The official website for Yukichi Otsuka’s Soup has been updated with a new trailer embed.
The story was inspired by Ken Morita’s “Umarekawari no Mura”, a non-fiction novel about people in China who claim to remember past lives. The idea of a “legendary soup” came from the book and became the basis of the movie.
In his first starring film role, Katsuhisa Namase plays a 50-year-old salaryman named Kenichi Shibutani who’s been divorced for five years and has an awkward relationship with his daughter Mika (Yuiko Kariya). The day before Mika’s 15th birthday, he’s killed by a bolt of lightning on the side of the road along with one of his superiors from the office, Ayase (Manami Konishi).
In the afterlife, they’re told they can be reincarnated if they drink a “legendary soup”, but they’ll lose all memories from their former life in the process.
The story was inspired by Ken Morita’s “Umarekawari no Mura”, a non-fiction novel about people in China who claim to remember past lives. The idea of a “legendary soup” came from the book and became the basis of the movie.
In his first starring film role, Katsuhisa Namase plays a 50-year-old salaryman named Kenichi Shibutani who’s been divorced for five years and has an awkward relationship with his daughter Mika (Yuiko Kariya). The day before Mika’s 15th birthday, he’s killed by a bolt of lightning on the side of the road along with one of his superiors from the office, Ayase (Manami Konishi).
In the afterlife, they’re told they can be reincarnated if they drink a “legendary soup”, but they’ll lose all memories from their former life in the process.
- 4/21/2012
- Nippon Cinema
Japanese writer/director Shinji Aoyama takes a break from the serious dramas upon which he made his name for this gentle and even lighthearted drama about the plight of Koji (Haruma Miura), an aspiring young photographer as he attempts to juggle the women in his life.Even before the film begins, Koji has been through plenty of hardship. His mother died at a young age, leaving him and his father to rebuild their lives. His father remarried and moved to the countryside, but now his second wife is seriously ill and bedridden in a remote hospital. The marriage also gave Koji a step-sister, Masaki (Manami Konishi). Nine years his senior, she is nevertheless warm and affectionate to Koji, getting him a job at her friend's restaurant and...
- 10/20/2011
- Screen Anarchy
A trailer for Shinji Aoyama’s Tokyo Koen (Tokyo Park) has been uploaded to the Showgate channel on Yahoo! Japan.
Based on a novel by Yukiya Shoji, the film stars Haruma Miura as a college student and aspiring photographer named Koji. One day, while Koji is taking pictures of families in a Tokyo park, a man (Hiroshi Takahashi) suddenly appears within his camera’s view and interrupts his shot. However, he’s later contacted by the man with an odd request. Without revealing the purpose of the job, he asks Koji to take photographs of a woman (Haruka Igawa) who walks through the park with her young daughter. Koji agrees, but the strange task leads to changes in the relationships he has with the women in his life.
Those women include a longtime friend that Koji can talk to about anything (Nana Eikura) and his step-sister (Manami Konishi), who offers...
Based on a novel by Yukiya Shoji, the film stars Haruma Miura as a college student and aspiring photographer named Koji. One day, while Koji is taking pictures of families in a Tokyo park, a man (Hiroshi Takahashi) suddenly appears within his camera’s view and interrupts his shot. However, he’s later contacted by the man with an odd request. Without revealing the purpose of the job, he asks Koji to take photographs of a woman (Haruka Igawa) who walks through the park with her young daughter. Koji agrees, but the strange task leads to changes in the relationships he has with the women in his life.
Those women include a longtime friend that Koji can talk to about anything (Nana Eikura) and his step-sister (Manami Konishi), who offers...
- 4/20/2011
- Nippon Cinema
Earlier today it was announced that actresses Yoko Maki, Manami Konishi, and Chizuru Ikewaki will play Takayuki Yamada’s 3 potential brides in Yuki Iwata’s upcoming film adaptation of Takami Ito’s best-selling novel Yubiwa wo Hametai.
In the film, Yamada plays Teruhiko, a 29-year-old pharmaceutical company salesman who hits his head at a skating rink and partially loses his memory. When he comes to, he looks inside his briefcase and finds an engagement ring. Not long after that, he meets three separate women who claim to be his girlfriend. Teruhiko can’t even remember dating any of them, but decides that if he spends some time with each of them, surely he’d be able to figure out which one he was going to propose to. In order to sort things out, he sets up a string of dates with each of them.
Konishi will play Chie Sumitomo, a...
In the film, Yamada plays Teruhiko, a 29-year-old pharmaceutical company salesman who hits his head at a skating rink and partially loses his memory. When he comes to, he looks inside his briefcase and finds an engagement ring. Not long after that, he meets three separate women who claim to be his girlfriend. Teruhiko can’t even remember dating any of them, but decides that if he spends some time with each of them, surely he’d be able to figure out which one he was going to propose to. In order to sort things out, he sets up a string of dates with each of them.
Konishi will play Chie Sumitomo, a...
- 2/11/2011
- Nippon Cinema
A new 1-minute trailer has been released for Junji Sakamoto’s upcoming film Strangers in the City.
