Toshio Lee’s newest comedy “Struggling Man” tells the story of an utterly plain 45 years old man, Haruo Izawa (Ken Yasuda). He lives in an okay house somewhere outside of Tokyo with his wife Ritsuko (Eiko Koike) and three children. He is the floor chief of the Ohara branch of Umeya supermarkets where he has worked for the past twenty five years. He is trusted by the manager and looked up to by his co-workers. Though he acts like he doesn’t believe that he doesn’t have what it takes to be a manager, secretly, he can’t stop himself from dreaming of becoming one. The only place where he allows himself to openly speak about his wish is at the small diner he sometimes secretly eats curry at. This is his only vice.
Struggling Man is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
“Struggling Man...
Struggling Man is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
“Struggling Man...
- 9/13/2022
- by Martin Lukanov
- AsianMoviePulse
Another excellent sample of Japanese filmmaking, “A Chorus of Angels” implements all the distinct characteristics of the country’s cinema, while excelling at the technical department, with magnificent sound and cinematography, and the awards from the Japanese Academy for Best Music Score, Cinematography and Lighting being utterly justified.
Based on the short story “Ni-jyu Nian Go no Shyukudai” from the “Oufuku Shokan” collection by Kanae Minato, τhe film revolves around Haru Kawashima, a retired school teacher, who currently works as a librarian, the six students (3 boys and 3 girls) she had when she was teaching in a remote village in Hokkaido 20 years before, the chorus they have assembled, an accident that brought their relationship to demise, and a number of secrets that have been lurking since that time and poisoned their relationships. When she is informed that Nobuto Suzuki, one of her students who was slightly mentally incapacitated is accused of murder,...
Based on the short story “Ni-jyu Nian Go no Shyukudai” from the “Oufuku Shokan” collection by Kanae Minato, τhe film revolves around Haru Kawashima, a retired school teacher, who currently works as a librarian, the six students (3 boys and 3 girls) she had when she was teaching in a remote village in Hokkaido 20 years before, the chorus they have assembled, an accident that brought their relationship to demise, and a number of secrets that have been lurking since that time and poisoned their relationships. When she is informed that Nobuto Suzuki, one of her students who was slightly mentally incapacitated is accused of murder,...
- 7/31/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Epic movies are usually associated with “heroes”, and concepts like war, organized crime, history and fantasy. Izuru Narashima in “Rebirth” however, proves that a family drama can also reach the levels of an epic, in a movie the Japanese Academy honored with 11 awards, essentially declaring it “Movie of the Year” for 2013.
Rebirth is screening at Japan Society
The script is based on the novel “Youkame no Semi” by Mitsuyo Kakuta, and revolves mostly around the story of two women. Kiwako Nonomiya retains an enduring relationship with Takehiro Akiyama, a married man who has promised her that eventually he will leave his wife, Etsuko, and live with her. At some point, Kiwako gets pregnant and he convinces her to have an abortion, and, in a sad twist, the procedure causes her permanent infertility.
Sometime after that, Etsuko learns about her husband’s relationship and the aforementioned incident and confronts the woman,...
Rebirth is screening at Japan Society
The script is based on the novel “Youkame no Semi” by Mitsuyo Kakuta, and revolves mostly around the story of two women. Kiwako Nonomiya retains an enduring relationship with Takehiro Akiyama, a married man who has promised her that eventually he will leave his wife, Etsuko, and live with her. At some point, Kiwako gets pregnant and he convinces her to have an abortion, and, in a sad twist, the procedure causes her permanent infertility.
Sometime after that, Etsuko learns about her husband’s relationship and the aforementioned incident and confronts the woman,...
