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BLUE FIGHT: Takashi Miike’s New MMA Brawlfest Gets An Official Trailer

At long last, AFM is underway with acclaimed auteur Takashi Miike taking the floor alongside sales reps at Toei for upcoming crime thriller, Sham. In the meantime, his latest aesthetic return to Crows Zero glory now invites a bevy of young leads for upcoming MMA action drama, Blue Fight. Ikuto and Ryoma meet in juvenile detention and become best friends, they pursue their dream of participating in the martial arts event Breaking Down. However, rivalries soon turn their dreams into unexpected conflicts. Miike directs Blue Fight from a script by Shin Kibayashi, which takes its cues from “Breaking Down,” the tournament fighting reality show on which the movie is loosely based; Blue Fight also hails from that show’s stewards, ex-MMA pro Mikuru Asakura, and entrepreneur Yuji Mizoguchi, who serve as producers on the film. The cast is led by Danhi Kinoshita and Kaname Yoshizawa, along with Mariko Shinoda, Anna Tsuchiya, […]

BLUE FIGHT: Meet The Fight Roster In The First Poster For Takashi Miike’s New MMA Thriller

Lee B. Golden III

Following the launch of YOAKE FILM back in August, the company’s first project, Blue Fight (or idiomatically titled Blue Fight: Breaking Down Of The Blue Youth), is gearing up with a full spread of the cast in a poster that debuted over the weekend. The poster comes following a spell of behind-the-scenes updates and casting announcements in the last few months made via the YOAKE FILM YouTube channel. Blue Fight (shorthand for the purposes of this article) comes from director Takashi Miike of Crows Zero and The Mole Song franchise fame. Miike makes his return to fisticuffs once more here for his latest MMA thriller with the help of executive producers ex-MMA pro Mikuru Asakura and entrepreneur Yuji Mizoguchi, both who shepherd Japan’s hit reality combat sport series, “Breaking Down,” from which Miike’s film takes its storied inspiration. Miike directs from a script by Shin Kibayashi (NTV’s “The Files Of Young […]