Suzu Hirose and Tori Matsuzaka are cast for lead roles in movie “The Wandering Moon” (literal title). The movie is directed by Sang-il Lee (“Villain“) and based on 2019 novel on novel “Rurou no Tsuki” by Yuu Nagira. Filming for the movie begins early August, 2021.
“The Wandering Moon” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Moonlight Shadow” starring Nana Komatsu & Hio Miyazawa. Movie is based on short story “Moonlight Shadow” by Banana Yoshimoto. Below are the first still images from the movie.
“Moonlight Shadow” will be released September, 2021 in Japan.
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Main trailer added for movie “Lupin’s Daughter” starring Kyoko Fukada, Koji Seto, & Kanna Hashimoto. Movie is based on novel “Rupan no Musume” by Dai Yokozeki and directed by Hideki Takeuchi (“Nodame Cantabile“). The trailer begins with captions that states “Congratulations! Retirement!,” and then shows Takeru Mikumo (Atsuro Watabe), who has decided to retire from crime, receiving flowers.
“Lupin’s Daughter” will be released October 15, 2021 in Japan.
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New teaser trailer and poster added for movie “99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie” starring Jun Matsumoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, and Hana Sugisaki. In addition, Jin Katagiri, Magi, Azusa Babazono, & Toru Baba have been announced as supporting actors in the film. All four of the new cast members will play employees at Madarame Law Firm.
“99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie” will be released sometime this winter in Japan.
Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Daikaijyu no Atoshimatsu” starring Ryosuke Yamada & Tao Tsuchiya. The film is written and directed by Satoshi Miki. Caption on the teaser poster asks “The dead body, what are we going to do?”
“Daikaijyu no Atoshimatsu” will be released sometime next year in Japan.
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Ryusei Yokohama is cast in live-action film “Usogui.” Movie is based on manga series “Usogui” by Toshio Sako and directed by Hideo Nakata (“Ring“). The film revolves around an underground gambling club with Ryusei Yokohama playing mysterious gambler Baku Madarame. Above is the first teaser poster for the movie.
“Usogui” will be released February, 2022 in Japan.
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Hiroshi Abe is cast in movie “Transfer Order Is To The Musical Band” (literal title of “Ido Jirei wa Ongakutai!”). The film is written and directe by Eiji Uchida. In the film, Hiroshi Abe will play Detective Tsukasa Naruse. His boss transfers him to the police musical band as punishment. Director Eiji Uchida became inspired to the make the movie after watching a flash mob police musical band perform on YouTube.
Filming for “Transfer Order Is To The Musical Band” begins at the start of August, 2021 and will be released during summer, 2022.
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Teaser poster and November 3, 2021 set for movie “Riverside Mukolitta” starring Kenichi Matsuyama & Tsuyoshi Muro. Caption on the teaser poster states “They are neither friends or family, but not lonely.” Movie is based on 2019 novel “Kawapperi Mukolitta” by Naoko Ogigami and also directed by him.
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Toma Ikuta cast in live-action film “The Mole Song: Final.” Along with Toma Ikuta as Reiji Kikukawa, director Takashi Miike & screenwriter Kankuro Kudo will work together again after collaborating on 2014 movie “The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji” and 2016 sequel movie “The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio.” The film will have Reiji Kikukawa going undercover to infiltrate the biggest yakuza organization. In addition, the first teaser trailer has already been added on AsianWiki. Filming for the movie finished mid-June, 2021.
“The Mole Song: Final” will be released November 19, 2021.
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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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