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ReviewNetflix movie review: City Hunter – Ryohei Suzuki stars as a playboy detective in slick live-action adaptation of the manga
- The exploits of playboy detective Ryo Saeba, the main character of Tsukasa Hojo’s hit manga series, are reimagined in a new Netflix movie starring Ryohei Suzuki
- Ryo teams up with his former colleague’s sister as they investigate her brother’s death, only to uncover a sinister plot with diabolical consequences
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Since its launch in 1985, Tsukasa Hojo’s hit manga series City Hunter has been adapted into a number of different mediums around the world.
In addition to a long-running anime series, which garnered its own international following, the exploits of playboy detective Ryo Saeba have provided the inspiration for several animated feature films, a 2011 Korean drama series, a French live-action feature film, and perhaps most famously, the 1993 Jackie Chan film of the same name, directed by Wong Jing.
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Now Netflix throws its hat into the ring, producing a new feature film starring Ryohei Suzuki (Egoist) as the eponymous action hero City Hunter.
Fans of the franchise will recognise a number of familiar elements, as the storyline details the origins of Ryo’s partnership with Kaori (Misato Morita) following the tragic fate of his previous colleague, Hideyuki (Masanobu Ando), while sending them on a new adventure.
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