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Baby Assassins
Original workBaby Assassins (2021)
Films and television
Film(s)
  • Baby Assassins (2021)
  • Baby Assassins 2 (2023)
  • Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)
Television seriesBaby Assassins Everyday! (2024)

Baby Assassins (ベイビーわるきゅーれ, Beibi Warugyūre) is an action comedy crime film series directed by Yugo Sakamoto  [ja].[1] The series follows two teenage female contract killers, Mahiro Fukugawa (Saori Izawa  [ja]) and Chisato Sugimoto (Akari Takaishi  [ja]) as they struggle to adjust to modern society.[2] [3] The series consists of three films and a twelve-episode television drama.

Films

Baby Assassins (2021)

The first film in the series, Baby Assassins, was released in Japan on July 30, 2021.[4] The story follows teenage girls Mahiro and Chisato, who work as contract killers while living together as roommates in the Kantō region. After their handler at the organization employing them instructs them to get jobs, Mahiro and Chisato struggle with fitting into society due to their propensity to resolve their social difficulties with violence.[1] [3]

Baby Assassins 2 (2023)

Baby Assassins 2[a] was released in Japan on March 24, 2023.[5] The film's theme song, "Jyanaindayo", was performed by idol group Atarashii Gakko!, who also make a cameo appearance in the film.[6]

Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)

The third film, Baby Assassins: Nice Days was released in Japan on September 27, 2024.[7]

Television series

Baby Assassins Everyday! (2024)

A twelve-episode television drama series, Baby Assassins Everyday!, premiered on September 4, 2024 on TV Tokyo.[8] [9]

Production

All three films are directed by Yugo Sakamoto  [ja], and feature action choreography by Kensuke Sonomura  [ja].[1] [10]

Reception

Robert Daniels of The New York Times regarded the first film in the series positively, describing it as "a colorful and wild blitzkrieg".[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Known in Japan as Baby Assassins: 2 Babies (Japanese: ベイビーわるきゅーれ 2ベイビー, Hepburn: Beibi Warugyūre 2 Beibī)[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Volk, Pete (2024年04月04日). "The Baby Assassins movies revive the dying art of action comedy". Polygon. Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  2. ^ a b Volk, Pete (2024年03月15日). "I am obsessed with every single preview image from Baby Assassins 2 Babies". Polygon. Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  3. ^ a b Kokaji, Katsuo (2023年04月21日). "Akari Takaishi, Saori Izawa Have to Battle to Survive in 'Baby Assassins' Sequel". japannews.yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  4. ^ "阪元裕吾の新作は殺し屋コンビの社会勉強描く「ベイビーわるきゅーれ」(動画あり / コメントあり)". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  5. ^ "『ベイビーわるきゅーれ 2 ベイビー』2023年3月24日公開決定 ティザービジュアル&映像も". Real Sound|リアルサウンド 映画部 (in Japanese). 2022年12月21日. Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  6. ^ "Atarashii Gakko! to Appear as Themselves in Baby Assassins 2, New Song 'Janaindayo' to Serve as Theme Song". MOSHI MOSHI NIPPON | もしもしにっぽん. 2023年01月27日. Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  7. ^ "映画『ベイビーわるきゅーれ ナイスデイズ』髙石あかり&伊澤彩織、池松壮亮演じる一匹狼の殺し屋に挑む". www.fashion-press.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  8. ^ "【9月4日放送開始】殺し屋としての葛藤と、日常の愛おしさを描く 「ベイビーわるきゅーれ エブリデイ!」現場レポート : 映画ニュース". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  9. ^ Tantimedh, Adi (2024年09月06日). "Baby Assassins Everyday! Hilarious Film Franchise Now a TV Series". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  10. ^ Hunter, Rob (2024年07月28日). "'Baby Assassins: Nice Days' Delivers a Highpoint for an Already Great Franchise". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 2025年02月18日.
  11. ^ Daniels, Robert (2022年09月09日). "Five Action Movies to Stream Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025年02月18日.

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