- 2/8/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Based on the homonymous novel by Kanae Minato (also the author of “Confessions“) and featuring the crème de la crème of Japanese actresses along with Teruyuki Kagawa, “Penance” also served as an “experiment” for the style and aesthetics Kiyoshi Kurosawa later implemented on “Creepy“
“Penance” is screening on Mubi
15 years ago, Emiri (the Japanese rendition of Emily), an elementary school student from a rich family transferred to the small town of Ueda, and soon became close friends with four other girls, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuka. The girls always played together, occasionally in each other’s house, but at one point, after a series of antique dolls were stolen from each of the girl’s houses, they experienced a true tragedy. An unknown man came to their school after- hours, while they were playing at the courtyard, and posing as a ventilation technician, took Emiri away from the rest, supposedly to help him.
“Penance” is screening on Mubi
15 years ago, Emiri (the Japanese rendition of Emily), an elementary school student from a rich family transferred to the small town of Ueda, and soon became close friends with four other girls, Sae, Maki, Akiko and Yuka. The girls always played together, occasionally in each other’s house, but at one point, after a series of antique dolls were stolen from each of the girl’s houses, they experienced a true tragedy. An unknown man came to their school after- hours, while they were playing at the courtyard, and posing as a ventilation technician, took Emiri away from the rest, supposedly to help him.
- 11/2/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Koki Mitani used to be one of the main faces of intelligent comedy in Japanese cinema, but his works in 2010s did not share the quality of his previous ones, indulging into too much in silliness and slapstick. His last effort of the decade, however, finds him back in form, with a film that is quite smart and entertaining, to say the least.
“Hit Me Anyone One More Time” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed without being able to remember who he is, and even starts roaming the streets in his pajamas, at least until his entourage picks him up. Soon, he realizes that he is the President of the country, but also one of the most hated leaders Japan ever had, with his approval having reached an all-time low. Soon, his two secretaries, the always serious Isaka and the more kind and understanding Banba,...
“Hit Me Anyone One More Time” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed without being able to remember who he is, and even starts roaming the streets in his pajamas, at least until his entourage picks him up. Soon, he realizes that he is the President of the country, but also one of the most hated leaders Japan ever had, with his approval having reached an all-time low. Soon, his two secretaries, the always serious Isaka and the more kind and understanding Banba,...
- 10/3/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
In 2002, on a night in Berlin filled with alcohol, producer Shinya Kawai (The Ring), challenged directors Ryuhei Kitamura and Yukihiko Tsutsumi to a duel in filmmaking, with a number of peculiar rules:
1. The duration of the films ought to be 60 minutes, plus or minus 10 minutes.
2. The film could not be R rated.
3. The entire story was to be shot on a single set.
4. It could not have more than two characters
5. Kitamura was to cast male and Tsutsumi female protagonists
6. The movie was to be completed in a week, with an equal and miniscule budget
7. At least one of the characters was to die
The venture’s name was Dual Project, and the two films that were created were “Aragami” and “2Ldk”. The films were screened on successively, and, at the end of the screening, the spectators were asked to choose the movie they preferred. Unfortunately the result never became...
1. The duration of the films ought to be 60 minutes, plus or minus 10 minutes.
2. The film could not be R rated.
3. The entire story was to be shot on a single set.
4. It could not have more than two characters
5. Kitamura was to cast male and Tsutsumi female protagonists
6. The movie was to be completed in a week, with an equal and miniscule budget
7. At least one of the characters was to die
The venture’s name was Dual Project, and the two films that were created were “Aragami” and “2Ldk”. The films were screened on successively, and, at the end of the screening, the spectators were asked to choose the movie they preferred. Unfortunately the result never became...
- 1/5/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Love, family, and relationships; our lives revolve around it, even for the most misanthropic of us. At the risk of sounding cheesy, no matter how much we fight with our family, no matter how estranged we become, we feel an urge for reconciliation. Movies about this subject are a hit and miss. They can become overly emotional while not showing the nuances of relationships. “Close-Knit” released in 2017, and directed by the talented director, Naoko Ogigami, pulls this off masterfully.
“Close-Knit” screened at the New York Asian Film Festival
The movie opens with a girl, Tomo (played by Rinka Kakihara) getting ready for school. The house is a mess. Clothes are strewn everywhere and the garbage bin is full. Tomo lives with her mother Hiromi (played by Mimura), who in the beginning of the movie, leaves her to pursue a life with a man. Tomo goes to live with her uncle,...
