Kimihiro Watanuki (Ryunosuke KAMIKI) is a lonely high school student who has a special ability to see ayakashi (vengeful spirits). He is tormented by this curse and wishes to live a normal life. One day, he meets a mysterious owner of a store, Yūko Ichihara (Kou SHIBASAKI), a witch who grants people's wishes. She claims to be able to help him but as payment for her services, Kimihiro must work for Yūko. He soon discovers that nothing is what it seems.
Mika NINAGAWA (live-action Sakuran, Helter Skelter) is the director, working with a script by Erika YOSHIDA. Other cast members include Hokuto MATSUMURA, Tina TAMASHIRO, Daoko, and Serena MOTOLA.
According to Anime News Network, manga artist group CLAMP serialised the original xxxHOLiC manga in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine and Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 2003 to 2011, although it was renamed xxxHOLiC: Rō in 2009. The latest manga which launched in 2013 is xxxHOLiC: Rei. The popular franchise has spawned an anime film, two television anime seasons, several original video anime projects as well as a stage play adaptation.
This latest live-action film adaptation will open in Japan on April 29, 2022.
