Mogura no Uta

Mogura no Uta (土竜の唄, "Mole's Song") is a Japanese manga series written by Noboru Takahashi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday from 2005 to 2008, and transferred to Big Comic Spirits in 2008. It has been adapted into a live-action film, titled The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji in 2013, which was followed by a sequel, The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio, released in 2016.

Mogura no Uta
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Reiji Kikukawa
土竜の唄
Genre
Manga
Written byNoboru Takahashi
Published byShogakukan
Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original run2005 – present
Volumes78
Live-action film

As of March 2022, the manga had over 9.6 million copies in circulation. In 2014, Mogura no Uta won the 59th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category.

Plot

Reiji Kikukawa, a silly young man still a virgin, managed to join the police. Remaining in a position of simple agent at the bottom of the ladder, Reiji is one day fired. In reality, this dismissal hides a completely different mission, because Reiji is offered to become an undercover agent, in other words, a "mole".

Media

Manga

Mogura no Uta is written and illustrated by Noboru Takahashi. The series ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday from 2005 to 2008, when the magazine ceased its publication. It was then transferred to Big Comic Spirits in 2008. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on January 5, 2006.[2] As of November 30, 2022, seventy-eight volumes have been released.[3]

Live-action films

The manga was adapted into a live action film[1][4] titled The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji and directed by Takashi Miike that was released in Japan on February 15, 2014.[5] Miike also directed a sequel, The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio, which was released in 2016.[6]

Reception

Mogura no Uta won the 59th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category in 2014.[7] The manga has 6.5 million copies in print as of January 2016.[8] As of March 2022, the cumulative number of copies has exceeded to 9.6 million copies.[9]

References
  1. Loo, Egan (January 15, 2013). "Crime Action Manga Mogura no Uta Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  2. 土竜の唄 １ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  3. 土竜の唄 ７８ (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  4. Loo, Egan (January 20, 2013). "Toma Ikuta to Star in Film of Crime Manga Mogura no Uta". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  5. Loveridge, Lynzee (November 23, 2013). "Takeshi Miike Directs Sōta Fukushi in Live-Action Kami-sama no Iu Toori Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  6. Ressler, Karen (December 26, 2016). "Live-Action Resident Evil, Mogura no Uta Films Debut in Box Office Top 10". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  7. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 21, 2014). "Magi, Kano-Uso, Zekkyō Gakkyū Win Shogakukan Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  8. Ressler, Karen (January 8, 2016). "Takashi Miike to Direct Sequel to Live-Action Mogura no Uta Film". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  9. Big Comic Spirits 2022 No. 14, Shōgakukan, March 7, 2022, ASIN B09T8DSKPG. from the cover.
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