“Close-Knit” screened at the New York Asian Film Festival
The movie opens with a girl, Tomo (played by Rinka Kakihara) getting ready for school. The house is a mess. Clothes are strewn everywhere and the garbage bin is full. Tomo lives with her mother Hiromi (played by Mimura), who in the beginning of the movie, leaves her to pursue a life with a man. Tomo goes to live with her uncle,...
- 6/11/2019
- by Anand Singh
- AsianMoviePulse
Takashi Miike has recently turned towards manga/anime adaptations, with, mostly, impressive results, as his aesthetics seem to fit perfectly to these mediums. This time, he adapts Yu Sasuga’s homonymous, shounen manga, which has sold more than 14 million copies since 2011.
During the 21st century, scientists decided to make Mars a planet that could be inhabited in the future. The solution they came up with was to terraform its ground by spreading special algae with the help of cockroaches that would spread the substance all over the planet. Now, in 2577, they realize that the cockroaches have mutated into anthropomorphous, extremely strong and fast monsters. The government decides to send an exterminating team, which fails miserably (the script does not refer much to them). Due to this, they assign a half-crazy scientist named Ko Honda, to assemble a team that can carry the task, and to give them a chance of success,...
During the 21st century, scientists decided to make Mars a planet that could be inhabited in the future. The solution they came up with was to terraform its ground by spreading special algae with the help of cockroaches that would spread the substance all over the planet. Now, in 2577, they realize that the cockroaches have mutated into anthropomorphous, extremely strong and fast monsters. The government decides to send an exterminating team, which fails miserably (the script does not refer much to them). Due to this, they assign a half-crazy scientist named Ko Honda, to assemble a team that can carry the task, and to give them a chance of success,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
It’s the tail end of the twenty-first century and Earth has nearly overstayed its welcome with dwindling resources and over-population. Scientists believe they can release the CO2 pockets underneath Mars’ surface and move the Red Planet from -50 degrees Celsius into a human-friendly temperature and atmosphere. So mankind sends rockets of moss and cockroaches to commence the process, a half-century passing before a team of colonists can finally journey forth. Everything should be ready for this hand-selected group under Ko Honda’s (Shun Oguri) supervision: go to Mars, kill the cockroaches, and return home with stories of our salvation via a new frontier. It sounds so simple and yet no one is prepared for what they’ll find because no one but Honda and the Japanese government know the truth.
That itself is a wild premise ripe for science fiction fun, but manga creators Yû Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana are hardly finished.
That itself is a wild premise ripe for science fiction fun, but manga creators Yû Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana are hardly finished.
- 8/4/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Takashi Miike's Terra Formars screening on Fantasia International Film FestivalSTORY68%DIRECTION70%ACTING65%VISUALS75%POSITIVESStays close to the originalGreat castimpressive actionNEGATIVESActually a sci-fi, action flick addressing only fans of the category2016-08-0470%Overall ScoreReader Rating: (1 Vote)91%
Takashi Miike has recently turned towards manga/anime adaptations, with, mostly, impressive results, as his aesthetics seem to fit perfectly to these mediums. This time, he adapts Yu Sasuga’s homonymous, shounen manga, which has sold more than 14 million copies since 2011.
During the 21st century, scientists decided to make Mars a planet that could be inhabited in the future. The solution they came up with was to terraform its ground by spreading special algae with the help of cockroaches that would spread the substance all over the planet. Now, in 2577, they realize that the cockroaches have mutated into anthropomorphous, extremely strong and fast monsters. The government decides to send an exterminating team, which...
Takashi Miike has recently turned towards manga/anime adaptations, with, mostly, impressive results, as his aesthetics seem to fit perfectly to these mediums. This time, he adapts Yu Sasuga’s homonymous, shounen manga, which has sold more than 14 million copies since 2011.
