Posted by kevin at 5:13pm EDT on Saturday, October 4, 2008
Filed under: Documentary, Music
Posted by kevin at 4:27pm EDT on Saturday, October 4, 2008
Filed under: Drama
Atsushi (Junpei Mizobata) and Mei (Nao Minamisawa) first met as young children and were each other’s first love. After that puppy love ends they each go through their own trials and tribulations in their own lives and deal with issues like drugs, suicide, and domestic violence—but through it all they seem to be connected by a thread of fate. Based on a popular mobile phone novel and slated for release in Japan on December 20, 2008. For the first teaser, see this link.
Posted by kevin at 4:22pm EDT on Thursday, October 2, 2008
Filed under: Drama
After a bullying victim at Higashigaoka middle school named Noguchi attempts suicide, a new teacher named Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe) takes over class 1 for the second term. At first the class is taken by surprise by his severe stutter, and even giggle. However, on the very first day he orders that Noguchi’s desk be returned to its original position in the classroom. Every morning from that point on he takes a moment to walk up to the vacated desk and say “Good morning, Noguchi-kun” in front of all the students that tormented him. Slated for release on November 29, 2008.
Posted by kevin at 12:59am EDT on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Filed under: Fantasy, DVD releases
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse, the sequel to 2007’s Kitaro, will be coming to Japanese R2 DVD with English subtitles on January 9, 2009.
The movie screened at Cannes back in May and was publicly released in Japan on July 12th. The story revolves around a series of mysterious disappearances which trace back to a forbidden love between a human and yokai approximately 1,000 years earlier. Kitaro and his friends must seek out 5 treasures to put an end to this millennium curse and defeat the evil yokai who’s responsible.
Posted by kevin at 12:44pm EDT on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Filed under: Drama
The true story of Asahiyama Zoo’s sharp decline in popularity in the early 90s and its resurgence due to the leadership of its chief manager Masao Kosuge (Toshiyuki Nishida) and the innovations proposed by zookeeper Gen Bando (Yasuhi Nakamura). One of the highlights of these changes, and the reason for the film’s subtitle, is a clear underwater tunnel where visitors can observe penguins swimming overhead as if they were flying.
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