"What really happened doesn't matter. You will defend our school." Well Go USA has revealed the official US trailer for an acclaimed Japanese film titled Monster, the latest film from prolific Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. Set to open in art house theaters this Nov/Dec. Koreeda already won Palme d'Or a few years ago for Shoplifters, and debuted his Korean film Broker in Cannes last year, returning to Cannes this year for this premiere. A mother demands answers from teacher when her son begins acting strangely. The film has a score by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto. The cast includes the talented Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, and Yuko Tanaka, who overwhelm the audience with their transformative performances, and rising stars Souya Kurokawa and Yota Hiiragi, who play the two boys with freshness and emotion, as well as Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Tsunoda, Shidou Nakamura. The Rashomon-esque story follows a boy at school,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Toho in Japan has revealed a full-length official trailer for Monster, the latest film from prolific Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda. He already won Palme d'Or a few years ago for Shoplifters, and premiered his Korean film Broker in Cannes last year, and is back at the festival again. This trailer dropped moments after the film was announced as a major premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, playing again in the competition. The story spun by Hirokazu Kore-eda this time is colored by the world-class music of Ryuichi Sakamoto (who sadly passed away recently). The film's cast features the talented Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, and Yuko Tanaka, who overwhelm the audience with their transformative performances, and rising stars Souya Kurokawa and Yota Hiiragi, who play the two boys with freshness and emotion, as well as Mitsuki Takahata, Akihiro Tsunoda, Shidou Nakamura. The Rashomon-esque story follows a boy at school, examining who...
- 4/13/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Masaki Suda is a remarkably active and popular young Japanese actor with multiple film awards to his credits and for his role in Akira Nagai's “Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High” he again won another Best Actor award at the 41st Japan Academy Film Prize in 2018. The two team up again in “Character” in which Suda plays a struggling manga artist desperately looking a career break.
Good-natured assistant manga illustrator Keigo Yamashiro is very good at drawing but he wants to go independent and get into the big league. Recently, he submitted his best work to a publisher but they refuse to publish it due to his lack of a strong villain character which makes his story less appealing. Disappointed, he decides to give up drawing manga altogether even though his girlfriend Natsumi Kawase (Mitsuki Takahata) fully supports him. Regardless, he still accepts an assignment of looking for a resident...
Good-natured assistant manga illustrator Keigo Yamashiro is very good at drawing but he wants to go independent and get into the big league. Recently, he submitted his best work to a publisher but they refuse to publish it due to his lack of a strong villain character which makes his story less appealing. Disappointed, he decides to give up drawing manga altogether even though his girlfriend Natsumi Kawase (Mitsuki Takahata) fully supports him. Regardless, he still accepts an assignment of looking for a resident...
- 4/7/2023
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Legendary Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto has signed on to write the music for Palme d’Or-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s forthcoming feature film Monster (Kaibutsu), Tokyo-based production company Gaga Corporation revealed Thursday.
Sakamoto will provide newly written compositions as well as some of his pre-existing music for the film, producers say. A musical polymath, Sakamoto made his film debut with the iconic score for Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), starring David Bowie. He later won an Oscar with his music for Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (1987) and a Golden Globe nomination for his compositions for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant (2015). The partnership with Kore-eda marks his first work on a high-profile Japanese title in some time.
Monster is also Kore-eda’s first Japanese film since he won the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2018 with Shoplifters. It follows the director’s French film The Truth, which opened...
Sakamoto will provide newly written compositions as well as some of his pre-existing music for the film, producers say. A musical polymath, Sakamoto made his film debut with the iconic score for Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), starring David Bowie. He later won an Oscar with his music for Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (1987) and a Golden Globe nomination for his compositions for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant (2015). The partnership with Kore-eda marks his first work on a high-profile Japanese title in some time.
Monster is also Kore-eda’s first Japanese film since he won the Cannes Palme d’Or in 2018 with Shoplifters. It follows the director’s French film The Truth, which opened...
- 1/5/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The concept of motherhood, and particularly the questions of if all women should be able to be one, and what is the impact of parenthood in the shaping of children, is one that has been presented repeatedly in Japanese cinema, with films like “Sunk Into the Womb” giving some of the darkest answers to these questions. Takahisa Zeze also examines the concept in “Tomorrow’s Dinner Table”, in an adaptation of the homonymous novel by Michiko Yazuki.