During the 21st century, scientists decided to make Mars a planet that could be inhabited in the future. The solution they came up with was to terraform its ground by spreading special algae with the help of cockroaches that would spread the substance all over the planet. Now, in 2577, they realize that the cockroaches have mutated into anthropomorphous, extremely strong and fast monsters. The government decides to send an exterminating team, which...
- 8/4/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The original manga series that has sold over 14 million copies and has inspired TV anime, OVAs and manga spinoffs has already finished production and will open in Japan on April 29, during the Golden Week holidays.
Having secured a rather large budget, the film entails an ensemble cast including Hideaki Itō (Princess Blade, Lesson of the Evil) in the lead role of Shōkichi Komachi, Emi Takei (Rurouni Kenshin) as Nanao Akita, Takayuki Yamada, Shun Oguri, Rinko Kikuchi and Eiko Koike.
The pre-production for the film took two years, and filming began in mid-May. Filming then moved in August to Iceland. It was the first time that a Japanese film is shot on location there.
The non-Japanese team members in the original manga have had their names and part of their characters changed. For example, the Thai character Thien is now Jin Mutō, as played by former News band member Tomohisa Yamashita (a.
Having secured a rather large budget, the film entails an ensemble cast including Hideaki Itō (Princess Blade, Lesson of the Evil) in the lead role of Shōkichi Komachi, Emi Takei (Rurouni Kenshin) as Nanao Akita, Takayuki Yamada, Shun Oguri, Rinko Kikuchi and Eiko Koike.
The pre-production for the film took two years, and filming began in mid-May. Filming then moved in August to Iceland. It was the first time that a Japanese film is shot on location there.
The non-Japanese team members in the original manga have had their names and part of their characters changed. For example, the Thai character Thien is now Jin Mutō, as played by former News band member Tomohisa Yamashita (a.
- 3/9/2016
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
We recently profiled 15 Filmmakers At The Forefront Of The TV Revolution, and a filmmaker headed to the small screen before many of the directors on that list is Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Back in 2012, he brought the five-part "Penance" to Japanese television, and later it screened internationally at the Venice Film Festival, Tiff and more. It's taken a couple of years, but now you'll be able to experience the drama on the big screen, and today we have an exclusive clip from the series. Starring Kyoko Koizumi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yu Aoi, Eiko Koike, Sakura Ando, Chizuru Ikewaki, Mirai Moriyama, Kenji Mizuhashi, Ryo Kase, Tomoharu Hasegawa, Ayumi Ito, Hirofumi Arai and Tetsushi Tanaka, and based on the novel by Kanae Minato, the story centers around the kidnapping and killing of a young girl named Emili. Her grief-stricken mother Asako, frustrated at the crime going unsolved, lays the burden on the four girls who...
- 11/10/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Till I Can Get My Satisfaction: Kurosawa’s Striking Psychosexual Marathon
Past traumas hopelessly infecting the present factor significantly in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s monolithic psychosexual thriller, Penance, a five part made-for-television miniseries that premiered back in 2012 for North American audiences at the Toronto Film Festival, now receiving a limited theatrical release. Like many of Kurosawa’s best known works, he explores the ripple effects of tragic circumstances and their continually endless warping effects, perhaps sometimes seen as a metaphor for cultural tendencies at large. His latest plays like a tangential murder mystery of crossed paths, finally looping back to a finale that leads to more complicated depths, not unlike something David Lynch would do in this similar format of impressively orchestrated subplots and characterizations that makes for viewing in one sitting a head spinning ordeal.
A young girl, Emili, is murdered at school, the killer leading her off in front...
Past traumas hopelessly infecting the present factor significantly in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s monolithic psychosexual thriller, Penance, a five part made-for-television miniseries that premiered back in 2012 for North American audiences at the Toronto Film Festival, now receiving a limited theatrical release. Like many of Kurosawa’s best known works, he explores the ripple effects of tragic circumstances and their continually endless warping effects, perhaps sometimes seen as a metaphor for cultural tendencies at large. His latest plays like a tangential murder mystery of crossed paths, finally looping back to a finale that leads to more complicated depths, not unlike something David Lynch would do in this similar format of impressively orchestrated subplots and characterizations that makes for viewing in one sitting a head spinning ordeal.
