The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web website reported on Tuesday that the Kindaichi Case Files manga by Seimaru Amagi (also known as Tadashi Agi) will be adapted as the upcoming live-action television special Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo: Hong Kong Kyūryū Zaihou Satsujin Jiken (Kindaichi Case Files: The Hong Kong Kowloon Treasure Murder Case) — the manga's first new live-action television adaptation in eight years. The protagonist of the series, Hajime Kindaichi, will be played by Ryosuke Yamada of the Hey! Say! JUMP boy band.
