New Delhi: Tamil star Karthi celebrates his birthday today (May 25) and to mark the occasion, the makers of ‘Japan’ have released the first-look teaser of the film. ‘Japan’ is a quirky action thriller helmed by Raju Murugan. 
 
Dream Warrior Pictures shared the intro video in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. The caption read: "Here comes our #Japan - Made in India #JapanFromDiwali." 'Japan' is slated for a 2023 Diwali release. 


In the video, Karthi as 'Japan' is seen in an entirely new flamboyant avatar, sporting curly hair, funky glasses and a track suit, and he wields two golden machine guns in both hands. 



Karthi plays a character called Japan in the film. The video introduces him as someone who can be very serious sometimes and too funny. 


'Japan' is a milestone film for Karthi as it is his 25th film. It also has Anu Emmanuel, Sunil and Vijay Milton playing pivotal roles. 
 
The cinematography is by Ravi Varman and the editing is by Philomin Raj. The music and background score of the movie is being composed by G.V. Prakash. 


Karthi was last seen in Mani Ratnam’s 'Ponniyin Selvan 2' where he played Karthi plays Vandhiyathevan. 


A few days after the release of the film, his fans flew down from Japan to watch PS 2 with Tamil audience. However, the actor welcomed them home to interact with them. 
 
Having learnt from their visit, Karthi took out time to meet and interact with them. Pictures of the actor with his "international" fans were doing the rounds on social media. 
 





The film also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Virkam, Jayam Ravi and Sobhita Dhulipala, among many others.