A young girl, Emili, is murdered at school, the killer leading her off in front...
- 11/7/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
"Unforgiven," the 1992 Oscar-winning film by Clint Eastwood is getting a Japanese counterpart! This one is called "Yurusarezaru Mono" which means "A Thing That Can.t Be Forgiven" and stars Ken Watanabe ("The Last Samurai," "Memoirs of a Geisha," "Batman Begins") in the Eastwood role. Lee Sang-Il wrote and directed the samurai re-imagination of the western classic. The film is set to open in Japan on Sept. 13 and has been submitted to the Venice Film Festival according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Check out the trailer and see its heartfelt homage to the 1992 American original.
Here's more info on "Yurusarezaru Mono" from Wiki:
The story is set in Hokkaido around 1880, the start of the Meiji period following the collapse of the Edo shogunate, at a time when the Japanese government is attempting to open the land (then named Ezo) populated by the indigenous Ainu people.
In the shogunate's waning days, Jubei Kamata...
Check out the trailer and see its heartfelt homage to the 1992 American original.
Here's more info on "Yurusarezaru Mono" from Wiki:
The story is set in Hokkaido around 1880, the start of the Meiji period following the collapse of the Edo shogunate, at a time when the Japanese government is attempting to open the land (then named Ezo) populated by the indigenous Ainu people.
In the shogunate's waning days, Jubei Kamata...
- 7/16/2013
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Japan and America have had an interesting cinematic exchange going on ever since the 1950s. Akira Kurosawa’s samurai films – themselves informed by the aesthetics of westerns – were in turn transformed into American westerns. More recently, directors like Quentin Tarantino have helped produce Japanese films that mimic American westerns (check out the crazy Sukiyaki Western Django, if you don’t believe me). That exchange now continues with the Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven, now titled Yurusarezaru mono and starring Ken Watanabe.
We already had a teaser for the film awhile back; now we have the full Japanese language trailer. Watanabe plays the lone gunman, now living a peaceful life at home, who takes on bounty hunting work. The film is written and directed by Sang-il Lee, based on David Webb’s original Unforgiven script. It also stars Akira Emoto, Jun Kunimura, Yuya Yagira, Eiko Koike, Shiori Kutsuna and Koichi Sato.
We already had a teaser for the film awhile back; now we have the full Japanese language trailer. Watanabe plays the lone gunman, now living a peaceful life at home, who takes on bounty hunting work. The film is written and directed by Sang-il Lee, based on David Webb’s original Unforgiven script. It also stars Akira Emoto, Jun Kunimura, Yuya Yagira, Eiko Koike, Shiori Kutsuna and Koichi Sato.
- 7/15/2013
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
Kevin covered this back when it was announced only three short months ago and now a brief teaser trailer for Yurusarezaru mono (A Thing That Can't Be Forgiven), a remake of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven starring Ken Watanabe (Inception) has arrived. The film, an adaptation of David Webb Peoples' script, was written and is currently in the process of being directed by Sang-il Lee and reimagines Unforgiven as a samurai feature set in 1880. I haven't seen an official synopsis to suggest exactly how this remake will play out, but the original found Eastwood and Morgan Freeman playing a pair of outlaws who venture out one last time to collect a bounty offered by a group of prostitutes looking for justice due to violence against one of their own. Along with Watanabe, Yurusarezaru mono co-stars Akira Emoto, Jun Kunimura, Yuya Yagira, Eiko Koike, Shiori Kutsuna and Koichi Sato and is...
