English subtitled trailer for movie “Love and Other Cults” starring Sairi Itoh & Kenta Suga. Movie is directed by Eiji Uchida. Story for “Love and Other Cults” follows two youths Ai (Sairi Itoh) and Ryota (Kenta Suga).
“Love and Other Cults” opens July 15, 2017 in Japan.
Main trailer for movie “Neko Atsume no Ie” starring Atsushi Ito. Movie is based on the cat collecting app game “Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector.”
“Neko Atsume no Ie” will be released April 8, 2017 in Japan.
Here’s visuals of Masaki Okada and Mackenyu in upcoming live-action film “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” starring Kento Yamazaki. In live-action film “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure,” Masaki Okada plays Keicho Nijimura. He is active in the town of Morio for horrific purposes. Mackenyu plays Okuyasu Nijimura. He is the younger brother of Keicho Nijimura. Movie is directed by Takashi Miike.
“JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” will be released August 4, 2017 in Japan.
Here’s new character stills from upcoming live-action film “Blade of the Immortal” starring Takuya Kimura. The character stills are of Sota Fukushi as Kagehisa Anotsu, Hana Sugisaki as Rin Asano, Hayato Ichihara as Shira and Erika Toda as Makie Otonotachibana. Live-action film “Blade of the Immortal” is based on manga series “Mugen no Junin” by Hiroaki Samura and directed by Takashi Miike.
“Blade of the Immortal” will be released April 29, 2017 in Japan.
Sayuri Yoshinaga and Masato Sakai are cast in new movie “Kita no Sakuramori.” Movie is directed by Yojiro Takita (“Departures“). The film follows Shujiro Ezure (Masato Sakai) as he returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.. He visits the town of Abashiri where his mother still lives alone. In 1945, his mother fled her home in the Sakhalin Island after the Soviet Union invaded the area and arrived in Abashiri with her two sons.
“Kita no Sakuramori” will be released sometime during spring, 2018 in Japan.
First teaser trailer added for upcoming movie “I Want to Eat Your Pancreas” (literal title) starring Takumi Kitamura, Minami Hamabe, Shun Oguri & Keiko Kitagawa. Movie is based on 2015 novel “Kimi no Suizo wo Tabetai” by Yoru Sumino and directed by Sho Tsukikawa. “I Want to Eat Your Pancreas” will be released July 28, 2017 in Japan.
Yuina Kuroshima and Nozomu Kotaki (‘Johnny’s West’) are cast in new live-action film “Principal.” The movie is based on manga series “Purinshiparu” by Ryo Ikuemi and directed by Tetsuo Shinohara. In the film, Yuina Kuroshima plays high school student Shima Sumitomo. She decides to live with her father and moves to Hokkaido. There, she meets the two most popular guys at her school (one of whom played by Nozomu Kotaki), but the school has a rule about the two guys that Shima Sumitomo is unaware of.
“Principal” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Masaki Suda and Kenta Kiritani are cast in movie “Hibana: Spark.” Fumino Kimura, Shuji Kawatani (comedy duo ‘Nicho Kenju’) and Masaki Miura are also cast in supporting roles. Movie “Hibana: Spark” is based on 2015 novel “Hibana” by Naoki Matayoshi. Online streaming company Netflix produced and distributed drama series version “Hibana: Spark” starring Kento Hayashi & Kazuki Namioka last year, which will re-air on NHK beginning February 26, 2016. In the upcoming movie version, Masaki Suda will play aspiring comedian Tokunaga and Kenta Kiritani will play veteran comedian Kamiya. Movie will be directed by Itsuji Itao.
Movie version “Hibana: Spark” will be released November, 2017 in Japan.
Teaser trailer added for upcoming movie “Yurigokoro” starring Yuriko Yoshitaka. Movie is based on 2011 novel “Yurigokoro” by Mahokaru Numata and directed by Naoto Kumazawa (“Rainbow Song“). Author Mahokaru Numata writes novels in the crime-suspense-horror genre and more specifically the “iyamisu” (eww mystery) subgenre which has become quite popular in Japan in the last 4 or 5 years. Upcoming movie “Kanojo ga Sono Mei wo Shiranai Toritachi,” starring Yu Aoi and Sadao Abe, is also based on another novel by Mahokaru Numata. Premise for movie “Yurigokoro” follows a woman who finds a diary belonging to her father that implicates him as murderer.
Movie “Yurigokoro” will be released sometime this September in Japan.
Trailer added for upcoming live-action film “Peach Girl” starring Mizuki Yamamoto & Kei Inoo. Movie is based on manga “Peach Girl” by Miwa Ueda. Story for the film follows high school student Momo Adachi (Mizuki Yamamoto). She always gets mistaken for a “bad girl” due to her appearance. A rumor spreads she kissed the most popular boy at school (Kei Inoo), which riles up the other girls, but she actually likes a boy (Mackenyu) on the baseball team that she is unable to express her feelings for.
“Peach Girl” will be released May 20, 2017 in Japan.