Trailer added for sequel live-action film “Chihayafuru Part II” starring Suzu Hirose & Shuhei Nomura. Movie is based on manga series “Chihayafuru” by Yuki Suetsugu. Part I of “Chihayafuru” will be released March 19, 2016 and “Chihayafuru Part II” will open April 29, 2016 in Japan.
Main trailer and poster added for movie “Katsuragi Case” (literal title) starring Tomokazu Miura, Kaho Minami, Hirofumi Arai, Ryuya Wakaba & Rena Tanaka. Movie is written and directed by Masaaki Akahori (“The Samurai That Night“).
“Katsuragi Case” will be released June 18, 2016 in Japan.
Main poster and trailer added for upcoming movie “Double Life” starring Mugi Kadowaki, Hiroki Hasegawa, Masaki Suda & Lily Franky. Movie is based on 2012 novel “Nijyuu Seikatsu” by Mariko Koike and directed by first time feature film director Zenko Kishi.
“Double Life” will be released June 25, 2016 in Japan.
Teaser poster and main trailer added for upcoming mystery-suspense film “Creepy” starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi,Haruna Kawaguchi, Masahiro Higashide & Teruyuki Kagawa. Movie is based on 2012 novel “Creepy” by Yutaka Maekawa and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (“Tokyo Sonata“).
“Creepy” will be released June 18, 2016 in Japan.
Main trailer added for upcoming live-action film “HK: Forbidden Super Hero The Abnormal Crisis” starring Ryohei Suzuki, Fumika Shimizu & Yuya Yagira. Movie is a sequel to 2013 film “HK: Forbidden Super Hero” and directed again by Yuichi Fukuda.
“HK: Forbidden Super Hero The Abnormal Crisis” will be released May 14, 2016 in Japan.
Main trailer for movie “Desperate Sunflowers” starring Yo Yoshida & Yoshino Kimura. Movie is based on novel “Iyana Onna” by Nozomi Katsura (“The Star of Prefecture Government“) and the first film directed by veteran actress Hitomi Kuroki. Story for the film follows two cousins with one being a swindler and the other being a straightlaced attorney.
“Desperate Sunflowers” will be released June 25, 2016 in Japan.
Teaser trailer and teaser poster for live-action film “Museum” starring Shun Oguri, Shuhei Nomura and Machiko Ono. Movie is based on manga series “Museum” by Ryosuke Tomoe and directed by Keishi Ohtomo (“Rurouni Kenshin“). Story for the film as Shun Oguri playing a detective out to stop a serial killer with a frog’s mask, before the serial killer takes out his own family.
“Museum” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
Main trailer for upcoming mystery film “Tantei Mitarai no Jikenbo Seiro no Umi” starring Hiroshi Tamaki and Alice Hirose. Movie is based on novel “Seiro no Umi” by Soji Shimada and directed by Seiji Izumi (“Aibou“).
“Tantei Mitarai no Jikenbo Seiro no Umi” will be released June 4, 2016 in Japan.
Teaser poster for upcoming movie “Yell For The Blue Sky” starring Tao Tsuchiya & Ryoma Takeuchi. Movie is based on manga series “Aozora Yell” by Kazune Kawahara and directed by Takahiro Miki (“Blue Spring Ride“).
“Yell For The Blue Sky” will be released August 20, 2016 in Japan.
Junichi Okada, Shun Oguri, Tasuku Emoto are cast in new movie “Tsuioku.” Also cast for the film are Masami Nagasawa, Fumino Kimura, Sakura Ando & Hidetaka Yoshioka. Movie will be directed by Yasuo Furuhata (“Dearest“).
Premise for the film follows three adults who were childhood friends. They reunite, but due to a memory case. Atsushi Shikata (Junichi Okada) is now a detective, Keita Tadokoro (Shun Oguri) a suspect and Satoshi Kawabata (Tasuku Emoto) victim.
Filming for “Tsuioku” will begin March 17 in Japan.