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.
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.
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.
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