Baby Assassins

Baby Assassins
Poster for the first film, featuring lead characters Mahiro (left) and Chisato (right)
Created byYugo Sakamoto
Original workBaby Assassins (2021)
OwnerShibuya Productions
Films and television
Film(s)
  • Baby Assassins (2021)
  • Baby Assassins: 2 Babies (2023)
  • Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)
Television seriesBaby Assassins Everyday! (2024)
Official website
https://babywalkure.com/

Baby Assassins (Japanese: ベイビーわるきゅーれ, Hepburn: Beibī Warukyūre) is an action comedy crime film series written and directed by Yugo Sakamoto.[1][2][3] The series follows two young women who work as contract killers, Mahiro Fukagawa (Saori Izawa[4]) and Chisato Sugimoto (Akari Takaishi[5]), as they struggle to adjust to modern society.[6][7] The series, distributed in Japan by Shibuya Productions,[2][8] consists of three films and a twelve-episode television drama.

Films

Baby Assassins (2021)

The first film in the series, Baby Assassins (Japanese: ベイビーわるきゅーれ ; Hepburn: Beibī Warukyūre)[ja], was released in Japan on July 30, 2021.[1] The story follows two young girls, Chisato and Mahiro, who work as contract killers while living together as roommates in Tokyo. 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.[3][7]

Baby Assassins: 2 Babies (2023)

The second film, Baby Assassins: 2 Babies (Japanese: ベイビーわるきゅーれ 2ベイビー ; Hepburn: Beibī Warukyūre 2 Beibī)[ja][9] was released in Japan on March 24, 2023.[10] The film continues to follow Chisato and Mahiro as they are hunted down by fellow assassins and brothers Makoto (Tatsuomi Hamada) and Yuri Kamimura (Joey Iwanaga). The film's theme song, "Jyanaindayo," was performed by idol group Atarashii Gakko!, who also make a cameo appearance in the film.[11]

Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)

The third film, Baby Assassins: Nice Days (Japanese: ベイビーわるきゅーれ ナイスデイズ ; Hepburn: Beibī Warukyūre Naisu Deizu)[ja] was released in Japan on September 27, 2024.[12] Taking place in Miyazaki, the film follows Chisato and Mahiro as they encounter the bloodthirsty and zealous freelance assassin Kaede Fuyumura (Sosuke Ikematsu), who they must race to dispose of before he kills both of them.

Television series

Baby Assassins Everyday! (2024)

A twelve-episode television drama series, Baby Assassins Everyday! (Japanese: ベイビーわるきゅーれ エブリデイ!  ; Hepburn: Beibī Warukyūre Eburidei!)[ja], premiered on September 4, 2024, on TV Tokyo.[13][14]

Documentary

Documentary of Baby Assassins (2024)

The film Documentary of Baby Assassins (Japanese: ドキュメンタリー オブ ベイビーわるきゅーれ ; Hepburn: Dokyumentarī Obu Beibī Warukyūre) was released in Japan on October 4, 2024.[15] Directed by Akihiro Takahashi, it is a behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of Baby Assassins: Nice Days. It follows the production's rehearsals and shooting of principal photography in Miyazaki Prefecture, featuring interviews with the main cast (Akari Takaishi, Saori Izawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Atsuko Maeda, and Mondo Otani), director Yugo Sakamoto, action director Kensuke Sonomura, and executive producer Yusuke Suzuki. [16]

Production

All three films are written and directed by Yugo Sakamoto,[17][18] and feature action choreography by Kensuke Sonomura.[19][3][20]

Baby Assassins (2021)

Crew:

  • Directed, written and edited by Yugo Sakamoto
  • Produced by: Yuji Okumura, Takeshi Hitomi, Ken Matsubara, Miokazu Kobayashi
  • Executive Producer - Yusuke Suzuki
  • Producers: Riku Tsunoda, Tsuyoshi Goto
  • Action Director: Kensuke Sonomura
  • Action Coordinator: Naohiro Kawamoto
  • Music producer: Ken Matsubara
  • Photography and lighting: Moritada Iju
  • Sound: Takeshi Igarashi, Naka Ueda
  • Art and decoration - Mirai Iwasaki

