Back to remind us of how cool Akari Takaishi and Masanori Mimoto are is the latest official teaser for supernatural action thriller, Ghost Killer. This one goes a little bit beyond for me in terms of my adoration for the film’s director, Kensuke Sonomura whose work quickly gained traction here in the states upon the release of his feature debut, Hydra, in 2019.
Imaginably, if you’re curious about Sonomura’s back catalog of stunt work, there should be plenty to dive into. I can’t remember the last time I saw Yuichi Mori’s animated spectacle, Tekken: Bloodline, which Sonomura did the action for. I loved it then, and of course there’s Mamoru Oshii’s Nowhere Girl, Sabu’s crime comedy Hold Up Down, and Kenta Fukasaku’s Black Rat to name a few, and of course, Yugo Sakamoto’s Baby Assassins franchise.
Alas, Takaishi, Mimoto, and Sonomura are additionally joined on Ghost Killer by Sakamoto who penned the new film, which is also co-produced in part by Well Go USA: Quite possibly the best part for fans of the label’s niche output, so it’s safe to say that a U.S. release remains pending. As for audience’s in Japan, they can look out for an April 11 release from Rights Cube.
One morning, an ordinary college student, Fumika, fell down the stairs on her way home after pulling an all nighter at some drinking session. As she gets up, she found a gun bullet on the road. As she picked it up, she lost her consciousness and woke up in her own house to find Kudo, a legendary hit man who’s just got shot and killed. Kudo, who lost his memory insists Fumika to help him exorcise his spirit by finding who killed him but Fumika cannot accept what is happening. Fumika keeps rejecting Kudo’s request, but learns he cannot be separated unless she exorcises him and reluctantly starts cooperating him to recall his memory.
I reviewed this for Fantastic Fest last year and did my best to keep as little as I could out of it so as to give nearly nothing away. Click here to check it out if you’re curious, while the Japan teaser is below for all to endulge!
