Trailer for "Oniichan no Hanabi" starring Kengo Kora and Mitsuki Tanimura http://goo.gl/2rHR (via @yobgol) (1 day, 36 minutes ago)
Trailer for "Mother Water" starring Kyoko Koizumi and Satomi Kobayashi http://goo.gl/FT3R (1 week, 2 days, 22 hours, 6 minutes ago)
Second teaser for "Kimi ga Odoru, Natsu" starring Junpei Mizobata and Haruka Kinami http://goo.gl/92GA (1 week, 3 days, 19 hours, 26 minutes ago)
@dreamlogicnet I don't think it's related. The movie/manga is set in an alternate timeline where women rule and men are objectified (1 week, 3 days, 20 hours, 12 minutes ago)
Stills for the upcoming live-action adaptation of "Ooku" http://goo.gl/QIi0 (1 week, 3 days, 20 hours, 57 minutes ago)
Recent Updates
Posted by Kevin Ouellette at 1:56pm EST on Thursday, July 29, 2010
Filed under: Drama, Future releases, Trailer Updates
Yahoo! Eiga has uploaded a trailer for Masahiro Kunimoto‘s upcoming terminal illness tearjerker Oniichan no Hanabi starring Kengo Kora (Fish Story, Box!) and Mitsuki Tanimura (Canary). The trailer is also available on the film’s official website with an additional intro from both stars.
Originally inspired by a real-life documentary, the film stars Tanimura as a 16-year-old named Hana who moved to a small town in Niigata 5 years ago with her family and has been receiving treatment for leukemia for the past 6 months. Every year, the town hosts “Katakai Matsuri” which is known for being the largest fireworks display in the world. Hana’s older bother Taro (Kora) is a hikikomori, and spends most of his time alone in his room. However, to make his sister happy, he decides to make more of an effort to get out and participate in the festival with her.
Go! Cinema will be releasing “Oniichan no Hanabi” in Japan on September 25, 2010.
Thanks to logboy for the heads up.
Posted by Kevin Ouellette at 4:06pm EST on Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Filed under: Drama, Future releases, Trailer Updates
NTV has posted a trailer for Kana Matsumoto‘s Mother Water, a new film featuring many of the same cast and staff from “Kamome Diner”, “Megane”, and “Pool”.
The film is set in Kyoto, and the title is a reference to the city’s large river and many waterways. In keeping with that theme, the story revolves around three women for whom water is of prime importance. Hatsumi (Mikako Ichikawa) makes and sells tofu, Takako (Kyoko Koizumi) opens a coffee shop, and Setsuko (Satomi Kobayashi) owns a whiskey bar. Like the water of Kyoto, the three women have a subtle but important impact on the people around them. Ken Mitsuishi and Ryo Kase also star as a public bath owner and furniture salesman, respectively.
The film marks the first time former classmates Koizumi and Kobayashi have acted in a movie together.
“Mother Water” will open at Cine Switch Ginza and Shinjuku Piccadilly on October 30. 2010 with a national release to follow.
Source: Yahoo! NTV Channel
Posted by Kevin Ouellette at 8:37pm EST on Monday, July 19, 2010
Filed under: Drama, Future releases, Trailer Updates
The official website for Hideyuki Katsuki‘s Kimi ga Odoru, Natsu was recently updated with a second teaser trailer. It’s actually a bit shorter than the first teaser, but it features a few new bits of footage.
As Tokyograph reported last August, the film stars Junpei Mizobata as an aspiring photographer named Shinpei who leaves his hometown in Kochi Prefecture to move to Tokyo. After he leaves, his former girlfriend Kaori (Haruka Kinami) discovers that Shinpei’s little sister Sakura (Ayane Omori) is terminally ill, which leaves it up to Shinpei to help Sakura fulfill her dream of dancing in the upcoming Yosakoi festival.
South Korean boy band TVXQ (known as Tohoshinki in Japan) provided the film’s theme, “With All My Heart”, which is featured in both teasers.
Toei will be releasing “Kimi ga Odoru, Natsu” in Japan on September 11, 2010.
Posted by Kevin Ouellette at 6:17pm EST on Monday, July 19, 2010
Filed under: Drama, Jidaigeki, Future releases, Trailer Updates
The official website for Ryuichi Hiroki‘s Raiou has been updated with a second teaser trailer.
The film is based on a best-selling novel by Mari Ueza which itself was inspired by Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Masaki Okada plays a young man of high social standing named Narimichi who was born into the family of the shogunate. Yu Aoi plays a girl named Rai who has grown up deep in the mountains after being kidnapped as a young child. The two meet and fall in love, but their drastically different upbringings and the expectations of their respective families threaten to doom their relationship.
Several new cast members were announced earlier this week. Keisuke Koide (Rookies) will play Rai’s older brother Sukejiro, Akira Emoto will play Narimichi’s official aid, and Saburo Tokito will play the mysterious village headman who carried Rai off as a child.
Toho will be releasing “Raiou” in Japan on October 22, 2010.
Thanks to logboy for the heads up.
Posted by Kevin Ouellette at 3:23am EST on Monday, July 19, 2010
Filed under: Drama, Future releases, Trailer Updates
The official website for Anh Hung Tran’ film adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s 1987 novel Norwegian Wood has been updated with a brief teaser. All I can say is thank god they managed to get the song rights. Nothing is worse than having to use a cover of a song that’s completely integral to your plot. Yeah, I’m lookin’ at you, Golden Slumber.
According to the current Japanese blurb, the film begins with 37-year-old Toru Watanabe on a plane bound for Germany. He listens to the Beatles song “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” and begins to think about his youth.
Back in high school, Toru (Kenichi Matsuyama) was best friends with Kizuki, who was dating Naoko (Rinko Kikuchi). After Kizuki suddenly commits suicide, Toru tries to escape his feelings of loss by going to a Tokyo university. However, while in Tokyo he’s reunited with Naoko.
“Norwegian Wood” will be released in Japan on December 11, 2010.