The teaser is out for Cyborg Girl (Boku no Kanojo wa Cyborg), directed by Jae-young Kwak of “My Sassy Girl” fame. Even though production company Amuse hired a Korean director to head the project, this is an entirely Japanese movie and was filmed in Japan with a Japanese cast. Here’s the premise: One day a dull university named Jiro (Keisuke Koide) meets a cyborg from the future (Haruka Ayase). They begin to like each other, but since she can’t truly feel emotions he angrily tells her to leave. Eventually, an earthquake hits Tokyo and she saves Jiro’s life, fulfilling her purpose while also triggering unforeseeable events in the future timeline.

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Satoshi Tsumabuki (Waterboys, Dororo) has been cast alongside actress Rei Dan in the 2009 Takahisa Zeze film Pandemic (Kansen Rettou). The story, inspired by recent fear of avian flu, involves a large-scale virus which infects 25 million people. Tsumabaki will play a doctor working to save lives at a field hospital and Dan will play a medical officer from the World Health Organization.

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Director Minoru Kawasaki (The World Sinks Except Japan, Executive Koala, The Calamari Wrestler) held a press conference yesterday for his upcoming kaiju parody Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (Girara no Gyakushuu / Toyako Summit Kiki Ippatsu). Attendees got an up-close look at the remarkably well-spoken Guilala, a monster who first appeared in the 1967 sci-fi movie Uchu Daikaiju Girara. Also in attendance was Akira Matsushita reprising his famous over-the-top impersonation of former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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The official website for Junji Sakamoto’s hardboiled revenge thriller Chameleon: Long Goodbye is now live. There isn’t much content yet but there is a 45 second teaser featuring a really scruffy Tatsuya Fujiwara standing around looking badass. Release is scheduled for this summer.

Links:
Official website
TokyoGraph
Eigapedia

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The official website for Kenji Murakami’s upcoming film ALLDAYS: Nichome no Asahi just got re-shuffled and added a trailer (and i mean just… things are being added to the site as I type this). The movie’s title is a play on the 2005 smash hit Always: San-chome no Yuhi (Always: Sunset on Third Street) and will focus on life in the 1950s in Ni-chome - Shinjuku’s gay ward. Release is scheduled for February 2nd.

Links:
Official website
TokyoGraph

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