Main trailer & poster added for live-action film “Signal 100” starring Kanna Hashimoto & Shido Nakamura. The film is based on manga series “Signal 100” written by Arata Miyatsuki (“Impossibility Defense“) and directed by Lisa Takeba (“Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory“). Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed, which is “Carry On” by female singer yukaDD(;´∀｀). The theme song appears in the main trailer.
“Signal 100” will be released January 24, 2020 in Japan.
Trailer & poster added for movie “The Back of Shadow” (literal title) starring Gou Ayano and Ryuhei Matsuda. The film is based on 2017 novel “Eiri” by Shinsuke Numata and directed by Keishi Ohtomo (“Rurouni Kenshin“). The novel won the 157th Akutagawa Prize in 2017. The film follows the friendship of two men who are co-workers and its dissolution due to dark secrets held by one of the men.
“The Back of Shadow” will be released February 14, 2020 in Japan.
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Masatoshi Nagase, Masataka Kubota and Sakurako Konishi are cast in live-action film “Fancy.” The film is based on manga short story “Fancy” by Naoki Yamamoto and directed by Masaoki Hirota. The story revolves around a mailman (Masatoshi Nagase), a poet (Masataka Kubota) and the poet’s fan (Sakurako Konishi) who become involved in a war between the yakuza. The first teaser trailer for the film has also been added on AsianWiki.
“Fancy” will be released February 7, 2020 in Japan.
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Second trailer added for movie “Talking the Pictures” starring Ryo Narita, Yuina Kuroshima, Masatoshi Nagase and Kengo Kora. The film is written and directed by Masayuki Suo (“Shall We Dance?“). The period film revolves around a young man who hopes to become a narrator of silent films. “Talking the Pictures” will screen in the special section at the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival and will have its general release December 13, 2019 in Japan.
Yoshihiko Inohara & Shunsuke Michieda are cast in movie “461 Lunch Boxes.” The film is based on an autobiographical story “461 Ko no Bento wa, Oyaji to Musuko no Otoko no Yakusoku” by Toshimi Watanabe and directed by Atsushi Kaneshige. In the film “461 Lunch Boxes,” Yoshihiko Inohara will play divorced father Kazuki Suzumoto and Shunsuke Michieda will play his 15-year-old son. The father makes a promise to make a lunch set for his son everyday while he is in high school.
“461 Lunch Boxes” will be released autumn, 2020 in Japan.
Teaser trailer added for movie “The Phone of The Wind” starring Serena Motola and Hidetoshi Nishijima. The film is inspired by a true story of a man who placed a telephone booth in his garden so he could talk to a deceased family member. A year later, the telephone booth became a destination for those that lost loved ones during the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Captions on the teaser trailer states in Japanese (0:07) “From Hiroshima to Otsuchi in Iwate,” (0:16) “Having a wounded heart, a girl’s journey begins,” (0:21) “One more time, I want to have a talk” and (0:26) “That is the only phone that connects to Heaven.”
“The Phone of The Wind” will be released January 24, 2020 in Japan.
Trailer added for suspense thriller “Find” starring Moe Tsurumi, Fuka Kumazawa and Hana Hanamiya. Movie is directed by Shinpei Yamasaki (“Vampire Night“). The film is set an abandoned church in the forest where 8 girls wake up to find themselves. A masked man then attempts to kill the girls one by one. The lead actresses come from a variety of idol groups like “Niji no Conquistador,” “Task have Fun” and “APPARE! HARAJUKU.”
“Find” will be released November 15, 2019 in Japan.
Trailer and poster added for movie “Kiokuya” starring Ryosuke Yamada, Kyoko Yoshine & Misako Renbutsu. Caption on the poster asks “For the person you love, what would you do?” The film is based on 2015 novel “Kiokuya” by Kyoya Origami and directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa (“Erased“).
“Kiokuya” is now set for release January 17, 2020 in Japan.
Trailer #2 and poster added for movie “Murder at Shijinso” starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe and Shono Hayama. Movie is based on novel Shijinso no Satsujin” by Masahiro Imamura and directed by Hisashi Kimura. Meanwhile, the movie’s theme song has been revealed, which is “Saisei” by Jpop group Perfume. The theme song appears in trailer #2. Photo below is of the three girls in Perfume with leads from “Murder at Shijinso.”
“Murder at Shijinso” is set for release December 13, 2019 in Japan.
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Teaser trailers and teaser posters for movie “Our 30 Minute Sessions” starring Mackenyu Arata and Takumi Kitamura. The teaser begins with Mackenyu Arata as Aki Miyata standing in the middle of public area and asking out loudly “Can people see me? Can you hear me?” A cassette tape causes the body of Sota Kubota (Takumi Kitamura) to be taken over by the late Aki Miyata for 30 minutes.
Release date for “Our 30 Minute Sessions” is set for January 24, 2020 in South Korea.
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