Now, according to Screendaily he has been cast as an international assassin in Miike Takashi's upcoming Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld. In the film, a low-tier yakuza, played by Ichihara Hayato, discovers his boss is a vampire. When he becomes one himself, the battle against another gang turns epic.
Nikkatsu produces, and aims to have the film in cinemas in 2015.