“Tomorrow’s Dinner Table” is screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Rumiko is a freelance writer, married to freelance photographer Yutaka. Her blog is quite popular, as her “ramblings” about her constantly fighting children (the older boy seems to be perpetually angry while the youngest cannot stop crying) resonate with a number of mothers, although she also has to face another issue, since her husband does not seem to...
“Tomorrow’s Dinner Table” is screening as part of the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Rumiko is a freelance writer, married to freelance photographer Yutaka. Her blog is quite popular, as her “ramblings” about her constantly fighting children (the older boy seems to be perpetually angry while the youngest cannot stop crying) resonate with a number of mothers, although she also has to face another issue, since her husband does not seem to...
- 2/7/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Movie theater Asahiza has existed for almost 100 years in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Unlike other theaters, Asahiza plays old films and doesn’t get a lot of customers. The manager of Asahiza, Yasuzo Morita (Kyotaro Yanagiya), finally decides to close down the theater. When he is about to burn the old 35 mm films, a young woman named Rika Motegi (Mitsuki Takahata) suddenly appears and tries to stop him. Rika Motegi came to Minamisoma from Tokyo to save Asahiza.
- 8/10/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
In Edo times, around the 17th century, it was common for Samurais to move households to another location on the command of the Shogun. That caused whole villages to move and leave behind many of their belongings. So is the fate of the Matsudaira Clan, who is forced to relocate 400km. Since the procession is a logistical challenge associated with a lot of costs, the daimyo assigns bookworm Katagiri to undertake this ungrateful task.
“Samurai Shifters” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Based on a script by Akihiro Dobashi, who wrote the recent Samurai dramas “Samurai Hustle” (2014) and “Samurai Marathon” (2019), the period piece is a mix of comedy and historical insight. Precedent by the shallow “Floating Castle” (2012) director Isshin Inudo takes another try on the genre and breaks away from his endless women-with-animal flicks. Indo started his career in 1999 with the very promising “Across a gold Prairie” and won...
“Samurai Shifters” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Based on a script by Akihiro Dobashi, who wrote the recent Samurai dramas “Samurai Hustle” (2014) and “Samurai Marathon” (2019), the period piece is a mix of comedy and historical insight. Precedent by the shallow “Floating Castle” (2012) director Isshin Inudo takes another try on the genre and breaks away from his endless women-with-animal flicks. Indo started his career in 1999 with the very promising “Across a gold Prairie” and won...
- 10/2/2020
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Sota Fukushi, Yuko Takeuchi, Alice Hirose, Takuro Ohno | Written by Emiko Hiramatsu | Directed by Koichiro Miki
I will start this review by proclaiming that I am a cat lover. Always have been. My family had cats growing up and I’ve always loved them. Dogs, I’m not really fussed with but I can’t walk past a cat in the street without stopping and enjoying its company for a few minutes. So when I saw Fantasia Festival featured a film about a cat, I couldn’t wait to check it out.
Although the cats in The Travelling Cat Chronicles feature heavily in this movie, it is not actually all about them. We follow Satoru (Sota Fukushi) as he travels across Japan to find a new owner for his beloved cat, Nana (voiced by Mitsuki Takahata), who he can no longer look after. The film switches between current day...
I will start this review by proclaiming that I am a cat lover. Always have been. My family had cats growing up and I’ve always loved them. Dogs, I’m not really fussed with but I can’t walk past a cat in the street without stopping and enjoying its company for a few minutes. So when I saw Fantasia Festival featured a film about a cat, I couldn’t wait to check it out.
Although the cats in The Travelling Cat Chronicles feature heavily in this movie, it is not actually all about them. We follow Satoru (Sota Fukushi) as he travels across Japan to find a new owner for his beloved cat, Nana (voiced by Mitsuki Takahata), who he can no longer look after. The film switches between current day...
