Busan 2025 Review: In DEAR STRANGER, A Tale Of Ruinous Redemption
The film stars Hidetoshi Nishijima and Gwen Lun-Mei.
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GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD: A Medley Of Violence And Chaos In The First Teaser
Caution, Hazardous Wife and Drive My Car star Hidetoshi Nishijima is set to rage this year with Tatsushi Omori’s latest, Goodbye Cruel World. We have a short teaser and new poster out and judging by the retro font on the ink, the shots and style of cinematography and Omori’s choice of soundtrack a la the soulful sounds of 70s singer Margie Joseph, you can definitely get an idea about some of his influences. Anzai (Nishijima), Mutoh, Hamada, Hagiwara, and Miru are in a car headed to a love hotel used by the Sugiyama Clan for money laundering. This one night only gang succeed in robbing them blind and though they were supposed to go their separate ways after splitting the money, the five end up being hunt down by a detective hired by the clan and clan members themselves. An ending nobody ever even dreamed of. Also starring are Nao […]
New Details Shared for KAMEN RIDER BLACK SUN Series
As part of the Kamen Rider 50th Anniversary celebration earlier this year, a re-imagining/reboot of the beloved Showa Era Rider, Kamen Rider Black, was announced. Written by Izumi Takahashi (Tokyo Revengers) and Directed by Kazuya Shiraishi (The Blood of Wolves, Kyoaku), Kamen Rider Black Sun is currently set to debut in Spring of 2022. At an event held by Tamashi Nations, new details and photos have been shared, as well as cast announcement for our protagonist and antagonist. Kamen Rider Black Sun stars veteran actor Hidetoshi Nishijima as Kohtaro Minami, the man who becomes Kamen Rider Black Sun. Tomoya Nakamura plays Nokuhiko Akizuki, Kamen Rider Shadow Moon. Notably, Shadow Moon has never previously been given the title Kamen Rider. Along with these initial cast announcements, the first images of Kamen Rider Black Sun and his Rider Machine, Battle Hopper, were shared. Director Shiraishi said of the project: “The thought of being in […]
Fantasia XXV Review: CAUTION, HAZARDOUS WIFE: THE MOVIE, Love On The Edge With Heartshot Espionage Thrills
If there’s one thing that serves as inviting to watch a recent series, its getting to screen that show’s feature film continuation, which is nifty little way to truly end a series drama on a high note. To that end, it definitely depends on how those behind the scenes attempt to weave together the connecting stories. Arguably, it might even lead to the notion that said film can even stand on its own – a notion that Toya Sato’s Caution: Hazardous Wife: The Movie certainly puts to the test in segueing from the cliffhanger end of the titular NTV drama starring Haruka Ayase (Honnouji Hotel, Ichi) and Hidetoshi Nishijima (Silent Night, Mozu franchise) in reprisals of their respective roles. There’s a gradual tone shift as the film commences with an opening action sequence before laying into the moment Nami (Ayase) awakens from a surrealistic dream. When the film starts, we […]
CAUTION, HAZARDOUS WIFE: THE MOVIE Lands A Trailer For The Action Comedy Sequel Feature
Fresh from the annals of NTV broadcast history, fans will soon get to relive character favorite Nami Isayama in the big screen sequel, Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie. Kaiji trilogy and Gatchaman helmer Toya Sato directs returning screen couple, actress Haruka Ayase and actor Hidetoshi Nishijima with a story following the events of the 2017 ten-episode television series. That show follows special agent Nami (Ayase) avert toward simple married life with IT office worker Yuki (Nishijima) following a blind date. She tries to keep her past a secret from Yuki while events unfold surrounding the rescue of a woman from a domestic abuse situation. As the show itself tells it however, it appears Nami isn’t the only one in her marriage with a double life. That’s all we know of this property as it precedes Sato’s movie which opens in Japan on June 5, apart from what the film’s first […]
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