Japan's 60-year-old classic sci-fi special effects "Prince Yusei" will be remade and released this summer

The official announcement of the science fiction series "Prince Yusei", one of the pioneers of the Japanese tokusatsu industry, which was released in 1958, was made today on January 21 that it will be remade and a new version will be released, tentatively named "Prince Yusei 2021". It is scheduled to be released this summer. The actors of the male and female protagonists were also announced at the same time. Let's take a look.

"Prince Yusei" tells the story of Prince Yusei who came to Earth on a flying saucer because he was given the mission of making Earth join the universe union. He came to Earth in an island country during the Edo period 200 years ago. The flying saucer crashed into a mountain and Prince Yusei fell into a continuous sleep.

When the prince woke up again, it was already the 1950s. So Prince Yusei used the alias Huo and worked hard as a shoe shiner with a young woman named Junzi at the bottom of society in Ginza. However, his fighting ability was not that of an earthling after all, and he began his adventure as a vigilante to punish evildoers.

"Prince Yusei 2021" is scheduled to be released this summer. The male protagonist Prince Yusei will be played by Hinano Yoshi, and the female protagonist Kimiko Omura will be played by Oda Nana of Motokeyazaka46. More detailed information will be released soon, so stay tuned.

The following stills are from the original version of "Prince Yuxing":