Downfall

Downfall

Drama | March 17, 2023

In this realistic view into the manga industry, selling copies is the only thing that matters. So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one, your marriage is breaking up, your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and nothing seems to fill the sucking void inside you… Find the secret combo for a new hit manga series and everything will be okay. Right?

Downfall

Drama | March 17, 2023

Downfall
In this realistic view into the manga industry, selling copies is the only thing that matters. So what if your first series just ended and you have no idea how to start the next one, your marriage is breaking up, your pure love of manga has been destroyed by the cruel reality of the industry and nothing seems to fill the sucking void inside you… Find the secret combo for a new hit manga series and everything will be okay. Right?
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation, Django Film, Happinet Phantom Studios
Original title 零落
Directors Naoto Takenaka, Kôji Soejima
Writers Inio Asano, Yutaka Kuramochi

Cast

Takumi Saitoh

as Kaoru Fukazawa

Shuri

as Chifuyu

Megumi

as Nozomi Machida

Rio Yamashita

as Nao Tomita

Yumi Adachi

as Kari Makiura

Kazunari Tosa

as Kondō

You Nobue

as Yunbo