- 9/7/2020
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
If you're unfamiliar with the term otaku, the closest cognate in English is probably geek or nerd, but there's also an overlap with the broader term fan, and there are no particular gender expectations attached to it. Basically, otaku are people who base significant parts of their lives around their favourite entertainers or forms of entertainment, and, usually, spend significant parts of their money on related merchandise or events. Despite the popularity of Japanese entertainment exports elsewhere in the world, however, otaku and not greatly respected on home turf. Having such inclinations is something they might opt to keep secret at work or in their romantic lives.
Is it different when an otaku dates another otaku? That's one of the central questions addressed by Yûichi Fukuda's quirky romcom. It centres on Narumi (Mitsuki Takahata) and Hirotaka (Kento Yamazaki), two childhood friends who are surprised to find themselves working in the same.
Is it different when an otaku dates another otaku? That's one of the central questions addressed by Yûichi Fukuda's quirky romcom. It centres on Narumi (Mitsuki Takahata) and Hirotaka (Kento Yamazaki), two childhood friends who are surprised to find themselves working in the same.
- 9/3/2020
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
After films like “Hentai Kamen 1,2” and the two Gintama adaptations, Yuichi Fukuda toned down his extreme style and decided to deal with a romance/musical, which, this time, is based on the homonymous, quite popular webmanga series that had already spawned an anime.
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku is screening at Fantasia 2020
Narumi Momose is an otaku. She is obsessed with anime and manga but since she has just transferred to a new, high-class company and otakus are usually considered nerds with no social skills, not fit for such settings, she decides to hide the fact as much as possible. However, she soon finds out that her childhood friend, Hirotaka Mifuji, a video game otaku, also works in the same company, hiding the fact, although much better than she does. However, the two of them soon find themselves spending time together over video games and Hirotaka eventually asks her if they can date,...
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku is screening at Fantasia 2020
Narumi Momose is an otaku. She is obsessed with anime and manga but since she has just transferred to a new, high-class company and otakus are usually considered nerds with no social skills, not fit for such settings, she decides to hide the fact as much as possible. However, she soon finds out that her childhood friend, Hirotaka Mifuji, a video game otaku, also works in the same company, hiding the fact, although much better than she does. However, the two of them soon find themselves spending time together over video games and Hirotaka eventually asks her if they can date,...
- 8/29/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Johnnie To’s Chasing Dream and Tran Thanh Huy’s Rom are among the wealth of final titles announced for Fantasia’s 24th edition.
The Fantasia Film Festival announces today a massive new assortment of feature films for its 24th edition, and here are all the Asian titles that are announced:
The Incredible Johnnie To Make Our Dream Come True
When Tiger and Cuckoo meet, it’s a match made in heaven. Both involved with moneylenders, one is an over-enthusiastic rising star in the Mma world; the other a resourceful, aspiring singer on-the-run who will stop at nothing for a spot on ‘Perfect Diva’! Following Three (Fantasia 2016), master filmmaker Johnnie To is back with Chasing Dream: an unexpected blend of mixed-martial-arts drama and high-stakes musical comedy, taking the viewers back to the madcap energy of his mid-2000s collaborations with Wai Ka-Fai and the themes of his sports-and-destiny masterpiece Throw Down.
The Fantasia Film Festival announces today a massive new assortment of feature films for its 24th edition, and here are all the Asian titles that are announced:
The Incredible Johnnie To Make Our Dream Come True
When Tiger and Cuckoo meet, it’s a match made in heaven. Both involved with moneylenders, one is an over-enthusiastic rising star in the Mma world; the other a resourceful, aspiring singer on-the-run who will stop at nothing for a spot on ‘Perfect Diva’! Following Three (Fantasia 2016), master filmmaker Johnnie To is back with Chasing Dream: an unexpected blend of mixed-martial-arts drama and high-stakes musical comedy, taking the viewers back to the madcap energy of his mid-2000s collaborations with Wai Ka-Fai and the themes of his sports-and-destiny masterpiece Throw Down.
