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BADBOYS Movie Highlights Fierce Clash in Biker Underworld

May 09, 2025 (News On Japan) - A new team promotional video has been released for BADBOYS -THE MOVIE-, hitting theaters on May 30th. The spotlight is on the "Gokurakucho Edition," a fiery and dazzling story of a small, unknown biker gang aiming to rise to the top of the delinquent world.

The film centers around Tsukasa, played by Issei Mamehara, a youth driven by admiration for a legendary bad boy named Murakoshi. Born into a wealthy family, Tsukasa decides to run away from his overprotective parents in order to become a man like the one he idolized. Although he first attempts to join BEAST, the largest and most feared gang during the biker gang Sengoku era, he is mercilessly beaten and rejected. On the run, he meets Yoji Kawanaka (Rihito Ikezaki of INI), Toshio Nakamura (Jutaro Yamanaka), and Eiji Iwami (Sora Inoue), and the four form a strong bond.

Soon after, they are recruited by the seventh leader of the small-time gang Gokurakucho to join in its conflict with rival group Hiroshima Night’s. Although unsure, the others agree to help. This marks the beginning of a fierce turf war between the Gokurakucho and the Night’s. As an underdog gang, can Gokurakucho rise to the top in the chaotic world of biker factions?

Will Tsukasa one day ride the legendary motorcycle once owned by Murakoshi, the man he admires? The film follows a group of determined young men in their pure and straightforward pursuit of strength, honor, and youth as they chase the title of "the strongest" and a place in legend.

Source: 東映映画チャンネル

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