Ando Masanobu will co-star with Tsumabuki Satoshi in �Smuggler �Omae no Mirai wo Hakobe-�, which will be Ando's first Japanese movie in four years. Ando will play a legendary assassin, �Sebone�, and his character was displayed publicly on July 12th.

In this appearance, Ando has a large backbone tattoo and countless numbers of scars and cuts. Ando then commented, �As Sebone, we tried to make my body strong but also beautiful. Since Director Ishii might be quite strict when it came to the action scenes and speaking Chinese, I made quite an effort to do whatever I can to fit into this role,� and showed the audience of his hard-working nature.

This upcoming movie is based on a manga by Manabe Shohei and focus on the story of a freeter, Kinuta Ryosuke (Tsumabuki) who is a failed actor and holds a large sum of debt. To pay off his debt, he takes up on a dangerous job employed by a shady transportation company, �Smuggler�. In this job, if he messes up even once, he would be automatically killed on the spot and thus, Kinuta slowly sinks deeper and deeper into the darkness of the underground world� Other casts for this movie includes Nagasema Satoshi, Matsuyuki Yasuko, and Mitsushima Hikari.

Ando, who gained his popularity in Asia after the 2009 movie �Hana no Shogai ~Mei Lanfang~� (�Forever Enthralled�) by Chen Kaige, has been spreading his horizons in China, Taiwan, North America, and Southeast Asia with movies such as �Wuershan� (�The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman�) and �Seediq Bale�. His role this time will feature him fighting with nunchucks as an assassin working for the Chinese mafia.

Director Ishii Katsuhito has said, �After thinking about Ando becoming Sebone for this movie, I felt I had no other choice but to appoint him because he was so perfect for this role. I was quite moved by his creation of Sebone during the filming. Although I do not hug men but after filming Sebone�s action scene, I was so amazed that I hugged him without thinking and even almost cried,� and told his thoughts and moments with Sebone.

�Smuggler �Omae no Mirai wo Hakobe-�will hit theaters in Japan on October 22nd.

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