Main trailer added for live-action film “Rurouni Kenshin: The Final” starring Takeru Satoh & Emi Takei. The main trailer shows a city attacked by someone. Mysterious man Enishi Yukishiro (Mackenyu Arata) appears in front of Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh). Meanwhile, the theme song for the movie has been revealed as “Renegades” by rock band One OK Rock. The theme song appears in the trailer.
“Rurouni Kenshin: The Final” will be released April 23, 2021 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “Funny Bunny” starring Taishi Nakagawa & Amane Okayama. The trailer begins with Taishi Nakagawa stating “Saving the world always takes imagination.” Movie is written and directed by Ken Iizuka.
“Funny Bunny” will be released April 29, 2021 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for live-action film “Kakegurui Part 2” starring Minami Hamabe & Mahiro Takasugi. The Japanese title for the movie is now also set as “Eiga Kakegurui Zettai Zetsumei Russian Roulette.” The theme song for the film has also been announced as “Checkmate” by singer Milet. Theme song “Checkmate” plays in the movie’s trailer as well.
“Kakegurui Part 2” will be released April 29, 2021 in Japan.
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Kento Nakajima (‘Sexy Zone’) and Honoka Matsumoto are cast in Netflix movie “My Dearest, Like A Cherry Blossom” (working title). The film is based on novel “Sakura no Yona Boku no Koibito” by Keisuke Uyama (“Color Me True“) and directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa (“Restaurant From The Sky“).
“My Dearest, Like A Cherry Blossom” will be released sometime next year on Netflix.
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Fuju Kamio is cast in movie “What She Likes” (literal title). The film is based on novel “Kanojo ga Sukina Mono wa Homo de Atte Boku dewa Nai” by Naoto Asahara and directed by Shogo Kusano (“The Longest Photo in The World“). In the film, Fuju Kamio will play Jun Ando. He is a gay male student, who begins to date a girl who loves BL stories.
“What She Likes” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
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Character trailer and new poster added for movie “Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” starring Yo Oizumi, Koichi Sato, & Mayu Matsuoka. The film is based on novel “Damashie no Kiba” by Takeshi Shiota and directed by Daihachi Yoshida (“The Kirishima Thing“). The auther Takeshi Shiota has stated he wrote the story with the idea of Yo Oizumi playing the lead male character.
“Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction” will be released March 26, 2021 in Japan.
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Tatsuya Fujiwara is cast for the lead role in movie “The Method of Repulsing the Dove” (working title). Tao Tsuchiya, Shunsuke Kazama, Nanase Nishino and Etsushi Toyokawa are also also cast in supporting roles. The film is based on 2014 novel “Hato no Gekitaiho” by Shogo Sato and directed by Hideta Takahata. In addition, the first teaser trailer and teaser poster for the movie has been added on AsianWiki.
“The Method of Repulsing the Dove” will be released August 27, 2021.
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Teaser trailer added for live-action film “Ride or Die” starring Kiko Mizuhara & Honami Sato. Movie is based on manga series “Gunjo” by Ching Nakamura and directed by Ryuichi Hiroki.
“Ride or Die” premieres April 15, 2021 on Netflix.
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Shun Oguri, Mitsuki Takahata, & Shido Nakamura are cast for supporting roles in movie “Character” starring Masaki Suda & Fukase. In addition, the first teaser trailer for the movie has been added on AsianWiki. For the supporing character roles. Shun Oguri plays Shunsuke Seida. He is a detective and learns that a murder took place on a mountain path is similar to what happened in Keigo Yamashiro’s manga “34.” Mitsuki Takahata plays Natsumi Kawase. She is the girlfriend of manga artist Keigo Yamashiro. Shido Nakamura plays Kota Makabe. He is also a detective and the boss of Detective Shunsuke Seida.
“Character” will be released June, 2021 in Japan.
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Takumi Kitamura (DISH//) is cast in movie “The End of the Pale Hour.” The film is based on novel 2020 novel “Akegata no Wakamonotachi” by Masahiko Katsuse and directed by Hana Matsumoto (“Dadadada Seventeen“). Takumi Kitamura and writer Masahiko Katsuse appear in the photo above.
“The End of the Pale Hour” will be released 2022 in Japan.
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