- 8/10/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
As an unwritten rule of cinematic common sense states, working with children, animals and disabilities can be tricky to say the least. Nevertheless, riding a wave of change in the representation of disabilities – which recently resulted in few successful outcomes – director Tetsu Maeda builds his curiously-but-aptly-titled film “A Banana? At This Time of Night?” around the tenacious and inspiring personality of a man diagnosed in early age with MD but determined to live independently and to the full. It is indeed a real story and the film is based on the novel “Konna Yofuke ni Banana kayo” by Kazufumi Watanabe. Let’s see what director Maeda made of the aforementioned wise advise.
“A Banana? At This Time of Night?” is screening as part of The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Yasuaki Shikano (Yo Oizumi) is a man with MD (muscular dystrophy) and therefore confined to a wheelchair. He was diagnosed...
“A Banana? At This Time of Night?” is screening as part of The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Yasuaki Shikano (Yo Oizumi) is a man with MD (muscular dystrophy) and therefore confined to a wheelchair. He was diagnosed...
- 2/4/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
One of Japan’s five major broadcast networks, Fuji TV has also been a pioneer and leader among the networks in feature film production. This year at Tiffcom long-time partner Pony Canyon is representing Fuji TV films that have recently hit number one at the Japanese box office.
Among the hottest, with three straight weeks atop the rankings, is “Hit Me Anyone One More Time,” the latest comedy by veteran hitmaker Koki Mitani. As of Oct. 20, the film had earned a rousing $29 million on 2.45 million admissions. Starring Kiichi Nakai as an unpopular prime minister who suddenly loses his memory of his political misdeeds but decides to reboot his career, the film references real-life political figures, though its story is mostly for laughs and, at the end, tears.
Also on the line-up is “Come Kiss Me at 0:00 Am,” a teen romance, based on Rin Mikimoto’s best-selling comic, about an...
Among the hottest, with three straight weeks atop the rankings, is “Hit Me Anyone One More Time,” the latest comedy by veteran hitmaker Koki Mitani. As of Oct. 20, the film had earned a rousing $29 million on 2.45 million admissions. Starring Kiichi Nakai as an unpopular prime minister who suddenly loses his memory of his political misdeeds but decides to reboot his career, the film references real-life political figures, though its story is mostly for laughs and, at the end, tears.
Also on the line-up is “Come Kiss Me at 0:00 Am,” a teen romance, based on Rin Mikimoto’s best-selling comic, about an...
- 10/23/2019
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
Based on a manga by Ryohei Saigan, “Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura” is not the first adaptation of Saigan onto the big screen, as director Takashi Yamazaki adapted several of Saigan’s manga series. It is no coincidence that Takashi Yamazaki decided to adapt this surreal story, as he is considered one of the leading special effect authorities in Japan.
Destiny, The Tale of Kamakura is screening at Camera Japan
The film is set in what appears to be early 20th century Japan in an alternative world in which Youkai (supernatural creatures) live among the humans. Kamakura is a modest town where Akiko (Mitsuki Takahata), a young and energetic woman, moves in with her new husband Isshiki Masakazu (Masato Sakai), a mystery writer and freelancer detective working for the police. In this town, the magical creatures and humans live peacefully together. However, there is an evil creature that is after Akiko.
Destiny, The Tale of Kamakura is screening at Camera Japan
The film is set in what appears to be early 20th century Japan in an alternative world in which Youkai (supernatural creatures) live among the humans. Kamakura is a modest town where Akiko (Mitsuki Takahata), a young and energetic woman, moves in with her new husband Isshiki Masakazu (Masato Sakai), a mystery writer and freelancer detective working for the police. In this town, the magical creatures and humans live peacefully together. However, there is an evil creature that is after Akiko.
- 10/6/2018
- by Sofía Murell
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Masato Sakai, Mitsuki Takahata, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Min Tanaka, Jun Kunimura, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tomokazu Miura, Sakura Ando, Tamao Nakamura, Koji Ohkura, Mayu Tsuruta | Written and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
The honeymoon is over for newlyweds Akiko and Masakazu Isshiki, who’ve just moved into his family home in the quiet town of Kamakura. While her husband, an author of fantastic fiction, struggles with writers block, Akiko has to come to terms with the rough spots in a marriage – the misunderstandings, the doubts, her husbands obsessive toy-train hobby. And then there are the peculiarities of Kamakura, which, as Masakazu remarks offhandedly, has been a magnet for mystical energy for millennia. Ghosts, goblins, even a charming local death god amble through its streets, and what’s more, her husband moonlights as a “spectral investigator” for the local police! For such a sleepy little town, there are certainly a lot of strange things going on.
