Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “You’re Not Normal, Either” starring Ryo Narita & Kaya Kiyohara. Movie is scripted by Ryo Takada and directed by Koji Maeda. The teaser trailer begins with the voice of Kaya Kiyohara as she states in Japanese “What a waste. If content is decent, I am sure you will have a girlfriend.”
“You’re Not Normal, Either” is now set for release March 19, 2021 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “Under The Open Sky” starring Koji Yakusho. The film is based on novel “Mibuncho” by Ryuzo Saki and directed by Miwa Nishikawa. The film centers around Masao Mikami played by Koji Yakusho. He is a former yakuza who is released from jail and must adjust to a world that he is not familiar with.
“Under The Open Sky” will be released February 11, 2021 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Signal The Movie” starring Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kazuki Kitamura, and Michiko Kichise. The film is based on 2016 tvN drama series “Signal” and a sequel to 2018 Fuji TV remake drama series “Signal.” Newly announced supporting cast members for the movie, who also appeared in the Fuji TV drama series, are Kazuki Kitamura, Michiko Kichise, Yuichi Kimura, Tetsuhiro Ikeda and Kaede Aono. Also cast to play new characters in the film are Tsuyoshi Ihara, Tetsushi Tanaka, Tetta Sugimoto, Takeshi Kaga and Nao.
Release date for “Signal The Movie” is now set for April 2, 2021 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “The Cinderella Addiction” starring Tao Tsuchiya & Kei Tanaka. The suspense-crime film is scripted and directed by Ryohei Watanabe.
“The Cinderella Addiction” will be released February 5, 2021 in Japan.
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Yuya Yagira and Yo Oizumi are cast in Netflix movie “Asakusa Kid.” The film is based on 1988 autobiographical novel “Asakusa Kid” by Takeshi Kitano, as well as his 1986 song “Asakusa Kid.” The movie will be directed by actor Hitori Gekidan. For the film, which is set in 1965, Yuya Yagira will play Takeshi Kitano. He begins to apprentice under entertainer Senzaburo Fukami played by Yo Oizumi.
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Sequel film “The Blood of Wolves II” has been announced, which will again be directed by Kazuya Shiraishi (“The Devil’s Path“). The original film “The Blood of Wolves” was released in 2018 and starred Koji Yakusho & Tori Matsuzaka. Casting for the sequel film has not yet been announced, but the promotional visual above shows glimpses of the cast members. Filming for the sequel started September 29, 2020 and finished on November 8, 2020.
“The Blood of Wolves II” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
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Trailer #2 and new poster added for live-action Netflix drama series “Alice in Borderland” starring Kento Yamazaki & Tao Tsuchiya. The drama series is based on manga series “Imawa no Kuni no Arisu” by Haro Aso.
“Alice in Borderland” will be available to stream on Netflix from December 10, 2020.
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Takuya Kimura & Masami Nagasawa are cast in sequel film “Masquerade Night.” The film is a sequel to 2019 movie “Masquerade Hotel” and based on 2017 novel “Masquerade Night” by Keigo Higashino. Both Takuya Kimura and Masami Nagasawa will reprise their roles of Detective Kosuke Nitta and Hotel Cortesia Tokyo employee Naomi Yamagishi. Filming for the movie will begin early January, 2021 and the movie is scheduled to be completed August, 2021.
“Masquerade Night” will be released September 17, 2021 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “The End of the Tiny World” starring Takanori Iwata & Mackenyu Arata. Movie is based on 2013 novel “Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll” by Kaoru Yukinari and directed by Yuichi Sato (“Strawberry Night“). The film follows two men who grew up together as close friends and they exact a plan as adults to take revenge. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Yururu” by singer-songwriter Keina Suda. The theme song appears in the main trailer.
“The End of the Tiny World” will be released January 29, 2021 in Japan.
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Teaser poster, English subtitled trailer, and release date added for movie “Peaceful Death” starring Tasuku Emoto. The film is based on novels “Itakunai Shinikata” and “Itai Zaitakui” by Kazuhiro Nagao, who is also a home health care doctor. Cast in supporting roles for the film are Maki Sakai, Kimiko Yo, Naoko Otani, Ryudo Uzaki and Eiji Okuda.
“Peaceful Death” is now scheduled for release February, 2021 in Japan.
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