THE SPECIALS Bust Out Killer Moves In The Trailer For Eiji Uchida’s Assassin Comedy
The film opens in March!
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LIFE OF MARIKO IN KABUKICHO Trailer Finds Sairi Itoh Looking For Aliens!
Eiji Uchida (Offbeat Cops) and Shinzo Katayama (Missing) have paired up to stir some much-needed craziness this summer as Life of Mariko in Kabukicho revs up a June release. Steered by lead actor Sairi Itoh from a script by both directors along with Yoshitatsu Yamada, the story sees our star as Mariko, a bar owner who moonlights as a detective and is assigned to help find an alien living amongst the residents of Kabukicho. Yutaka Takenouchi also stars in the flick as Mariko’s boyfriend, Masaya, who helps her on her quest. The trailer is online to help tease a little more of just what this entails and looks like it’ll promise a fair and watch-worthy escape from reality. Take a look!
NYAFF 2022 Review: Eiji Uchida’s OFFBEAT COPS, Practice, Practice, Practice!
Offbeat Cops is an original story written and directed by Eiji Uchida for his fourteenth film to date. It stars Hiroshi Abe as Tsukasa Naruse, a divorcee and hard-boiled detective on the verge of catching the elusive leader of a phishing ring that targets elderly people, violently invades them at home and robs them of any money or personal belongings before leaving their victims for dead. When the film starts, he’s so close to getting his man that he can taste it, and will go to just about any lengths necessary to catch the culprit, even if it means abusing his authority with suspects. His maverick style of investigation, however, has also cost him his image as the three decades he’s spent being a detective has transformed him into an incorrigible colleague at the station, shoving his weight around and being insubordinate towards his seniors, intolerant of meetings and by-the-book […]
MIDNIGHT SWAN Review: Heartwarming Drama About Love as Ultimate Way of Salvation
After the fabulous LOWLIFE LOVE there was expectation around Eiji Uchida’s following project, MIDNIGHT SWAN. The result couldn´t be more satisfactory, presenting a moving drama that reaffirms him as a director to be reckoned with. The story revolves around Ichika, a teenage girl from Hiroshima with problems with her mother, who is taken in Tokyo by Nagisa, a distant relative, who is a transgender woman who makes a living dancing in seedy clubs in Shinjuku. At first their relationship is strained, but Nagisa’s maternal instincts are awakened when Ichika discovers her passion for dancing, creating a motherly bond between them so strong that makes them inseparable. With this emotional drama, Uchida wanted to explore the obstacles and difficulties of the transgender community, in a story that is not exempt from sleazeness. However,during the key scenes of the film, Uchida is able to move the audience into tears through a labyrinth […]
GTO: THE EARLY YEARS, Bikers, Babes And Beat ‘Em Up Bad Boys In The Official Series Trailer
Tohru Fujisawa’s popular GTO franchise comes back to life on Amazon Japan later this month in streaming live-action adaptation, GTO: The Early Years. The official trailer is online and featuring actors Kanichiro, and Daichi Kaneko, based on the longstanding manga series and spin-offs. The two star in the respective roles of badass Oni-Baku biker duo Eikichi Onizuka and Ryuji Danma, who set out to turn over a new leaf in life, only they’re gonna have to punch a few more faces first. Eiji Uchida (Between Men And The Gods) penned the series and serves as chief director, with Yusaku Matsumoto and Nobuhiro Suzumura directing episodes. Check out the trailer above, as well as key art below.