The Tokyo Revengers live-action movie franchise returns in 2023 with a two-part sequel: Chi no Halloween -Unmei- (Bloody Halloween -Fate-) will be released in Japan on April 21, while Chi no Halloween -Kessen- (Bloody Halloween -Decisive Battle-) will be released on June 30. All movies are based on the manga series by Ken Wakui published from March 1, 2017 to November 16, 2022 in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
Continuing after events from the first movie, Takemichi (Takumi Kitamura) returns to the present timeline, meets Hinata but soon discovers the even more vicious Tokyo Manji Gang has murdered her again. In order to save Hinata, Takemichi has to travel ten years back in time to investigate and change a “sad incident” that affected six men, who happen to be the founding members of the Tokyo Manji Gang.
Cast members from the first movie including Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada and Ryo Yoshizawa will once again reprise their roles. New cast...
Continuing after events from the first movie, Takemichi (Takumi Kitamura) returns to the present timeline, meets Hinata but soon discovers the even more vicious Tokyo Manji Gang has murdered her again. In order to save Hinata, Takemichi has to travel ten years back in time to investigate and change a “sad incident” that affected six men, who happen to be the founding members of the Tokyo Manji Gang.
Cast members from the first movie including Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada and Ryo Yoshizawa will once again reprise their roles. New cast...
- 2/9/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Loosely inspired by the dramatic ‘Awake match’ during the World Computer Shogi Championships (Den-o-Sen; a private match between a professional shogi player and computer shogi software) in 2015, “Awake” is Atsuhiro Yamada’s feature debut, which was selected out of 241 submissions to win the first Kinoshita Group New Director Award Grand Prix.
Awake is screening at Camera Japan
As a kid, Eiichi wanted to become a professional shogi player, and attended a training center run by the Japan Shogi Association. At the center, he could not beat Riku, essentially his rival, with his disappointment eventually leading him to drop out. Some years later, he enrolls in the university, but without shogi, he seems to be unable to dedicate himself to anything, not having any friends and even ending up in the police station after a fight in a restaurant (again involving shogi). One day, though, he comes across an AI based...
Awake is screening at Camera Japan
As a kid, Eiichi wanted to become a professional shogi player, and attended a training center run by the Japan Shogi Association. At the center, he could not beat Riku, essentially his rival, with his disappointment eventually leading him to drop out. Some years later, he enrolls in the university, but without shogi, he seems to be unable to dedicate himself to anything, not having any friends and even ending up in the police station after a fight in a restaurant (again involving shogi). One day, though, he comes across an AI based...
- 9/24/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Faithless’ Adapted For TV By Svt & ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ Director Tomas Alfredson
Ingmar Bergman’s Faithless is being given the TV adaptation treatment by Swedish pubcaster Svt, with Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy director Tomas Alfredson attached for all six episodes. Fremantle-owned The Rain producer Miso Film is behind the 6 x 45-minute adaptation of the 2000 Cannes entry, which explores the relationship between passion and love through an erotic triangle as David falls in love with his best friend Mark’s wife, the beautiful Marianne, leading to painful consequences for the two families. The story is loosely based on pioneering Swedish director Bergman’s experiences of adultery. The Occupation’s Sara Johnsen is writing. “Now it is finally time to make a television series of Ingmar Bergman’s shocking love triangle drama,” said Alfredson, who was also behind Let the Right One In. “I have a hard...
Ingmar Bergman’s Faithless is being given the TV adaptation treatment by Swedish pubcaster Svt, with Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy director Tomas Alfredson attached for all six episodes. Fremantle-owned The Rain producer Miso Film is behind the 6 x 45-minute adaptation of the 2000 Cannes entry, which explores the relationship between passion and love through an erotic triangle as David falls in love with his best friend Mark’s wife, the beautiful Marianne, leading to painful consequences for the two families. The story is loosely based on pioneering Swedish director Bergman’s experiences of adultery. The Occupation’s Sara Johnsen is writing. “Now it is finally time to make a television series of Ingmar Bergman’s shocking love triangle drama,” said Alfredson, who was also behind Let the Right One In. “I have a hard...
- 7/4/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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Netflix has lined up its next big-budget feature for Japan, a key growth market for the global streaming business. The company has greenlit a suspenseful rom-com romp titled In Love and Deep Water from veteran drama screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto (Tokyo Love Story, Kadin). Sakamoto describes the project as “a romantic comedy delivered on an unprecedented scale” for the Japanese film industry.
Yusuke Taki will direct, with Nikkatsu and Django Film handling the local production for Netflix.
In Love and Deep Water is set on the Msc Bellissima, a massive luxury cruise ship headed for the Aegean sea. While at sail, the Bellissima‘s loyal butler Suguru and a mysterious woman named Chizuru cross paths as they try to uncover a shocking murder-mystery that occurs early in the voyage.
Ryo Yoshizawa (Sakura, Kingdom) stars as Suguru and Aoi Miyazaki (Future Family, Birthday Card) plays Chizuru.
Netflix has lined up its next big-budget feature for Japan, a key growth market for the global streaming business. The company has greenlit a suspenseful rom-com romp titled In Love and Deep Water from veteran drama screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto (Tokyo Love Story, Kadin). Sakamoto describes the project as “a romantic comedy delivered on an unprecedented scale” for the Japanese film industry.
Yusuke Taki will direct, with Nikkatsu and Django Film handling the local production for Netflix.
In Love and Deep Water is set on the Msc Bellissima, a massive luxury cruise ship headed for the Aegean sea. While at sail, the Bellissima‘s loyal butler Suguru and a mysterious woman named Chizuru cross paths as they try to uncover a shocking murder-mystery that occurs early in the voyage.
Ryo Yoshizawa (Sakura, Kingdom) stars as Suguru and Aoi Miyazaki (Future Family, Birthday Card) plays Chizuru.
- 7/4/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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