Hana-Kimi live-action actor, Masaki Okada will star as Black Jack in the upcoming TV Special called, Young Black Jack which will air this April 23 at 9PM! The special tells us the secret origins of Osamu Tezuka's iconic unlicensed doctor.
In the story, Black Jack received major injuries in an accidental explosion when he was 9, and his mother was put in an artificially induced coma. The new special will depict how Black Jack became an unlicensed doctor and how his destined rivalry with Dr. Kiriko came to be.
Naho Toda (Romance of Three Kingdoms, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror) will play Black Jack's mother, and Riisa Naka (anime and live-action The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) will play a fellow medical student. Yukiyoshi Azawa and Masachika Ichimura will also co-star. Kentaro Otani (live-action NANA films) is directing the said special.
This is not the first time that Black Jack was adapted into a live-action. Jō Shishito played the classic manga character on film, while Yūzō Kayama, Daisuke Ryū, and Masahiro Motoki (with Yukihiko Tsutsumi) have all taken on the role of Black Jack on television and video.
Source: Oricon via Anime News Network
This is not the first time that Black Jack was adapted into a live-action. Jō Shishito played the classic manga character on film, while Yūzō Kayama, Daisuke Ryū, and Masahiro Motoki (with Yukihiko Tsutsumi) have all taken on the role of Black Jack on television and video.
Source: Oricon via Anime News Network