Based on an award-winning mystery novel by Tatsuo Shimizu, the film stars Toru Nakamura as former teacher named Hatano who was fired in the wake of a scandal involving his relationship with his student Masako (Manami Konishi). The two married, but divorced soon afterward and went their separate ways. Years later, Hatano is teaching job at a small cram school in his hometown. However, when one of his young female students (Nao Minamisawa) disappears, he uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving his former school, leading to a reunion with his former love Masako after 12 years.
“Strangers in the City” will be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 25, 2010. Toei will follow up with a theatrical release from November 20, 2010.
Source: Official website...
Based on an award-winning mystery novel by Tatsuo Shimizu, the film stars Toru Nakamura as former teacher named Hatano who was fired in the wake of a scandal involving his relationship with his student Masako (Manami Konishi). The two married, but divorced soon afterward and went their separate ways. Years later, Hatano is teaching job at a small cram school in his hometown. However, when one of his young female students (Nao Minamisawa) disappears, he uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving his former school, leading to a reunion with his former love Masako after 12 years.
“Strangers in the City” will be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 25, 2010. Toei will follow up with a theatrical release from November 20, 2010.
Source: Official website...
- 10/4/2010
- Nippon Cinema
A new 1-minute trailer has been released for Junji Sakamoto’s upcoming film Strangers in the City.
Based on an award-winning mystery novel by Tatsuo Shimizu, the film stars Toru Nakamura as former teacher named Hatano who was fired in the wake of a scandal involving his relationship with his student Masako (Manami Konishi). The two married, but divorced soon afterward and went their separate ways. Years later, Hatano is teaching job at a small cram school in his hometown. However, when one of his young female students (Nao Minamisawa) disappears, he uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving his former school, leading to a reunion with his former love Masako after 12 years.
“Strangers in the City” will be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 25, 2010. Toei will follow up with a theatrical release from November 20, 2010.
Source: Official website...
Based on an award-winning mystery novel by Tatsuo Shimizu, the film stars Toru Nakamura as former teacher named Hatano who was fired in the wake of a scandal involving his relationship with his student Masako (Manami Konishi). The two married, but divorced soon afterward and went their separate ways. Years later, Hatano is teaching job at a small cram school in his hometown. However, when one of his young female students (Nao Minamisawa) disappears, he uncovers a criminal conspiracy involving his former school, leading to a reunion with his former love Masako after 12 years.
“Strangers in the City” will be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival on October 25, 2010. Toei will follow up with a theatrical release from November 20, 2010.
Source: Official website...
- 10/4/2010
- Nippon Cinema
A sequel has been announced for “All About My Dog” (Inu no Eiga), a 2005 compilation of short films about people’s relationships with dogs. It was first released in mini theaters and grew to become vastly popular among dog lovers. The sequel is titled Inu to Anata no Monogatari: Inu no Eiga and will reportedly consist of six segments. The cast will include Nao Omori, Nanako Matsushima, Masaaki Uchino, Kie Kitano, Akira Nakao, and Atsuko Takahata.
The original featured actors like Misaki Ito, Manami Konishi, and Aoi Miyazaki—so the sequel had a lot to live up to in terms of casting.
Nao Omori, who recently gained some added fame for starring in the financial thriller Hagetaka, and TV drama mainstay Nanako Matsushima will play a couple in their segment. This marks the pair’s first time acting together, but Omori claims portraying a couple felt completely natural and being...
The original featured actors like Misaki Ito, Manami Konishi, and Aoi Miyazaki—so the sequel had a lot to live up to in terms of casting.
Nao Omori, who recently gained some added fame for starring in the financial thriller Hagetaka, and TV drama mainstay Nanako Matsushima will play a couple in their segment. This marks the pair’s first time acting together, but Omori claims portraying a couple felt completely natural and being...
- 6/18/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Actor Takeshi Kaneshiro returns to Japanese Cinema for his first Japanese film in six years - Sweet Rain (a.k.a. Accuracy of Death). Kaneshiro plays the God of Death, walking between the worlds of the bustling living and the ethereal dead. Based on Isaka Kotaro's best-selling novel, Sweet Rain may be the latest death god feature to appear, but this is no 'Death Note' clone. Co-starring Konishi Manami (Angel's Egg), Mitsuishi Ken (Megane), and Fuji Sumiko (Hula Girls), Accuracy of Death explores the value of life and inevitability of death through three seemingly separate lives, and the lonely death God who connects them together.
- 11/24/2008
- 24framespersecond.net
Actor Takeshi Kaneshiro returns to Japanese Cinema for his first Japanese film in six years - Sweet Rain (a.k.a. Accuracy of Death). Kaneshiro plays the God of Death, walking between the worlds of the bustling living and the ethereal dead. Based on Isaka Kotaro's best-selling novel, Sweet Rain may be the latest death god feature to appear, but this is no 'Death Note' clone. Co-starring Konishi Manami (Angel's Egg), Mitsuishi Ken (Megane), and Fuji Sumiko (Hula Girls), Accuracy of Death explores the value of life and inevitability of death through three seemingly separate lives, and the lonely death God who connects them together.
- 11/24/2008
- 24framespersecond.net
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