The first official teaser announcement for Tokyo Burst set sail online on Wednesday morning in Japan ahead of a summer 2026 release from Kadokawa and BY4M Studio. The film will mark an extension of The Roundup franchise which began with 2017’s The Outlaws, sparking a series of action-packed adventures starring Don Lee, and set in South Korea’s Chinatown district.
The current franchise up to now stands at four titles with The Roundup: Punishment marking its latest addition pairing Lee with director Heo Myung-haeng, which bowed at the 74th Berlinale. Eiji Uchida (Night Flower, Offbeat Cops) is directing the newest flick from a script he wrote with Tatsuro Mishima (City Hunter, “Yu Yu Hakusho”), and Lee himself is producing alongside Hidetomo Sugaya and Daisuke “DAIS” Miyachi.
Tokyo Burst follows a rookie detective assigned to Shinjuku Central Police Station, and tackling the seedy underbelly of Kabukicho nightlife. Efforts to remake Kang Yoon-sung’s inaugural flick reportedly began in 2020 which eventually flourished into its current form, which you can now check out a glimpse of in the player below:
