Main trailer and poster added for sequel film “Masquerade Night” starring Takuya Kimura & Masami Nagasawa. Movie is based on 2017 novel “Masquerade Night” by Keigo Higashino and a sequel to 2019 movie “Masquerade Hotel .” Caption on the poster states “500 suspects, Time limit is 24 hours.”
“Masquerade Night” will be released September 17, 2021 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for live-action film “Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Final” starring Sho Hirano & Kanna Hashimoto. Movie is based on manga series “Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensaitachi no Renai Zunosen” by Aka Akasaka and is a sequel to 2019 live-action film “Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.” Caption on the teaser poster states “I want to get a confession this time.” Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Koifuru Tsukiyo ni Kimi Omou” by King & Prince. That song and a track by singer Ado are played in the trailer.
“Kaguya-sama: Love Is War Final” will be released August 20, 2021 in Japan.
Two trailers added for movie “Last of the Wolves” starring Tori Matsuzaka and Ryohei Suzuki. Movie is a sequel to 2018 movie “The Blood of Wolves” and also based on 2015 novel Korou no Chi” by Yuko Yuzuki. The sequel film is directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, who also directed the original 2018 movie.
“Last of the Wolves” will be released August 20, 2021 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and teaser posters added for movie “What She Likes” (literal title) starring Fuju Kamio & Anna Yamada. Movie is based on 2018 novel “Kanojo ga Sukina Mono wa Homo de Atte Boku dewa Nai” by Naoto Asahara and was previously adapted into 2019 NHK drama series “Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru.” The teaser trailer begins with Sae Miura (Anna Yamada), who doesn’t know Jun Ando (Fuju Kamio) is gay, confessing her feelings to him.
“What She Likes” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and two teaser posters added for live-action film “What Did You Eat Yesterday?” (literal title) starring Hidetoshi Nishijima & Seiyo Uchino. Movie is based on 2007 manga series “Kinou Nani Tabeta?” by Fumi Yoshinaga and directed by Kazuhito Nakae. 2019 TV Tokyo drama series “What Did You Eat Yesterday?” is also based on the same manga series and stars Hidetoshi Nishijima & Seiyo Uchino.
“What Did You Eat Yesterday?” will be released November 3, 2021 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “The Great Yokai War: Guardians” starring Kokoro Terada, Hana Sugisaki, & Takao Osawa. The trailer and poster shows the Daimajin, which is a Demon God and he saves people. The movie itself features the impending doom of the world and a great war taking place among the yokai. Standing in the middle of all this is Kei Watanabe (Kokoro Terada).
“The Great Yokai War: Guardians” will be released August 13, 2021 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Hoshizora no Mukou no Kuni” starring Oji Suzuka and Shiori Akita. Movie is a remake of 1986 film “Hoshizora no Mukou no Kuni.” Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been announced as “2 your world” by music group lol. The theme song “2 your world” plays in the trailer.
“Hoshizora no Mukou no Kuni” will be released July 16, 2021 in Japan.
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Tatsuya Fujiwara & Kenichi Matsuyama are cast in live-action film “Noise.” The film is based manga series “Noise” by Tetsuya Tsutsui (“Prophecy“) and directed by Ryuichi Hiroki. Tatsuya Fujiwara & Kenichi Matsuyama famously starred together in live-actioin film “Death Note.” This time around, they will play residents on a remote island. They end up killing a murderer and trying to cover up his death.
“Noise” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
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Yuya Endo and Kanji Tsuda are cast in movie “Onoda.” The film is based on the life of Hiroo Onoda. He was a soldier during World War II and stationed on a small island in the Philippines. When the war ended, he went up into the mountains and held out for 29 more years. For the movie, Yuya Endo will play the younger days of Hiroo Onoda and Kanji Tsuda will play middle-age Hiroo Onoda. The cast will be all Japanese, but companies from France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Japan are working together to produce the film.
“Onoda” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
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Main trailer added for movie “The Asian Angel” starring Sosuke Ikematsu, Joe Odagiri, and Choi Hee-Seo. Movie is written and directed by Yuya Ishii, with about 95% of the cast being South Korean and filming taking place completely in South Korea.
“The Asian Angel” will be released July 2, 2021 in Japan.
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