Main trailer and poster added for movie “Tang” starring Kazunari Ninomiya. Movie is based on novel “A Robot in the Garden” by Deborah Install and directed by Takahiro Miki (“The Door into Summer“). Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been announced as “Always You” by pop singer Milet. That track also appears in the main trailer.
“Tang” will be released August 11, 2022 in Japan.
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Erika Toda and Mei Nagano are cast for lead roles in movie “Maternal Instinct” (literal title). The film is based on 2012 novel “Bosei” by Kanae Minato (“Confessions“) and directed by Ryuichi Hiroki. In the film, Erika Toda and Mei Nagano will play mother and daughter. The daughter then commits suicide. The first teaser trailer for the movie can be viewed at AsianWiki.
“Maternal Instinct” will be released November 23, 2022 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster for movie “Violence Action” starring Kanna Hashimoto. Movie is directed by Toichiro Ruto (“The Way of the Househusband“) and based on webcomic “Violence Action” by Renji Asai & Shin Sawada. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been announced as “Crash” by rock band Alexandros. The theme song “Crash” is played in the main trailer.
“Violence Action” will be released August 19, 2022 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “Offbeat Cops” starring Hiroshi Abe. Movie is written and directed by Eiji Uchida (“Midnight Swan“). The film is about overzealous Detective Tsukasa Naruse. He gets demoted to the police music band. The trailer shows Detective Tsukasa Naruse adapt to his new role as a drummer for the police band. Meanwhile, the theme song for the movie has been revealed as “Choral A” by pop band Official Hige Dandism. Theme song “Choral A” is also played in the main trailer.
“Offbeat Cops” will be released August 26, 2022 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Fragments of the Last Will” starring Kazunari Ninomiya & Keiko Kitagawa. Movie is based on non-fiction novel “Lageri kara Kita Isho” by Jun Henmi. The novel and the film is based on the life of Hatao Yamamoto. The film is set after WW2, with Hatao Yamamoto and his fellow Japanese soldiers trying to survive in a concentration camp in Siberia, Russia.
“Fragments of the Last Will” will be released December 9, 2022 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and teaser posters added for movie “My Broken Mariko” starring Mei Nagano. The film is directed by Yuki Tanada (“One Million Yen and the Nigamushi Woman“) and based on webcomic “My Broken Mariko” by Waka Hirako. The teaser trailer begins with Tomoyo Shiino (Mei Nagano) watching news on TV and learning her best friend Mariko Ikagawa died. Later in the teaser, Tomoyo Shiino is actually stealing her friend’s ashes and jumps out a window. In addition, Nao, Masataka Kubota, Toshinori Omi, and Yo Yoshida are newly announced supporting cast members in the film.
“My Broken Mariko” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and posters added for movie “The Zen Diary” starring Kenji Sawada & Takako Matsu. Movie is based on essay “Tsuchi wo Kurau Hibi ” by Tsutomu Mizukami and directed by Yuji Nakae (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream“). The film revolves around a writer played by Kenji Sawada, who lives on a mountain and lives a simple zen like life.
“The Zen Diary” will be released November 11, 2022 in Japan.
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Non, Mugi Kadowaki, and Yuko Oshima are cast in live-action film “Three Sisters of Tenmasou.” The film is based on manga series “Tenmasou no Sanshimai: Sky High” by Tsutomu Takahashi and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura (“Azumi“). The fantasy based story is set at an inn that exists between this world and the afterlife, for souls that will return to this world or go to the afterlife. Mugi Kadowaki and Yuko Oshima will play sisters that run the inn and Non will play their younger half-sister. Their younger sister comes to stay at the inn.
“Three Sisters of Tenmasou” will be released October 28, 2022 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer added for movie “BL Metamorphosis” starring Mana Ashida & Nobuko Miyamoto. Movie is based on webcomic “Metamorphose no Engawa” by Kaori Tsurutani and directed by Shunsuke Kariyama (“Humanoid Monster, Bem“). The teaser trailer also features the movie’s theme song “Koresaeareba,” which is performed by Mana Ashida and Nobuko Miyamoto. The song is a cover of “Koresaeareba” by Tjiros.
“BL Metamorphosis” will be released June 17, 2022 in Japan.
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Yutaka Takenouchi & Takayuki Yamada are cast in movie “Utau Rokunin no Onna.” The movie is scripted and directed by Yoshimasa Ishibashi. Director Yoshimasa Ishibashi and actor Takayuki Yamada previously worked together in 2012 movie “MILOCRORZE – A Love Story,” while actors Yutaka Takenouchi and Takayuki Yamada previously starred together in 2011 movie “Oba: The Last Samurai.” The film will follow two strangers who meet in a strange village and are held captive by six beautiful women.
“Utau Rokunin no Onna” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
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