Teaser trailer and release date set for movie “Tang” starring Kazunari Ninomiya. In addition, the first group of supporting cast members has been announced for the film and they are Hikari Mitsushima, Mikako Ichikawa, Shinya Kote, Nao, Taiga Kyomoto, and Tetsuya Takeda. The teaser trailer begins with Ken Kasugai (Kazunari Ninomiya) and the Ponkotsu Robot meeting for the first time.
“Tang” is now set for release August 11, 2022 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Offbeat Cops” starring Hiroshi Abe, Nana Seino, & Hayato Isomura. The film has Hiroshi Abe playing Detective Tsukasa Naruse. Due to an incident, he gets demoted to the brass band in the police PR department.
Release date for “Offbeat Cops” is now set for August 26, 2022 in Japan.
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Hiroki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Aramaki, Masanari Wada, & Fuma Sadamoto are cast in sequel film “Touken Ranbu: The Movie 2.” Movie is a sequel to 2019 movie “Touken Ranbu: The Movie,” which is based on collectible card video game “Touken Ranbu.” Hiroki Suzuki, Yoshihiko Aramaki, Masanari Wada, & Fuma Sadamoto will all reprise characters they played in the first film. Also cast to play new characters are Mizuki Umetsu, Takamichi Sato, Ryosuke Yamamoto, Reo Honda, Eito Konishi, & Yuki Tamaki.
“Touken Ranbu: The Movie 2” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
Kenichi Matsuyama and Masami Nagasawa are cast in suspense-mystery film “Lost Care.” The movie is based on 2013 novel “Lost Care” by Aki Hamanaka and directed by Tetsu Maeda (“A Banana? At This Time of Night?“). Kenichi Matsuyama will play home health care worker Munenori Shiba. He becomes a suspect in a murder case. Masami Nagasawa will play Prosecutor Hidemi Otomo.
“Lost Care” will be released sometime this year in Japan.
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Masaki Aiba is cast in horror film “Sore ga Iru Mori.” The movie is directed by Hideo Nakata (“Ring“) and scripted by Brazili Ann Yamada (“Goose Bumps The Movie“) & Tetsuya Oishi (“Stolen Identity“). The film revolves around a forest where people experience mysterious phenomena. For Masaki Aiba, this is his first starring movie acting role since 2014 film “Miracle: Devil Claus’ Love and Magic” and his first appearance in a horror film.
Filming for “Sore ga Iru Mori” is currently ongoing and the movie will be released September 30, 2022 in Japan.
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Ryusei Yokohama is cast in movie “Sen wa, Boku o Egaku.” Movie is based on 2019 novel “Sen wa, Boku o Egaku” by Hiromasa Togami and directed by Norihiro Koizumi (“Chihayafuru“). For the movie, Ryusei Yokohama will play main character Sousuke Aoyama. He becomes fascinated with ink wash paintings and becomes a painter himself. Ryusei Yokohama actually learned ink wash painting from artist Tohun Kobayashi for a year to play his role.
“Sen wa, Boku o Egaku” will be released October 21, 2022 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Wandering” starring Suzu Hirose & Tori Matsuzaka. Movie is based on 2019 novel “Rurou no Tsuki” by Yuu Nagira and directed by Sang-il Lee (“Villain“). Caption on the poster states “Girl kidnapping case, the truth only belongs to two people.”
“Wandering” will be released May 13, 2022 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for live-action film “The Hunk is the Color Orange” starring Hikaru Iwamoto & Meru Nukumi. The movie is based on manga series “Moekare wa Orenji Iro” by Non Tamashima and directed by Shosuke Murakami (“One Week Friends“). Movie depicts a romance between a firefighter and a high school student.
“The Hunk is the Color Orange” will be released July 8, 2022 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer added for movie “Fuyu Soubi” starring Kentaro Ito. Movie is written and directed by Junji Sakamoto (“Another World“). The film revolves around Jun Wataguchi played by Kentaro Ito. He is a troubled youth. When one of his friends gets attacked and unexpected person becomes the suspect.
“Fuyu Soubi” will be released June 3, 2022 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Hatachi no Soru” starring Fuju Kamio & Koichi Sato. The film is based on non-fiction novel “Hatachi no Soru” by Yuriko Nakai and directed by Jun Akiyama (“I Love Tokyo Legend – Kawaii Detective“). Movie follows Fuju Kamio as Taigi Asano. He is a college student and hopes to become a music teacher. He is then diagnosed with cancer.
“Hatachi no Soru” will be released May 27, 2022 in Japan.
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