Posts Categorized: Japanese Movies

Jun 27 2019

Teaser trailer & poster for live-action film “Korosanai Kare to Shinanai Kanojyo”

Teaser trailer and teaser poster added for live-action film “Korosanai Kare to Shinanai Kanojyo” starring Shotaro Mamiya and Hinako Sakurai. Movie is based on manga series “Korosanai Kare to Shinanai Kanojyo” by Seikimatsu and directed by Keiichi Kobayashi (“About the Pink Sky“). Caption on the teaser poster states in Japanese ““Beside you, the world changes.” Story for the film deals with a young teen woman who has suicidal thoughts. Meanwhile, below are still images from the film.

“Korosanai Kare to Shinanai Kanojyo” will be released November 15, 2019.

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Jun 26 2019

Teaser trailer for movie “After the Matinee”

Teaser trailer added for romance film “After the Matinee” starring Masaharu Fukuyama and Yuriko Ishida. The movie is based on novel “Machine no Owari ni” by Keiichiro Hirano and directed by Hiroshi Nishitani (“Suspect X“). Captions in the teaser trailer state in Japanese around the 5 second mark “Classical guitarist and journalist,” around the 14 second mark “Wherever you are in the wold.” and 16 second mark “I think of you.”

“After the Matinee” will be released November 1, 2019 in Japan.

Jun 20 2019

Teaser trailer & still images for movie “Honeybees and Distant Thunder”

Teaser trailer for movie “Honeybees and Distant Thunder” starring Mayu Matsuoka, Tori Matsuzaka, Win Morisaki & Oji Suzuka. The film revolving around a piano competition is based on 2016 novel “Mitsubachi to Enrai” by Riku Onda (“My Little Nightmare: The Movie“) and directed by Kei Ishikawa (“Gukoroku: Traces of Sin“). Around the 26 second mark in the teaser trailer, captions in Japanese appears and asks “Who is the one tht is loved by the god of music?” Meanwhile, below are still images from the film.

“Honeybees and Distant Thunder” will be released October 4, 2019 in Japan.

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Jun 18 2019

Teaser trailer for live-action film “Miyamoto kara Kimi e”

Teaser trailer added for live-action movie “Miyamoto kara Kimi e” starring Sosuke Ikematsu and Yu Aoi. Movie is based on manga series “Miyamoto kara Kimi e” by Hideki Arai (“Come On Irene“) and directed by  Tetsuya Mariko (“Destruction Babies“). The film also follows 2018 TV Tokyo drama series “Miyamoto kara Kimi e” which also stars Sosuke Ikematsu and has Tetsuya Mariko as its director.

“Miyamoto kara Kimi e” will be released September 27, 2019 in Japan.

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Jun 11 2019

Teaser trailer & character poster for live-action film “The Flowers of Evil”

Teaser trailer for live-action film “The Flowers of Evil” starring Kentaro Ito and Tina Tamashiro. Movie is based on manga series “Aku no Hana” by Shuzo Oshimi and directed by Noboru Iguchi. Meanwhile, below are two teaser posters for the movie. The teaser posters are of Kentaro Ito as Takao Kasuga and Tina Tamashiro as Sawa Nakamura.

“The Flowers of Evil” has now been slotted for release September 27, 2019 in Japan.

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Jun 8 2019

Trailer for movie “Aesop’s Game”

Trailer added for movie “Aesop’s Game” starring Ruka Ishikawa, Hiroe Igeta and Guama. The film is directed by Shinichiro Ueda, Naoya Asanuma and Yuya Nakaizumi who all worked together on 2018 film festival favorite “One Cut of the Dead.” Shinichiro Ueda directed “One Cut of the Dead,” while Naoya Asanuma and Yuya Nakaizumi worked as crew members on that film. Story for “Aesop’s Game” involves three very different girls who somehow cheats and revenges each other.

“Aesop’s Game” will have its world premiere as the opening film of this year’s  Skip City International D-Cinema Festival (July 13-21, 2019) and then have its general release August 16, 2019 in Japan.