15 may 2026 mk2 Films Reunites With Koji Fukada on Manga Adaptation ‘Roca’

mk2 Films has boarded “Roca,” the new feature from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Koji Fukada, whose latest film, “Nagi Note,” premiered in competition at Cannes this year.

Adapted from a manga by Hisaichi Ishii (“My Neighbors the Yamadas”), ‘Roca’ follows teenagers Roca, an aspiring fado singer, and Mino, the daughter of a small-time yakuza, who develop a close connection.

Blending comedy and music, ‘Roca’ will showcase a shift in tone for Fukada while carrying themes of loneliness and human connection explored in his past films.

The film marks the sixth collaboration between Fukada and mk2 Films, following “Nagi Notes,” “Love on Trial,” which premiered at Cannes last year, “Love Life,” which competed at Venice in 2022, “Harmonium,” winner of Cannes’s Un Certain Regard Prize and “A Girl Missing,” which played at Locarno and Toronto.