Posts Categorized: Japanese Movies

May 11 2021

Hana Sugisaki cast in movie “99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie”

Hana Sugisaki is cast in movie “99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie” co-starring Jun Matsumoto and Teruyuki Kagawa. A new teaser poster for the movie has been also been released with Hana Sugisaki appearing with her co-stars. For the movie, Hana Sugisaki will play Honoka Kono. She is a rookie lawyer and meets Hiroto Miyama (Jun Matsumoto) at her first criminal case. Circumstances leads her to join the Madarame Law Firm, where Hiroto Miyama works.

“99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie” will be released sometime this winter in Japan.

May 7 2021

Teaser trailer & poster for movie “Boku to Kanojo to Rally to”

Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Boku to Kanojo to Rally to” starring Win Morisaki & Mai Fukagawa. The movie, which is themed around the sport of rally racing, is written and directed by Renpei Tsukamoto. The theme song has also been announced, which is “Joyride” by singer-songwriter Miliyah Kato. The track “Joyride” is also played in the teaser trailer.

Release date for “Boku to Kanojo to Rally to” is now set for October 1, 2021 in Japan.

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Apr 29 2021

Teaser trailer & poster for movie “Masquerade Night”

Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “Masquerade Night” starring Takuya Kimura & Masami Nagasawa. Movie is based on 2017 novel “Masquerade Night” by Keigo Higashino and is a sequel to 2019 movie “Masquerade Hotel.” The first group of supporting cast members have been announced and they all reprise their respective character from the 2019 movie. The newly announced cast members are Fumiyo Kohinata, Zen Kajihara, Yuki Izumisawa, Eisuke Sasai, Atsuro Watabe, Toshihide Tonesaku, Ren Ishikawa , Shingo Tsurumi, and Ryo Ishibashi.

Captions in the teaser video states (0:02) “First class hotel,” (0:03) “December 31, 2020 countdown party,” (0:05) “A murder notice,” (0:16) “The criminal is an (countdown party) invitee wearing a mask,” (0:19) “500 suspects,” (0:21) “24 hours until murder takes place.”

“Masquerade Night” will be released September 17, 2021 in Japan.

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Apr 27 2021

Teaser trailer for movie “Blank”

Teaser trailer added for movie “Blank” starring Arata Furuta & Tori Matsuzaka. Movie is written and directed by Keisuke Yoshida (“Come On Irene“). In addition, first round of supporting cast members have been announced for the film: Tomoko Tabata, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Shuri, Aoi Ito, Reiko Kataoka and Shinobu Terajima. Narration in the teaser trailer begins with “The beginning was an attempt to steal. Father, who lost his daughter, becomes a monster.”

“Blank” will be released September 23, 2021 in Japan.

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