Baby Assassins: 2 Babies (2023)

Crew:

  • Director and Screenwriter: Yugo Sakamoto
  • Action Director: Kensuke Sonomura
  • Produced by: Yuji Okumura, Takeshi Hitomi, Ken Matsubara, Miokazu Kobayashi
  • Executive Producer - Yusuke Suzuki
  • Producers: Riku Tsunoda, Tsuyoshi Goto
  • Music producer: Ken Matsubara
  • Music - SUPA LOVE
  • Photography - Iju Moritada
  • Lighting - Hiroki Hibino
  • Recording - Takeshi Igarashi
  • Art - Mirai Iwasaki

Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)

Crew:

  • Director and Screenwriter: Yugo Sakamoto
  • Assistant Director: Wataru Kudo
  • Producers: Riku Sumida, Tsuyoshi Goto
  • Executive Producer: Yusuke Suzuki
  • Action Director: Kensuke Sonomura
  • Action Coordinator: Naohiro Kawamoto
  • Cinematography: Moritada Iju
  • Lighting: Masafumi Seki
  • Sound: Masato Komaki
  • Music Producer: Ken Matsubara
  • Music: SUPA LOVE
  • Theme song: ZIYOOU-VACHI

Reception

Robert Daniels of The New York Times regarded the first film in the series positively, describing it as "a colorful and wild blitzkrieg".[21]

To commemorate the release of the second film, a stage greeting was held at Shinjuku Piccadilly in Tokyo on March 25, 2023. Featured in this event were the director Yugo Sakamoto, the lead duo Akari Takaishi and Saori Izawa, the antagonists Joey Iwanaga and Tatsuomi Hamada, Atomu Mizuishi, and the members of Atarashii Gakko!, who performed the theme song live on stage.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 "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). Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  2. 1 2 "ベイビーわるきゅーれ : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  3. 1 2 3 Volk, Pete (2024-04-04). "The Baby Assassins movies revive the dying art of action comedy". Polygon. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  4. ↑ "Saori Izawa | Actress, Stunts, Additional Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Akari Takaishi | Actress". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  6. ↑ Volk, Pete (2024-03-15). "I am obsessed with every single preview image from Baby Assassins 2 Babies". Polygon. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  7. 1 2 Kokaji, Katsuo (2023-04-21). "Akari Takaishi, Saori Izawa Have to Battle to Survive in 'Baby Assassins' Sequel". japannews.yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  8. ↑ "Baby Assasins [sic] 2 Babies | Rights Cube". rightscube.co.jp. 2024-06-20. Archived from the original on 2025-02-24. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  9. ↑ Volk, Pete (2024-03-15). "I am obsessed with every single preview image from Baby Assassins 2 Babies". Polygon.com. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  10. ↑ "『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). 2022-12-21. Archived from the original on 2024-12-04. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  11. ↑ "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. 2023-01-27. Archived from the original on 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  12. ↑ "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 2025-02-18.
  13. ↑ "【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 2025-02-18.
  14. ↑ Tantimedh, Adi (2024-09-06). "Baby Assassins Everyday! Hilarious Film Franchise Now a TV Series". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  15. ↑ "ドキュメンタリー オブ ベイビーわるきゅーれ : 作品情報・キャスト・あらすじ・動画". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-08-02.
  16. ↑ "「ベイビーわるきゅーれ ナイスデイズ」の撮影現場に密着！ ドキュメンタリー映画が10月4日公開 : 映画ニュース". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-08-02.
  17. ↑ "SAKAMOTO Yugo". JFDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  18. ↑ "Yugo Sakamoto | Writer, Director, Editor". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  19. ↑ "SONOMURA Kensuke". JFDB (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  20. ↑ Hunter, Rob (2024-07-28). "'Baby Assassins: Nice Days' Delivers a Highpoint for an Already Great Franchise". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  21. ↑ Daniels, Robert (2022-09-09). "Five Action Movies to Stream Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  22. ↑ "「ベイビーわるきゅーれ 2」伊澤彩織が好きなのは"高石あかりの食べてるところ"（イベントレポート / 写真15枚）". 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-07-21.

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