Posts Categorized: Japanese Movies

Jun 17 2020

Main trailer and poster for movie “My Name is Yours”

Main trailer and poster added for coming-of-age film “My Name is Yours” starring Honoka Matsumoto, Seina Nakata, and Yuki Katayama. The film is based on two novels (“En” & “Blue Hearts wo Kiita Yoru, Kimi to Kiss Shite Sayonara”) by director Momoko Fukuda and also directed by her. Momoko Fukuda previously directed 2019 movie “My Father, the Bride.” Caption on the poster states in Japanese “Hope and despair, 3 seconds before explosion.”

“My Name is Yours” is now set for release July 31, 2020 in Japan.

Jun 16 2020

Takanori Iwata & Mackenyu Arata cast in movie “End roll of the world Nameless”

Takanori Iwata (“J Soul Brothers”/”EXILE”) and Mackenyu Arata are cast in movie “End roll of the world Nameless” (literal title). The film is based on 2013 novel “Na mo Naki Sekai no End Roll” by Kaoru Yukinari and directed by Yuichi Sato. Filming for the movie took place from July, 2019 to August, 2019.

“End roll of the world Nameless” will be released sometime next year in Japan.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Kida (Takanori Iwata) and Makoto (Mackenyu Arata) have been friends since they were children. They also both don’t have parents. The two become friends with transfer student Yocchi, who also doesn’t have parents. They spend time together everyday and grow up together. A case takes place when they are 20 years old and it affects their lives tremendously. Years later, Kida works as a negotiator in the criminal world. Makoto works as a trading company CEO in the criminal world. They spent 10 years to take revenge on a world which changed their fate.

Jun 11 2020

Teaser trailer & teaser poster for live-action film “Restart After Come Back Home”

Teaser trailer and teaser poster added for live-action film “Restart After Come Back Home” starring Yuki Furukawa and Ryo Ryusei. Caption on the teaser poster states in Japanese “I want to be with together with you.” The film is based on BL manga “Restart wa Tadaima no Atode” by Cocomi. Also supporting cast has been announced for the film and they are Eri Murakawa, Gaku Sano, Hiroko Nakajima, Yukijiro Hotaru, and Masahiro Komoto.

“Restart After Come Back Home” is now set for release September 4, 2020 in Japan.

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Jun 10 2020

Teaser trailer for movie “Wish”

Teaser trailer for movie “Wish” starring Shinichi Tsutsumi & Yuriko Ishida. The film is based on 2016 novel “Nozomi” by Shusuke Shizukui (“Killing For The Prosecution“) and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. Captions in the teaser trailer states in Japanese (0:26) “Day the son disappeared,” (0:28) “Incident occurred,” (0:29) “Depict extreme family love. Suspense entertainment,” (0:33) “Classmate’s murder case,” (0:46) “Is he a victim?” (0:48) “Is he a murderer?”

“Wish” will be released October, 2020 in Japan.

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Jun 9 2020

Teaser trailer & poster for movie “461 Lunch Boxes”

Teaser trailer and poster added for movie “461 Lunch Boxes” starring Yoshihiko Inohara and Shunsuke Michieda. The father and son film is based on autobiographical essay “461 Ko no Bento wa, Oyaji to Musuko no Otoko no Yakusoku” by Toshimi Watanabe and directed by Atsushi Kaneshige.

“461 Lunch Boxes” is now set for release November 6, 2020 in Japan.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Kazuki Suzumoto (Yoshihiko Inohara) is divorced and he lives with his 15-year-old son Kouki (Shunsuke Michieda). Kouki is in a susceptible time. The father feels guilty about his son. Kouki then fails his high school entrance exam. In the spring of the following year, Kouki barely passes his high school entrance exam. Kouki mentions to Kazuki that he likes his father’s lunch box. The father and son make a promise to each other. Kazuki promises that he will make a lunch box everyday for Kouki. Kouki promises that he will never skip school.

Jun 9 2020

Teaser trailer for movie “The Brightest Roof in the Universe”

Teaser trailer added for movie “The Brightest Roof in the Universe” (English title) starring Kaya Kiyohara, Kaori Momoi, and Kentaro Ito. The film is based on 2003 novel “Uchu de Ichiban Akarui Yane” by Tomoso Nonaka and directed by Michihito Fujii. Captions in the teaser trailer states in Japanese (0:11) “Two people meet,” (0:14) “The universe begins to glitter beautifully.” The teaser trailer also briefly shows Kaya Kiyohara as Tsubame Oishi riding a bicycle in the nighttime sky.

“The Brightest Roof in the Universe” will be released September, 2020 in Japan.

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Jun 3 2020

Visual and short trailer for movie “Mother”

Visual and short trailer added for movie “Mother” starring Masami Nagasawa and Daiken Okudaira. Movie is directed by Tatsushi Omori (“Tada’s Do-It-All House“). The short trailer features the classical piano piece Liebesträume by Franz Liszt.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Akiko (Masami Nagasawa) is a single mother and her son is Shuhei (Sho Gunji). Akiko casually has sex with other men, including Ryo (Sadao Abe). Akiko is the only person whom Shuhei can rely on. One day, Shuhei kills his grandparents.

“Mother” is set for release July 3, 2020 in Japan.

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Jun 2 2020

Mugi Kadowaki & Kiko Mizuhara cast in movie “Tokyo Noble Girl”

Mugi Kadowaki and Kiko Mizuhara are cast in movie “Tokyo Noble Girl.” The film is based on 2016 novel  “Ano Ko wa Kizoku” by Mariko Yamauchi (“Japanese Girls Never Die“) and directed by Yukiko Sode (“Good Stripes“). The film revolves around two women who live completely different lives and their self-reliance.

“Tokyo Noble Girl” will be released sometime next year in Japan.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Hanako Haibara (Mugi Kadowaki) was born and raised in the city of Tokyo. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, while in her late 20’s, she goes on blind dates to find a man to marry.

Miki Tokioka (Kiko Mizuhara) was born in a province. She studied very hard and entered a prestigious university in Tokyo. She experienced difficult financial times, but she now works at an IT company.

Due to a man, Hanako Haibara and Miki Tokioka meet each other.