A stage greeting to commemorate the release of the movie "JoJo's Bizarre At a Confessional : Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe " (directed by Watanabe Kazutaka) was held in Tokyo on May 24th, with appearances by leading actor Issei Takahashi, along with Iitoyo Marie, Tina Tamashiro, Totsugi Shigeyuki, Daito Shunsuke, and Iura Arata.
"Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe" is a spin-off of Hirohiko Araki's popular manga series "JOJO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Adventure" (Shueisha), a suspense horror story about a manga artist named Rohan who has the ability to turn people into books and "read" their memories, personalities, etc., as he encounters strange incidents and mysterious phenomena. The first season of the drama was broadcast in December 2020, followed by the second season in 2021 and the third season in 2022. The first film version, "Rohan Kishibe Goes to the Louvre," was released in 2023, and the latest in the drama series, "Poaching Seashore," was broadcast in May 2024.
The film adaptation of "At a Confessional" is based on an episode that is extremely popular among fans. When Rohan visits a "At a Confessional" in a church in Venice on a research trip, a man appears to make a "confession." Driven by curiosity and the belief that "experience creates reality in a work," Rohan disguises himself as a priest and listens to the man's "confession," and the man begins to talk about a horrific event that happened 25 years ago... and so the story unfolds. This is the first Japanese film to be shot entirely on location in Venice, Italy.
