Trailer for movie “Watashino Jinsei Nanoni” starring ex-Kara member Kang Ji-Young and Yu Inaba. Movie is based on 2016 light novel “Watashino Jinsei Nanoni” by Tomohide Kiyoshi & Kiyuu Azuma. Story for “Watashino Jinsei Nanoni” follows a gymnast as she becomes wheelchair bound and then discovers music.
“Watashino Jinsei Nanoni” will be released July 14, 2018 in Japan.
Teaser trailer and poster for movie “Every Day A Good Day” starring Haru Kuroki, Kirin Kiki and Mikako Tabe. Movie is based on an essay by Noriko Morishita and directed by Tatsushi Omori. The movie follows a young woman played by Haru Kuroki who becomes introduced to the world of tea ceremony by a woman played by Kirin Kiki.
“Every Day A Good Day” will be released October 13, 2018 in Japan.
Hikaru Yamazaki is cast for main character role in movie “Makuko.” Also cast in supporting roles are Ninon, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Risa Sudo. The film follows 5th grade student Satoshi played by Hikaru Yamazaki. Ninon will play transfer student Kozue, while Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Risa Sudo will play the parents of Satoshi. Movie “Makuko” is based on 2016 novel “Makuko” by Kanako Nishi (“The Round Table“) and directed by Keiko Tsuruoka.
“Makuko” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Tatsuya Fujiwara is cast in movie “Diner.” The film is based on 2012 novel “Diner” by Yumeaki Hirayama and the movie is directed by Mika Ninagawa. For Mika Ninagawa, “Diner” is her third directed feature film following 2007 film “Sakuran” and 2012 film “Helter Skelter.” In the movie, Tatsuya Fujiwara will play Bombero. He is the owner and chef of a members only restaurant whose clients are all contract killers.
Filming for “Diner” started April 24, 2018 and filming will finish early next month. “Diner” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Movie “Ao no Kaerimichi,” starring Erina Mano, has completed production and is now set for release sometime this winter in Japan. Filming for “Ao no Kaerimichi” began August, 2016, but actor Yuta Takahata was arrested for sexual assault against a hotel employee on August 23, 2016 and filming for the movie was haulted. A year later, filming resumed on August 4, 2017 with Junki Tozuka taking the place of Yuta Takahata and filming finished August 13, 2017. Story for “Ao no Kaerimichi” is a coming-of-age film and follows 7 young people.
Teaser trailer for movie “Chiri Tsubaki” starring Junichi Okada, Hidetoshi Nishijima and Haru Kuroki. Movie is based on novel “Chiri Tsubaki” by Rin Hamuro and directed by Daisaku Kimura. Movie is the third feature film directed by Daisaku Kimura who has had an award winning career as a cinematographer.
“Chiri Tsubaki” is now set for release September 28, 2018 in Japan.
Introductory trailer added for movie “Prince of Legend” starring Ryota Katayose, Hiroki Iijima and Akihisa Shiono. The supporting cast features various offshoot members of Exile including The Rampage. From the trailer, “Prince of Legend” seems to combine elements of “Boys Over Flowers” meets “High & Low.”
“Prince of Legend” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Kaoru Kobayashi and Yuya Yagira are cast for lead roles in new movie “Yoake.” Also cast in supporting roles are Young Dais (‘NORTH COAST BAD BOYZ’), Tsunekichi Suzuki and
Keiko Horiuchi. The film is written and directed by first time feature film director Nanako Hirose. Story for the film follows two men who both hold secrets about their past.
“Yoake” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Teaser trailer added for movie “Hahasan ga Donna ni Boku wo Kirai demo” starring Taiga and Yo Yoshida. Movie is based on autobiographical manga “Hahasan ga Donna ni Boku wo Kirai demo” by Taiji Utagawa and directed by Osamu Minorikawa. The film deals with the estranged relationship between a young man and his mother.
“Hahasan ga Donna ni Boku wo Kirai demo” is now set for release sometime this November in Japan
Yo Yoshida, Reo Sano (‘GENERATIONS’) and Nijiro Murakami are cast in movie “Hanalei Bay.” Movie is based on short story”Hanalei Bay” by Haruki Murakami and directed by Daishi Matsunaga (“Pieta in the Toilet“). Story for the film follows a mother played by Yo Yoshida who lost her son to a shark attack in Hawaii while he was surfing. She goes to the bay where her son died every year. There, she hears of a young man who sounds like her son.
In addition, first teaser trailer for the film has been added on AsianWiki. “Hanalei Bay” will be released October 19, 2018 in Japan.