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J-Pop Star, ELLY, Takes Out The TRASH In The New Trailer For Gonno's Latest!

Following his most recent role in last year’s Crows Explode, J-Pop supergroup, Exile’s J Soul Brothers frontman, ELLY, is stepping into his new lead role with director Gonno Hajime‘s Trash. Considering Gonno‘s previous work on titles like Akagure 1 and 2 in the past couple of years, this one looks just as intense, dark, bruisingly dramatic and brutal, and it’ll certanly bode well for fans and moviegoers alike who enjoy their films all the same. SYNOPSIS: Kento (ELLY) has never lost in his hometown. He comes to Tokyo with big ambitions. But he doesn’t make a good living here with only his incomparable wrist strength. So, he lives a decadent life and always gives up halfway through anything. The barkeeper Nonaka who always takes care of him introduces him to work, but he is fired because of a quarrel during the work. One day, Kento goes back to his hometown […]

The Gloves Come Off In The New Trailer For ARAGURE 2: ROPPONGI VS. SHIBUYA

Lee B. Golden III

Take the life of a gangster-turned-store owner who loves to fight, throw him in Japan’s underground fighting tournament and what do you get? Well, here, you get a ferocious sequel in director Hajime Gonno‘s newest film, Aragure 2: Roppongi VS. Shibuya. Following the events of the first film released earlier in 2013, Gonno returns to direct from a screenplay once again by Masao Ikegaya with several returning cast members, including lead actor Nobuyuki Suzuki with Yuya Endo and Shuhei Nogae. Also starring are actors Tamiyasu Cho, Shingo Kawaguchi and Shingo Mizusawa, actress Shizuka Nakamura and actor Hiroaki Kitami. The film bows in Japan on February 22, 2014. SYNOPSIS: Seiya (Nobuyuki Suzuki) of Roppongi works at a store in Shibuya which is run by his senior. He doesn’t get used to working there and dislikes his job. He’s also unable to fight which he enjoys. Seiya becomes stressed by his situation. He is then asked […]