The honeymoon is over for newlyweds Akiko and Masakazu Isshiki, who’ve just moved into his family home in the quiet town of Kamakura. While her husband, an author of fantastic fiction, struggles with writers block, Akiko has to come to terms with the rough spots in a marriage – the misunderstandings, the doubts, her husbands obsessive toy-train hobby. And then there are the peculiarities of Kamakura, which, as Masakazu remarks offhandedly, has been a magnet for mystical energy for millennia. Ghosts, goblins, even a charming local death god amble through its streets, and what’s more, her husband moonlights as a “spectral investigator” for the local police! For such a sleepy little town, there are certainly a lot of strange things going on.
- 7/17/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Takashi Yamazaki, known from narratives like Eternal Zero (2013) and Parasyte, is not unfamiliar with Ryohei Saigan’s work as mangaka. In fact, “Destiny: Tale of Kamakura” is his fourth movie based on the narratives Saigan invented. And while Ryohei Saigan is a well-known artist in Japan, he is, strange as it may be, a forgotten master in the west. For many, this movie will be the first encounter with Saigan’s imagination and qualities a mangaka.
Destiny: Tale of Kamakura is screening at Nippon Connection
When young Akiko (Mitsuki Takahata) marries mystery author Masakazu Isshiki (Masato Sakai), she has no idea that her daily life at Kamakura will become everything but mundane. One day, this safe mundanity is put into question by a passing water-imp. At first afraid, the following confrontations with a variety of magical creatures quickly turns her life into a constant source of wonder, revealing Kamakura as...
Destiny: Tale of Kamakura is screening at Nippon Connection
When young Akiko (Mitsuki Takahata) marries mystery author Masakazu Isshiki (Masato Sakai), she has no idea that her daily life at Kamakura will become everything but mundane. One day, this safe mundanity is put into question by a passing water-imp. At first afraid, the following confrontations with a variety of magical creatures quickly turns her life into a constant source of wonder, revealing Kamakura as...
- 5/31/2018
- by Pieter-Jan Van Haecke
- AsianMoviePulse
A sleep-deprived teen learns that conking out is a superpower in The Napping Princess, Kenji Kamiyama's fantasy about family secrets and self-driving cars. Kamiyama, a vet of the Ghost in the Shell franchise, brings plenty of sci-fi genre ingredients to what at times might look like a Miyazaki coming-of-age adventure. Though occasionally lopsided, the mix works well, and should play best to teens raised on Japanese 'toons.
Mitsuki Takahata voices the eponymous heroine, who is only a princess in her dreams. When awake she is Kokone, daughter of Jersey, an auto mechanic and part-time inventor. Raised knowing nothing about her...
Mitsuki Takahata voices the eponymous heroine, who is only a princess in her dreams. When awake she is Kokone, daughter of Jersey, an auto mechanic and part-time inventor. Raised knowing nothing about her...
- 9/4/2017
- by John DeFore
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Author: Guest
Napping Princess (also known as ‘Ancien and the Magic Tablet’) is the latest Japanese Anime feature length film to hit UK Cinemas and is the beautifully spellbinding story of Kokone Morikawa, a positively bubbly schoolgirl with an enchanting imagination. Kokone loves to sleep and when in a deep slumber she becomes Ancien, a confident princess who possesses a magical tablet and unlimited ambition. After her father is arrested, Kokone soon realises that there is more than meets the eye to her wild fantasy world as the lines between reality and dream soon begin to blur in her attempt to save him.
Director Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East) has made the switch from Sci-Fi to Family Adventure as the story he tells through gorgeous hand drawn sequences and mesmerising music achieves a resonation with all ages on a deep emotional level.
Napping Princess (also known as ‘Ancien and the Magic Tablet’) is the latest Japanese Anime feature length film to hit UK Cinemas and is the beautifully spellbinding story of Kokone Morikawa, a positively bubbly schoolgirl with an enchanting imagination. Kokone loves to sleep and when in a deep slumber she becomes Ancien, a confident princess who possesses a magical tablet and unlimited ambition. After her father is arrested, Kokone soon realises that there is more than meets the eye to her wild fantasy world as the lines between reality and dream soon begin to blur in her attempt to save him.
