Main trailer added for live-action film ” Kingdom 3” starring Kento Yamazaki & Ryo Yoshizawa. Movie is based on manga series “Kingdom” by Yasuhisa Hara and directed by Shinsuke Sato, (“Gantz“). The trailer shows briefly new character Shika played by Anne Watanabe. She comes from Zhao and is a black market seller.
“Kingdom 3” will be released July 28, 2023 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster added for live-action film “The Water Flows to the Sea” starring Suzu Hirose & Riku Ohnishi. Movie is based on manga series “Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru” by Retto Tajima and directed by Tetsu Maeda (“And, the Baton Was Passed“).
“The Water Flows to the Sea” will be released June 9, 2023 in Japan.
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Ren Nagase, Hana Sugisaki and Takumi Kitamura cast in movie “Houtei Yugi.” The mystery-law themed film is based on 2020 novel “Houtei Yugi” by Ritsuto Igarashi and directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa (“Restaurant From The Sky“). The film will have Ren Nagase, Hana Sugisaki and Takumi Kitamura play law school students. They look into a case that they are connected by their pasts.
“Houtei Yugi” will be released November 10, 2023 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Daimyo Tousan” starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hana Sugisaki, & Kenichi Matsuyama. The samurai-comedy film is directed by Tetsu Maeda (“A Banana? At This Time of Night?“) and based on 2019 novel “Daimyo Tousan” by Jiro Asada. The movie’s theme song has also been announced as “Wonderful” by pop-rock group GReeeeN. That song “Wonderful” is played during the trailer.
“Daimyo Tousan” will be released June 23, 2023 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster added for live-action film “Adulthood Friends” starring Mizuki Inoue & Rinka Kumada. Movie is based on manga series “Otona-Najimi” by Aya Nakahara (“Love Complex“). The movie’s theme song has also been announced as “Sweet Melody” by Kis-My-Ft2, which is also featured in the main trailer. The trailer shows Haru Aoyama (Mizuki Inoue) and Kaede Kagaya (Rinka Kumada) having held feelings for each other for a long time, but they don’t know that the other person feels the same way. They get involved in a love triangle with Iori Hasumi (Riku Hagiwara).
“Adulthood Friends” will be released May 12, 2023 in Japan.
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Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “The Dry Spell” starring Toma Ikuta. Movie is based on 1990 novel “Kassui” by Mitsuru Kawabayashi and the screenplay adaptation is written by Shotaro Oikawa (“Chokolietta“). The movie has Toma Ikuta playing city hall water department employee Shunsaku Iwakiri. He encounters two young sisters when he visits a home for non payment on their water bill.
“The Dry Spell” is now set for release June 2, 2023 in Japan.
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Main trailer and poster added for movie “Father Of The Milky Way Railroad” starring Koji Yakusho & Masaki Suda. Movie is based on 2017 novel “Ginga Tetsudo no Chichi” by Yoshinobu Kadoi, which won the naoki Prize, and directed by Izuru Narushima (“Solomon’s Perjury 1: Suspicion“). Caption on the main poster states “A story about the absolute love of the father and family towards unknown writer Kenji Miyazawa.”
“Father Of The Milky Way Railroad” will be released May 5, 2023 in Japan.
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Kazunari Ninomiya & Haru are cast in movie “Analog.” Movie is based on 2017 novel “Analog” by multi-talented director Takeshi Kitano. The romance themed film follows two people who are luddites and meet at a cafe. The woman, played by Haru, disappears just when the man, played by Kazunari Ninomiya, is about to propose to her.
“Analog” will be released sometime this autumn in Japan.
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Hokuto Matsumura & Mone Kamishiraishi are cast in movie “Yoake no Subete.” Movie is based on 2020 novel “Yoake no Subete” by Maiko Seo (“Our Meal For Tomorrow“) and directed by Sho Miyake (“Ryunosuke Kamiki’s Filming Break“). The film will have Hokuto Matsumura & Mone Kamishiraishi play co-workers. Hokuto Matsumura is a new employee who suffers panic attacks. Mone Kamishiraishi plays Misa Fujisawa. Her monthly PMS causes her to frequently lose her temper.
“Yoake no Subete” will be released February, 2024 in Japan.
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Trailer and poster added for movie “Side By Side” starring Kentaro Sakaguchi & Asuka Saito. Movie is written and directed by Chihiro Ito (longtime screenwriter for movies directed by Isao Yukisada). Caption on the poster states “No one knows who you really are.” Meanwhile, the theme song for the movie has also been revealed as “Tonari” by Kai Kubota. That song also plays during the trailer.
“Side By Side” will be released April 14, 2023 in Japan.
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