A live-action film adaptation of Minami Mizuno's ( Rainbow Days ) romance shojo manga series Koi wo Shiranai Bokutachi wa ( We Don't Know Love Yet ) was announced today , set to release in Japan on August 23, 2024. Mai Sakai, who recently worked on the TV drama adaptation of Hinao Wono's romance manga series Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend , serves as director. Ryusei Onishi, a member of the boy idol group Naniwa Danshi, stars as the protagonist, Eiji Aihara. This is his first leading role in a feature film . A special trailer introducing the photo session for the main cast visuals is now streaming on the film's distributor Shochiku's official YouTube channel . The film's six main cast members include: Eiji Aihara played by Ryusei Onishi (boy idol group Naniwa Danshi member) Naohiko Bessho played by Airu Kubozuka Koharu Fujimura played by Nagisa Saito Izumi Shiosaki played by Riko Taichi Senami played by...
- 4/4/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Japanese coming-of-age movies tend to focus on tensions between family members and the pain of growing up, in order to generate drama, which, frequently, results in movies that are more entertaining than realistic. Rikiya Imaizumi, however, who has been making a splash the last few years with his prolific effort, chooses to implement a rather calm approach to present his comments about family and the concept of growing up.
“Skeleton Flowers” screened at Asian Pop-up Cinema
Yo is a high school student who has been living with her father, musical composer Nao, since her mother left them when she was still little. She aspires to be a painter, and her relationship with her father is rather harmonic, as much as the one she shares with her close friends and classmates. All that changes, however, when Nao informs her that he has decided to marry the woman she has been seeing,...
“Skeleton Flowers” screened at Asian Pop-up Cinema
Yo is a high school student who has been living with her father, musical composer Nao, since her mother left them when she was still little. She aspires to be a painter, and her relationship with her father is rather harmonic, as much as the one she shares with her close friends and classmates. All that changes, however, when Nao informs her that he has decided to marry the woman she has been seeing,...
- 3/29/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“I’ll take the university exam.”
“Where?”
“Anywhere but here.”
Even though the natural catastrophes are no longer present in the media, the scars they have left on the Japanese landscape still remain. Apart from the environmental repercussions, the most significant change has occurred within the country’s society, especially between rural and urban communities. With many communities still steeped in tradition, change has become an inevitable notion on many levels, some of which already were set in motion in the era of globalization.
Dream of Illumination is screening at Japan Cuts 2018
While there are many studies on the subject of “social precariousness”, the concept has lately gotten more attention. In her book called “Precarious Japan” cultural anthropologist Anne Allison refers to this issue, stating how ever since the burst of the economic bubble the face of Japan’s populace and its communities has changed drastically. The economic regression combined...
“Where?”
“Anywhere but here.”
Even though the natural catastrophes are no longer present in the media, the scars they have left on the Japanese landscape still remain. Apart from the environmental repercussions, the most significant change has occurred within the country’s society, especially between rural and urban communities. With many communities still steeped in tradition, change has become an inevitable notion on many levels, some of which already were set in motion in the era of globalization.
Dream of Illumination is screening at Japan Cuts 2018
While there are many studies on the subject of “social precariousness”, the concept has lately gotten more attention. In her book called “Precarious Japan” cultural anthropologist Anne Allison refers to this issue, stating how ever since the burst of the economic bubble the face of Japan’s populace and its communities has changed drastically. The economic regression combined...
- 7/22/2018
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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