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Teaser for Japanese movie Shin Godzilla (シン・ゴジラ), in theatres in Japan this summer. The film is co-directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. It’s the 31st instalment in the Godzilla franchise and the third reboot by Toho Pictures.
The Shin is a play of words which can mean a few things. Officially it’s RESURGENCE in English title, some Asian teasers go with TRUE, social media seems to like it as GOD, while I prefer the simpler NEW instead. It all seems to fit though.
Trailer for Japanese film Mohican Comes Home (モヒカン故郷に帰る, Mohican Kokyô ni Kaeru ). Directed and written by Shuichi Okita, it tells the story of rocker reconciling with his father who’s terminally ill.
The movie is made in conjunction with the 70th anniversary of Tokyo Theatres Company. It stars Ryuhei Matsuda, Akira Emoto, Atsuko Maeda, Masako Motai and Yudai Chiba. Premiering in March 2016.
Ekichi is a struggling punk rocker in Tokyo. He and his girlfriend returns home to a small town – for the first time in ages – to announce her pregnancy and their engagement.
Osamu, Keichi’s father, appears angry but is secretly happy that he’s going to be a grandpa.
The joy doesn’t last long though, as Osamu is soon diagnosed with last-stage cancer. Keichi decides to prolong his stay to look after his old man, and the two learn more about each other in process.
Seems like a typical family drama film; Japanese are very good in this genre though. From the tone in the teaser the movie is probably on the light-comedic side instead of a sad melodrama.
Atsuko Maeda, who plays the pregnant girlfriend, was formerly a central figure in popular girl group AKB48. Interested to see how she fares in her acting since graduating from the group in 2012.
Poster images for upcoming Japanese movie Attack on Titan, a live-action adaptation from popular manga of the same title. The comic was made into TV anime series in 2013, which was a phenomenal hit. Expectation is high on the live-action film, which is scheduled to release in summer 2015.
The cast include Hiroki Hasegawa, Haruma Miura, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongo, Jun Kunimura, Nanami Sakuraba, Takahiro Miura, Satoru Matsuo, Satomi Ishihara, Pierre Taki, Ayame Misaki, Rina Takeda and Shu Watanabe. Directed by Shinji Higuchi who’s famous for his special effect works.
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Trailer and promotional images for Japanese movie Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno, sequel to the 2012 box office hit which is based on a popular Japanese manga.
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Trailer and promo images for Japanese heist film Lupin III. It’s based on the manga series of the same name by Monkey Punch, first published in 1967. The manga has spawned into a media franchise which includes anime series, live-action shows and video games. It’s still popular these days.
This is the second live-action movie adaptation of the manga. Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura and stars Shun Oguri, Jerry Yan, Tetsuji Tamayama, Gō Ayano, Meisa Kuroki and Tadanobu Asano. The story follows the title character who lead a band of gentleman thieves. In cinemas in Japan on August 30.
That’s a lot of English for a Japanese trailer, got me confused for a moment. Bet the Japanese people will be just as baffled, if not worse, if the whole movie is like that. Can’t tell much about the overall quality of the film, but I think the main cast manage to capture the essence of the characters.
Trailer for Japanese horror film Ju-on: The Beginning of the End – the seventh instalment of the popular Japanese movie franchise – starring Nozomi Sasaki, Sho Aoyagi and Reina Triendl. In theatres on June 28.
The third instalment of the franchise was remade by Hollywood as The Grudge in 2004, followed by two sequels in 2006 and 2009.
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