Director Shingo Soejima continues to make moves this year after winning audiences over with his most recent local release, Eleven Greed. His latest effort, Kigurumi Blade, is now on the way and as of February with teaser footage and poster art that’s all the more menacing for a dark, gritty gangster thriller with killer action and spectacle to cosign.
Soejima directs from a script he wrote with Kunihiko Okamoto for a story that centers on a mysterious cosplay assassin who protects a boy being targeted by a major organization. The cast is led by Harumi Kasamatsu and Yasushin Nakazawa, with action sequences by Akira Ogiwara and key stunts by Haruka Kitagaki in the killer suit that serves as titular to the film’s creative direction.
The film is due for release sometime close to the Fall in Japan so do stick around and let’s hope more info and opportunities come for this project.
