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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Main trailer and poster added for movie “The Method of Repulsing the Dove” starring Tatsuya Fujiwara & Tao Tsuchiya. The mystery film is based 2014 novel “Hato no Gekitaiho” by Shogo Sato (“The Life Story of Bookstore Clerk Michiru“) and directed by Hideta Takahata (“Harajuku Denier“). Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Hazeru Shinzo” by musical band Kirinji feat. Awich. “Hazeru Shinzo” plays in the main trailer.
“The Method of Repulsing the Dove” will be released August 27, 2021 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Machi no Tom ＆ Soya” starring Kairi Jyo & Taichi Sakai. Movie is based on 2003 novel “Machi no Tom ＆ Soya” by Kaoru Hayamine.
“Machi no Tom & Soya” will be released July 30, 2021 in Japan.
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Kasumi Arimura is cast in WOWOW live-action drama series “Zenkamono” and its sequel feature film”Zenkamono.” The drama series and movie are based on manga series “Zenkamono” y Masahito Kagawa. The drama series will be air sometime this autumn and the sequel movie version will be released sometime in 2022. The screenplay for the movie is set several years after the drama series and is an original story. For “Zenkamono,” Kasumi Arimura will play Kayo Agawa. She works as a volunteer probation officer.
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Trailer and still images added for movie “Napoleon and Me” starring Rina Takeda & Shogo Hama. Above and below are the new still images from the movie. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed as “Realizer” by Urashimasakatasen. The song also appears in the trailer.
“Napoleon and Me” will be released July 2, 2021 in Japan.
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Trailer added for movie “I Don’t Have Any Money Left in My Retirement Account” starring Yuki Amami. Movie is based on 2015 novel “Rogo no Shikin ga Arimasen” by Miu Kakiya and directed by Tetsu Maeda. Meanwhile, the theme song for the film has been revealed as “Happy!” by Kiyoshi Hikawa. The theme song “Happy!” is played in the trailer.
“I Don’t Have Any Money Left in My Retirement Account” will be released October 30, 2021 in Japan.
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Trailer added for movie “Hama no Asahi no Usotsukidomo to” starring Mitsuki Takahata & Kyotaro Yanagiya. The film, which was first aired on Fukushima Central Television back on October 30, 2020, is also set for release September 10, 2021 in Japan. The movie is written and directed by Yuki Tanada (“Round Trip Heart“).
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Arata Iura and Machiko Ono are cast in movie “This is Amiko” (literal title). The movie is based on 2011 novel “Kochira Amiko” by Natsuko Imamura (“Under the Stars“) and directed by Tatsushi Omori. In the movie, Arata Iura and Machiko Ono will play a married couple. Their daughter is title character Amiko. A serious of misfortune hits the family.
Filming will begin July, 2021 in Hiroshima. Auditions to cast main child characters Amiko and Ri-Kun are currently ongoing.
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