- 12/11/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Following the Toronto International Film Festival line-up earlier this week, the 69th Venice Film Festival has weighed in with their choices this morning. Outside of films also premiering at Tiff — including most notably Ramin Bahrani‘s At Any Price and Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder – they have a strong batch of films not at that fest. We have the highly anticipated next feature from Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Carlos), titled Something In The Air, as well as Brian De Palma‘s sensual thriller Passion with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace.
Then things get a little silly with Harmony Korine‘s James Franco and Selena Gomez gangster/party film Spring Breakers. Rounding out the other major titles are Susanne Bier following up her Oscar win with Love Is All You Need and Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25. The lack of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s heavily rumored The Master...
Then things get a little silly with Harmony Korine‘s James Franco and Selena Gomez gangster/party film Spring Breakers. Rounding out the other major titles are Susanne Bier following up her Oscar win with Love Is All You Need and Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson documentary Bad 25. The lack of Paul Thomas Anderson‘s heavily rumored The Master...
- 7/26/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Last May, the film Railways was released in Japan and got unprecedented support from men in their 40s and 50s, unexpectedly attracting over 500,000 people to theaters. Today it was announced that Tomokazu Miura will star in Railways 2.
In the original work, Kiichi Nakai starred as a 49-year-old electronics company executive in Shimane Prefecture who suddenly quits his job to follow through on his childhood dream of becoming a train driver. Coincidentally, Miura’s son Takahiro Miura made his debut in that film.
In the sequel, Miura will play Toru Takishima, a man who has spent 42 years working as a train driver for Toyama Chiho Railway and is now 1 month away from the age of retirement. However, he and his wife of many years, Sawako (Kimiko Yo), reach a crossroads after a re-examination of a previously benign tumor changes her outlook on life. Miura and Yo previously played a married couple...
In the original work, Kiichi Nakai starred as a 49-year-old electronics company executive in Shimane Prefecture who suddenly quits his job to follow through on his childhood dream of becoming a train driver. Coincidentally, Miura’s son Takahiro Miura made his debut in that film.
In the sequel, Miura will play Toru Takishima, a man who has spent 42 years working as a train driver for Toyama Chiho Railway and is now 1 month away from the age of retirement. However, he and his wife of many years, Sawako (Kimiko Yo), reach a crossroads after a re-examination of a previously benign tumor changes her outlook on life. Miura and Yo previously played a married couple...
- 4/20/2011
- Nippon Cinema
23-year-old Mao Inoue (Hana Yori Dango) and former J-pop idol turned actress Hiromi Nagasaku (39) will be co-starring in a film adaptation of Mitsuyo Kakuta’s novel Youkame no Semi. The work was previously adapted as a TV drama which aired on Nhk back in April.
The story involves a woman named Kiwako (Nagasaku) who kidnaps the baby daughter of a man she’s having an affair with. The baby, Erina, grows up (now played by Inoue) and winds up having an affair of her own which leads to pregnancy.
This will mark the first acting role for Nagasaku since she gave birth to a son back in May.
Other cast members include Eiko Koike, Yoko Moriguchi, Hitori Gekidan, Tetsushi Tanaka, and Jun Fubuki
Filming began on September 23rd and is expected to wrap by the end of October. A release is planned for sometime next year.
Sources: Tokyograph, Cinema Today...
The story involves a woman named Kiwako (Nagasaku) who kidnaps the baby daughter of a man she’s having an affair with. The baby, Erina, grows up (now played by Inoue) and winds up having an affair of her own which leads to pregnancy.
This will mark the first acting role for Nagasaku since she gave birth to a son back in May.
Other cast members include Eiko Koike, Yoko Moriguchi, Hitori Gekidan, Tetsushi Tanaka, and Jun Fubuki
Filming began on September 23rd and is expected to wrap by the end of October. A release is planned for sometime next year.
Sources: Tokyograph, Cinema Today...
- 9/30/2010
- Nippon Cinema
23-year-old Mao Inoue (Hana Yori Dango) and former J-pop idol turned actress Hiromi Nagasaku (39) will be co-starring in a film adaptation of Mitsuyo Kakuta’s novel Youkame no Semi. The work was previously adapted as a TV drama which aired on Nhk back in April.
