The live-action adaptation of the Japanese coming-of-age story The Flowers of Evil will teach viewers the effects of guilt and consequences of blackmailing.

Based on the manga of the same name, the series follows a teenage boy (Takao Kasuga) who was caught smelling his female classmate’s (Nanako Saeki) gym clothes. His blackmailer (Sawa Nakamura) will send him down a guilt-ridden spiral.

As he struggles with guilt over one bad decision, Nakamura takes advantage of Kasuga, pushing him to make even worse decisions at every turn. Caught in a terrifying situation with seemingly no escape, things come to a head at the local town festival.

Fuku Suzuki (Marumo no Okite) portrays Takao Kasuga while Ano (Oshi no Ko) plays Sawa Nakamura.

The Flowers of Evil is based on the manga of the same name by Shūzō Oshimi, adapted for live action by Keita Meguro (Red Blue) and Shuho Takase (Truck Girl), directed by Young Paul (WOWOW I, KILL) and Noboru Iguchi (Aku no Hana), and is produced by TV Tokyo and C&I Entertainment. It is set to debut on 9 April. 

Viewers can enjoy other Japanese content on Disney+ such as Gannibal, about a police officer in a rural Japanese town who discovers a horrifying secret; Land of Tanabata, about an absent-minded university student who discovers he has the seemingly useless power to make a hole in anything; and My Family about a father driven to do whatever it takes to rescue his kidnapped daughter.