"the film sends a handful of sometimes hilarious images, sometimes imbued with unexpected prettiness (.) in subjective vision in quilted pursuit", but "the story manages to hold an astonishing harmony between pastiche and first degree. On December 14, 2018, the day before the premiere, Simon Riaux, in his review for Écran large, wrote.
In total, the film has sold 1,903,808 tickets and grossed $14,702,744 worldwide, as of 15 December 2019.
The film released in Japan on 29 November 2019, debuting at #8 and grossing ¥47,883,700 from 38,676 admissions in its first three days. As of 31 March 2019, the film has sold 1,684,350 tickets and grossed $12,898,742 in France. In France, the film sold more than 1 million tickets and grossed €8,817,024 ($10,031,595) by 24 February 2019. The film debuted at #3 in France, with an opening weekend gross of €3,111,807 ($3,515,249). On February 13, 2019, the film was released in Belgium, on Main Thailand and on in Russia under the title Undercover Playboy. The film was previewed over most of France on December 15, 2018, before its national release on February 6, 2019, the same in Switzerland.
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The first being the interpreter of the French credits song of the animated series while the second is the French voice of the main character. Medi Sadoun as the lie detector inspector ( cameo appearance)Īt the Comic Con Paris in October 2018, it was revealed that Jean-Paul Césari and Vincent Ropion would make cameos in the film.Vincent Ropion as the television reporter ( cameo appearance).Jean-Paul Césari as the singer at the Fashion Police party ( cameo appearance).Dorothée as l’hôtesse aéroportuaire ( cameo appearance).Liya Kebede as the professor's daughter.Achille Potier as Jordan, Gilbert's son.Chantal Ladesou as Gilbert's mother-in-law.Raphaël Personnaz as Tony Marconi (Hideyuki Makimura).Sophie Mousel as Hélène Lamberti (Saeko Nogami).Élodie Fontan as Laura Marconi (Kaori Makimura).Philippe Lacheau as Nicky Larson (Ryo Saeba).The characters are named as they are known in the French dubbed version of the anime series, while the Japanese dubbed version of the film uses their original names. Nicky Larson must then recover the perfume Cast But a moment of distraction on Larson's part allow thugs to seize it. One of his clients entrusts him one day the mission to protect the "Cupid's perfume", a fragrance that makes anyone who wears it absolutely irresistible.
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But, as professional and famous as he is, he has a major flaw: his particularly exacerbated penchant for the fairer sex, which poses a lot of worries to Laura. Aided by his partner Laura, he offers multiple services to his customers, more or less dangerous. He is often called on to solve problems that no one can solve.
City Hunter: Shinjuku Private Eyes will release February 8th, 2019 in Japanese theaters.Nicky Larson is an unusual private investigator, as talented a street fighter as a sniper. This is the second major appearance for Ryo Saeba in 2019, as the character is also scheduled to be a part of Bandai Namco’s 2019 video game Jump Force. They’ve also chosen to use City Hunter’s original end theme, “Get Wild” by TM Revolution as the film’s end theme. It’s also working to bring back the entire cast of the original series, as both Ryo’s rival Umibozu and detective Saeko manage to make an appearance in the trailer. Tsukasa Hojo’s popular action detective manga makes a return to the big screen in Japan with the new film, City Hunter: Private Eyes! Originally running in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1985 to 1991, City Hunter told the story of Ryo Saeba, a private detective that formed one half of the business “City Hunter” alongside his partner Kaori Makimura, daughter of his original partner Hideyuki.Ĭreated in honor of the anime series’ 30th anniversary, Shinjuku Private Eyes looks to be tapping into the spirit of the original 80’s adaptation, featuring art reminiscent of the original 80’s anime series, only presented in crystal clear HD.