The story involves a woman named Kiwako (Nagasaku) who kidnaps the baby daughter of a man she’s having an affair with. The baby, Erina, grows up (now played by Inoue) and winds up having an affair of her own which leads to pregnancy.
This will mark the first acting role for Nagasaku since she gave birth to a son back in May.
Other cast members include Eiko Koike, Yoko Moriguchi, Hitori Gekidan, Tetsushi Tanaka, and Jun Fubuki
Filming began on September 23rd and is expected to wrap by the end of October. A release is planned for sometime next year.
Sources: Tokyograph, Cinema Today...
The story involves a woman named Kiwako (Nagasaku) who kidnaps the baby daughter of a man she’s having an affair with. The baby, Erina, grows up (now played by Inoue) and winds up having an affair of her own which leads to pregnancy.
This will mark the first acting role for Nagasaku since she gave birth to a son back in May.
Other cast members include Eiko Koike, Yoko Moriguchi, Hitori Gekidan, Tetsushi Tanaka, and Jun Fubuki
Filming began on September 23rd and is expected to wrap by the end of October. A release is planned for sometime next year.
Sources: Tokyograph, Cinema Today...
- 9/30/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Sometimes we feel just downright silly when we miss news about a favorite actor or filmmaker. This time we've missed out on news about one of our favorite Japanese actors, Todanobu Asano. Luckily for us guys like Kevin and Chris are somewhat more on the ball and have reminded us that he's in a new film Ranbou to Taiki.
The film is based on a 2005 play by Yukiko Motoya. In 2008, she adapted it to a novel with illustrations by longtime Gainax animator and protegé of Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki.
The film revolves around a man named Hidenori (Tadanobu Asano) and woman named Nanase (Minami) who share an intense and bizarre relationship. Although the two are not actually related in any way, Nanase calls Hidenori "Onii-chan" (older brother) and the two sleep on a bunk bed. Their living arrangement began in the wake of an accident, and Nanase has spent 10 years...
The film is based on a 2005 play by Yukiko Motoya. In 2008, she adapted it to a novel with illustrations by longtime Gainax animator and protegé of Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki.
The film revolves around a man named Hidenori (Tadanobu Asano) and woman named Nanase (Minami) who share an intense and bizarre relationship. Although the two are not actually related in any way, Nanase calls Hidenori "Onii-chan" (older brother) and the two sleep on a bunk bed. Their living arrangement began in the wake of an accident, and Nanase has spent 10 years...
- 5/5/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The trailer for Masanori Tominaga‘s Ranbou to Taiki has been released slightly ahead of schedule exclusively via the Japanese film site Cinema Cafe. The film is based on a 2005 play by Yukiko Motoya. In 2008, she adapted it to a novel with illustrations by longtime Gainax animator and protegé of Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki.
The film revolves around a man named Hidenori (Tadanobu Asano) and woman named Nanase (Minami) who share an intense and bizarre relationship. Although the two are not actually related in any way, Nanase calls Hidenori “Onii-chan” (older brother) and the two sleep on a bunk bed. Their living arrangement began in the wake of an accident, and Nanase has spent 10 years waiting for Hidenori to take the revenge on her she feels she deserves.
Their relationship changes when Takao (Takayuki Yamada) and his pregnant wife Azusa (Eiko Koike) move into the neighborhood. While peeping through a...
The film revolves around a man named Hidenori (Tadanobu Asano) and woman named Nanase (Minami) who share an intense and bizarre relationship. Although the two are not actually related in any way, Nanase calls Hidenori “Onii-chan” (older brother) and the two sleep on a bunk bed. Their living arrangement began in the wake of an accident, and Nanase has spent 10 years waiting for Hidenori to take the revenge on her she feels she deserves.
Their relationship changes when Takao (Takayuki Yamada) and his pregnant wife Azusa (Eiko Koike) move into the neighborhood. While peeping through a...
- 4/29/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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