Director Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East) has made the switch from Sci-Fi to Family Adventure as the story he tells through gorgeous hand drawn sequences and mesmerising music achieves a resonation with all ages on a deep emotional level.
- 8/14/2017
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The ceremony took place in the Grand Prince Hotel, in Tokyo, on the 3d of March and the winners were:
Best Picture: Godzilla Resurgence (Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi)
Best Animated Film: In this corner of the World (Sunao Katabuchi)
Best Director: Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Screenplay: Makoto Shinkai (Your Name)
Best Actor: Koichi Sato (64: Part I)
Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa (Her Love Boils Water)
Best Supporting Actor: Satoshi Tsumabaki (Rage)
Best Supporting Actress: Hana Sugisaki (Her Love Boils Water)
Best Cinematography: Kosuke Yamada (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Lighting Direction: Takayuki Kawabe (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Music: Radwimps (Your Name)
Best Art Direction: Yuji Hayashida & Eri Sakujima (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Sound Recording: Jun Nakamura & Haru Yamada (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Film Editing: Hideaki Anno and Atsuki Sato (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Foreign Language Film: Sully
Newcomer of the Year: Hana Sugisaki (Her Love Boils Bathwater), Mitsuki Takahata (Evergreen Love,...
Best Picture: Godzilla Resurgence (Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi)
Best Animated Film: In this corner of the World (Sunao Katabuchi)
Best Director: Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Screenplay: Makoto Shinkai (Your Name)
Best Actor: Koichi Sato (64: Part I)
Best Actress: Rie Miyazawa (Her Love Boils Water)
Best Supporting Actor: Satoshi Tsumabaki (Rage)
Best Supporting Actress: Hana Sugisaki (Her Love Boils Water)
Best Cinematography: Kosuke Yamada (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Lighting Direction: Takayuki Kawabe (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Music: Radwimps (Your Name)
Best Art Direction: Yuji Hayashida & Eri Sakujima (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Sound Recording: Jun Nakamura & Haru Yamada (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Film Editing: Hideaki Anno and Atsuki Sato (Godzilla Resurgence)
Best Foreign Language Film: Sully
Newcomer of the Year: Hana Sugisaki (Her Love Boils Bathwater), Mitsuki Takahata (Evergreen Love,...
- 3/29/2017
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
A quick update to let you know that a teaser trailer has landed for zany action-fest, Joshi zu. Check it out at the link below. It doesn't take much to distract us at 24Fps. All you need is some beautiful girls and the promise of monster-bashing action. So colour us happy that a poster has arrived for upcoming hero movie, Joshi zu. This intriguing new project is directed by Yuichi Fukuda and expected to debut on June 7, 2014. As for the girls, and let's face it, it's all about the girls, you're looking at Mirei Kiritani (Red), Mika Aota (Blue), Mitsuki Takahata (Yellow), Kasumi Arimura (Green) and Mizuki Yamamoto (Navy). Synopsis: To battle a malicious monster, five women are gathered in front of Commander Charles against their will. The five women are selected because they each have a family name that represents a colour. The five women are filled with doubts...
- 2/5/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
It doesn't take much to grab our attention here at 24Fps. All you need is some beautiful girls and the promise of monster-bashing action. So colour us happy that a poster has arrived for upcoming hero movie, Joshi Zu. This intriguing new project is directed by Yuichi Fukuda and expected to debut on June 7, 2014. As for the girls, and let's face it, it's all about the girls, you're looking at Mirei Kiritani (Red), Mika Aota (Blue), Mitsuki Takahata (Yellow), Kasumi Arimura (Green) and Mizuki Yamamoto (Navy). We'll keep you updated on this one. We owe you that. Synopsis: To battle a malicious monster, five women are gathered in front of Commander Charles against their will. The five women are selected because they each have a family name that represents a colour. The five women are filled with doubts about what they are able to do collectively, but they go up...
- 1/29/2014
- 24framespersecond.net
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