals, "Let's get to work," and they begin walking, but the five are shown not being able to dance at all.
