Posted by kevin at 2:38pm EDT on Thursday, July 31, 2008
Filed under: Horror, Future releases, New trailers
A subtitled trailer for Shinya Tsukamoto‘s Nightmare Detective 2 popped up on YouTube yesterday. I have no idea where, why, or how this originated (maybe a promo from Cannes) but it looks to be a real corker. This time around Nightmare Detective Kyoichi Kagenuma (Ryuhei Matsuda) reluctantly helps a school girl named Yukie who is convinced her next nightmare about a former classmate will kill her in the same way it killed her friends. Currently there’s no solid release date and the official website isn’t live yet, but I’m sure more will be coming out very soon. Check out the aspect ratio-adjusted trailer after the break.
Posted by kevin at 1:06pm EDT on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Filed under: Action, Future releases, New trailers
As I mentioned in this article a few weeks ago, Takashi Miike‘s Crows Zero II is still pretty early on in the production process. Filming won’t really get rolling until August. Shooting will then wrap in October with release slated for some indeterminate time in 2009. So it seems odd that a teaser would be released on the film’s official website this early. Less odd, however, when you watch it and realize it’s all just rehashed footage from the first Crows Zero. I wasn’t going to bother posting it at all, but they did add a “TWO!” to the voiceover, and that’s something, eh… eh? Check it out after the break, or don’t.
Posted by kevin at 3:10pm EDT on Saturday, July 26, 2008
Filed under: Drama, Future releases, New trailers
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that Yukio Ninagawa‘s upcoming film, Hebi ni Pierce (Snakes and Earrings) is more than just sensationalized, melodramatic tripe even though the original teaser would suggest otherwise. On a positive note, Ninagawa called in a few markers for this project and managed to cast Shun Oguri and Tatsuya Fujiwara in bit roles as members of a gang. Some other notable actors in small roles are Toshiaki Karasawa, Yuu Abiru, and Sonim.
The film is about a 19-year-old girl named Rui (Yuriko Yoshitaka) who meets a guy named Ama (Kengo Koura) at a nightclub. Ama is heavily into body modification and sports multiple piercings, a huge dragon tattoo, and a split tongue. Ama brings Rui into his world and introduces her to Shiba (Arata), a tattoo artist and sadist who works out of an S&M shop. Rui gets a large tattoo on her back that’s half dragon, half Kirin—a combination of the tattoos Ama and Shiba have. She also gets her tongue pierced with the eventual goal of increasing gauges until she can split it like Ama’s. Soon Rui gets caught up in a life of sadomasochistic sex, alcohol abuse, and the constant search for something in her life which will never be satisfied.
Posted by kevin at 2:21pm EDT on Friday, July 25, 2008
Filed under: Drama, Future releases, New trailers
A new trailer was added to the official website of Shakariki!. I uploaded the teaser a few weeks ago. The new trailer makes the movie look a lot better, but for some reason they switched to an outdated flash codec this time and the actual video looks like crapola.
The movie is about a young cycling enthusiast named Teru (Yuya Endo) who tries to revive his school’s bicycle club along with the club’s new manager, Sakura Nagata (Nao Minamisawa). It’s based on a popular Masahito Soda manga and marks the directorial debut of former A.D. Shinsuke Ono (Kids Return, Ping Pong). The movie is slated for release on September 6, 2008.
Background info via Tokyograph
Posted by kevin at 11:09am EDT on Monday, July 21, 2008
Filed under: Drama, Future releases, New trailers
Takeo Kimura has been involved in the Japanese film industry for over 60 years; often working as art director, screenwriter, and production designer for Seijun Suzuki and other prominent filmmakers. In recent years he’s directed a few movies like “Mugen Sasurai” in 2004 and “Matouqin Nocturne” in 2007, but both of those are generally considered artsy short films, coming in at under an hour each with an emphasis on avant-garde symbolism. His new project, Yume no Manimani is a full-length movie and is bolstered by an amazing list of stars in supporting roles such as Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Momoi, and Rie Miyazawa to name a few. The film crosses generations as the head of a college; Mr. Kimuro (Hiroyuki Nagato) becomes concerned with an irrational young student named Daisuke (Yoshio Inoue). His exchanges with Daisuke bring him back to his own youth in WWII-era Japan. You can find the trailer here at the film’s official website. It will be released in Japan on October 18th.
