Baby Assassins: Nice Days (2024)

★ 8.2 1h 53m IMDb

Action Comedy Drama Crime

Teenage assassins Mahiro and Chisato visit the coastal city of Miyazaki for a contract and a vacation, but they unexpectedly cross paths with a legendary, bloodthirsty assassin looking to add to his kill count.

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Akari Takaishi as Chisato Sugimoto Age 23 · Miyagi, Japan Takaishi Akari is a Japanese actress represented by Avex Management under the acting division. She debuted as a stage actress in 2016, with "人魚外伝～Anecdote of Mermaid～" where she is most active. She be...

Saori Izawa as Mahiro Fukagawa Age 32 · Saitama, Japan

Sosuke Ikematsu as Kaede Fuyumura Age 35 · Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Atsuko Maeda as Minami Iruka Age 34 · Chiba, Japan Atsuko Maeda (前田敦子) is a Japanese singer and actress born on July 10, 1991. She is known for her work in the Japanese idol group AKB48..

Mondo Otani as Riku Nanase Age 45 · Miyazaki, Japan

Atomu Mizuishi as Mamoru Tasaka Age 30 · Kanagawa, Japan Atomu Mizuishi is a Japanese actor. Born in Kanagawa. Belongs to STRAIGHT entertainment.

Director Yugo Sakamoto

Cast Akari Takaishi, Saori Izawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Atsuko Maeda, Mondo Otani, Atomu Mizuishi, Tomo Nakai, Karuma, Satoshi Kibe, Kaibashira

CrazyJekyll 10/10 Apr 30, 2025

_**That reminds me, when's my birthday?**_

Yugo Sakamoto is fucking insane, and i can't really decide if im jealous of his dedication and work or to idolize him.

The guy is just 28 YEARS OLD. It's truly insane how good this guy is and words alone do not give justice to this man's skill. Constant fucking improvement is seen in every sequel, and the films have a clear overarching narrative that satisfyingly culminates all it's built up themes into one epic final film. Madness.

Kensuke Sonomura is another obvious praise here. Like Yugo, the man continuously innovates and improves his action setpieces with his awesome full uncooperative madness, and his ability to combine usual movie fight finesse with grounded streams of consciousness.

Izawa and Takaishi also deserve heavy praise. With Izawa going from pure stunt person to now full fledged actor, and Takaishi went from being an actor with no stunt experience, to heavily involving herself in the action, and now even starring in a lead role in Sonomura's Ghost Killer.

The social commentary is also still very much prevalent here, now highlighted with Sosuke Ikematsu's Kaede Fuyumura, who represents the grind mindset. A perfectionist hitman who constantly beats himself up over minor mistakes and not caring for the actual result and the satisfaction of the client.

Sosuke as an action actor also shows insane improvement here. From struggling to do a roundhouse kick in Shin Kamen Rider, to now looking like a fucking killer in his fights. (His first fight with Saori Izawa is one of the best fight scenes i have ever seen)

His comedy is also severely underrated, with his comedic scenes acting as great relief to all his killing acts, showing that he is indeed still human.

Kaede also pairs well with Iruka, who acts as a midpoint between Mahiro and Kaede's work/gig lives. With Mahiro having friendship, Kaede having nothing but his work, and Mahiro who wants to have friendship, but hides in a mask to be mysterious, "cool" and more efficent in work. Shoutout as well to the brilliance of Iruka's apology scene which basically summarized the entirety of Baby Assasins 1.

All in all the movie is just fucking pure cinematic madness. And it's all capped with an amazing final fight that finishes and showcases the 3 main character's story arcs and personalities, and fully contextualizing all the built up themes and concepts through movement, violence, and action. From Chisato finally realizing the importance of her friendship with Mahiro, Mahiro's constant improvement in her fights. and Kaede choosing work over life.