Anna Yamada is cast for the lead role in live-action revenge film “Misumisou.” The film is based on manga “Misumisou” by Rensuke Oshikiri and directed by Eisuke Naito. For the upcoming film, Anna Yamada will play Haruka Nozaki. Her character experiences heavy bullying. A fire breaks out at her house and her parents die and her younger sister is injured. This drives Haruka Nozaki to seek out revenge.
“Misumisou” will be released April 7, 2018 in Japan.
Here’s the first teaser poster and still images for upcoming film “A Forest of Wool and Steel” starring Kento Yamazaki. Movie is based on novel “Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori” by Natsu Miyashita and directed by Kojiro Hashimoto. The film follows high school student Naoki Tomura (Kento Yamazaki) as he becomes interested in piano tuning.
“A Forest of Wool and Steel” will be released June 8, 2018 in Japan.
Sara Minami & Aju Makita are cast in live-action film “Shino Can’t Say Her Own Name.” The film is based on manga “Shino-chan wa Jibun no Namae ga Ienai” by Shuzo Oshimi and directed by Hiroaki Yuasa. The film will follow two high school girls who become friends and start a band. One of the girls played by Sara Minami can’t pronounce words that start with a vowel in front of people and the other girl played by Aju Makita is tone-deaf.
“Shino Can’t Say Her Own Name” opens July, 2018 in Japan.
Teaser trailer added for upcoming live-action film “Rainbow Days” starring Reo Sano, Taishi Nakagawa, Mahiro Takasugi and Ryusei Yokohama. Move is based on manga “Nijiiro Deizu” by Minami Mizuno and directed by Ken Iizuka.
“Rainbow Days” will be released July, 2018 in Japan.
Teaser trailer added for upcoming movie “Yuuzai” starring Toma Ikuta and Eita. Movie is directed by Takahisa Zeze and based on 2013 novel “Yuuzai” by Gaku Yakumaru. Supporting actors in the film include Kaho, Mizuki Yamamoto, Yasuko Tomita and Koichi Sato. Story follows former journalist now factory worker Masuda (Toma Ikuda). His coworker (Eita) killed several children when he was younger and now doesn’t talk to anyone. Masuda, hoping to revive his journalist career, decides to secretly write a piece on him while befriending him.
“Yuuzai” will be released May, 2018 in Japan.
Trailer and poster added for upcoming film “Sea Opening” starring Mario Kuroba and Takuma Wada. Movie is written, directed, produced and filmed by Hiroshi Horiuchi. Story for “Sea Opening” follows two stage actors. They go to the hometown of one of the actors in Okinawa.
“Sea Opening” opens February 10, 2018 in Japan.
Elaiza Ikeda and Joe Odagiri are cast in movie “Room Laundering.” Also cast in supporting roles are Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Kentaro and Kaoru Mitsumune. The film is written and directed by Kenji Katagiri. In movie “Room Laundering” Eliza Ikeda plays Miko Yakuma. After her grandmother died, she shut herself away from the world until her uncle appears. Joe Odagiri plays the uncle. He sets up a place for her to live and a part-time job. The part-time job is “room laundering” which is to appease ghosts who are holed up in rooms by solving their worries.
“Room Laundering” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Actor Tomohisa Yamashita announced at the 2017 FNS Music Festival, which took place December 6, 2017, that movie “Code Blue” is set for release July 27, 2018 in Japan. Filming for the movie is currently taking place now. Main cast members including Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki, Erika Toda, Manami Higa and Yosuke Asari from the original Fuji TV drama series “Code Blue” will appear in the movie version.
Trailer for live-action film “River’s Edge” starring Fumi Nikaido and Ryo Yoshizawa. Movie is based on manga “River’s Edge” by Kyoko Okazaki and directed by Isao Yukisada. The film deals with two teens who discover a dead body by the river’s edge.
“River’s Edge” is now set for release February 16, 2018 in Japan.
Jun Shison cast in movie “Hashire! T Ko Basuketto Bu.” The film is based on 2007 novel “Hashire! T Ko Basuketto Bu” by Hiroshi Matsuzaki and Takeshi Furusawa (“Love and Lies“) will direct the film. For movie “Hashire! T Ko Basuketto Bu,” Jun Shison will play high school student Yoichi Tadokoro. He’s good at basketball, but he gets bullied at his private high school and transfers to a school named “T School.” Yoichi Tadokoro plays on his new school’s basketball team as they will eventually play his old private high school team. To prepare to play Yoichi Tadokoro, Jun Shison received training from former basketball player Keishi Handa for 3 months.
“Hashire! T Ko Basuketto Bu” will be released autumn, 2018 in Japan.