The biggest Japanese film of last year, The Eternal Zero (Eien no Zero), the story of a youth searching for the truth about his kamikaze pilot grandfather, won best film, best director for Takashi Yamazaki, best actor for Junichi Okada as the pilot and four technical awards at the Japan Academy Prize (Awards) on Friday. Read More 'The Great Passage' Wins Big at Japan Academy Awards Based on the novel from controversial nationalist author Naoki Hyakuta, The Eternal Zero became the biggest Japanese film of last year, taking $73 million ( mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:"Ms Mincho";mso-fareast-
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- 2/26/2015
- by Gavin J. Blair
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Today it was revealed that Junichi Okada of the boy band V6 will be playing Zero fighter pilot Kyuzo Miyabe in a film adaptation of Naoki Hyakuta’s popular novel Eien no Zero. Takashi Yamazaki of the Always: Sunset on Third Street franchise will direct.
Okada, who has never appeared in a war-themed project before, is taking the role very seriously and plans to chop a good deal of his hair off before filming begins. Co-stars Haruma Miura are Mao Inoue are equally prepared for the June start date.
In the film, Miura plays a young man named Kentaro Saeki who has been trying unsuccessfully to realize his dream of passing the bar exam. Together, with his freelance writer sister, he begins investigating the circumstances surrounding their grandfather Kyuzo’s death in a kamikaze attack during the Pacific War.
Kyuzo had an unusually strong fear of death and unmatched will to survive,...
Okada, who has never appeared in a war-themed project before, is taking the role very seriously and plans to chop a good deal of his hair off before filming begins. Co-stars Haruma Miura are Mao Inoue are equally prepared for the June start date.
In the film, Miura plays a young man named Kentaro Saeki who has been trying unsuccessfully to realize his dream of passing the bar exam. Together, with his freelance writer sister, he begins investigating the circumstances surrounding their grandfather Kyuzo’s death in a kamikaze attack during the Pacific War.
Kyuzo had an unusually strong fear of death and unmatched will to survive,...
- 5/20/2012
- Nippon Cinema
The official website for Toshio Lee‘s Box! has been updated with a new full-length trailer.
Based on a 2008 novel by Naoki Hyakuta, the film stars Hayato Ichihara as a teenager in Osaka named Yoshihei Kaburaya. Although he’s never been much of a student, he’s always had a natural talent for boxing. His childhood friend Kitaru (Kengo Kora) is a genius student well on his way toward moving on to a prestigious university. However, he’s been a weakling and lacked physical confidence since he was a child. Wanting to become strong like his friend Kaburaya, Kitaru joins him in their school’s boxing club and the pair become both partners and rivals in training.
“Box!” will be released by Toho in Japan on May 22, 2010.
Thanks logboy for the heads up.
Based on a 2008 novel by Naoki Hyakuta, the film stars Hayato Ichihara as a teenager in Osaka named Yoshihei Kaburaya. Although he’s never been much of a student, he’s always had a natural talent for boxing. His childhood friend Kitaru (Kengo Kora) is a genius student well on his way toward moving on to a prestigious university. However, he’s been a weakling and lacked physical confidence since he was a child. Wanting to become strong like his friend Kaburaya, Kitaru joins him in their school’s boxing club and the pair become both partners and rivals in training.
“Box!” will be released by Toho in Japan on May 22, 2010.
Thanks logboy for the heads up.
- 4/14/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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