You can currently look up director Michihito Fujii’s most recent crime drama, A Family (locally known as Yakuza And The Family) on Netflix in the U.S. to get a feel of his directorial style if you haven’t seen any of his previous work. Up next to release is his newest drama, Village, while the latest updates are online for Hard Days, which is due for May 19, 2023 release from Toho.
The film is based on the 2014 crime thriller, A Hard Day, from Kim Sung-hoon who went on to direct titles like Tunnel and Netflix’s “Kingdom”. Taking the reins for the remake is a cast that lists Junichi Okada (The Fable, Hell Dogs) and Go Ayano (A Family, Homunculus), in a retelling of a corrupt cop whose misdeeds catch up with him after a fatal accident.
You’re more than welcome to parse through any of the current digital services listed over at JustWatch to catch the original with Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Jin-woong, or Lien Yi Chi’s 2017 Chinese remake, Peace Breaker, featuring Aaron Kwok and Wang Qian Yun. In the meantime, Hard Days has a quick behind-the-scenes featurette you can check out below with Okada and Ayano, getting bloodied and dirtied in whatever chaos that’s ensued in what looks to be a brutal and exciting revival of a modern crime hit.
