Writer and director Yugo Sakamoto’s new action thriller is well on the way with Baby Assassins: Nice Days, now third in line to a franchise that is also still growing with an upcoming spin-off drama in the works as well. The film just awarded its helmer the coveted Daniel A. Craft Award For Excellence In Action Cinema and, as we speak, is screening for eager Fantasia Festival attendees this week.
The film rejoins Saori Izawa and Akari Takashi for another run as buddying assassin duo Chisato and Mahiro, whose latest work-cation hire soon pits them against a seemingly unbearable assassin, played by none other than Sosuke Ikematsu (The Last Samurai, Killing). The film also stars Atsuko Maeda and Otani Mondo, along with a new high energy title track that now stands incumbent with the film’s forthcoming marketing.
I loved this film, and it just so happens that contributing writer Shaun Williams of @fuforthoughtpod is proudly getting his review for Fantasia published in the next few days after embargo lift, so I’m sure he’ll be pleased to spread his gospel through to as many corners of the online action fandom as much as possible. And not for nothing. There are details to comb over, but it’s all in good faith.
Watch the official new trailer below, and check out the ink just beneath which is a solid echo of what the franchise has accomplished by way of its two leads.
