Streaming Sleepers: In FACELESS, True Justice Hangs In The Balance
Michihito Fujii’s new crime thriller, FACELESS, is now streaming on Netflix.
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TRUE IDENTITY Reveals Official Trailer For Michihito Fujii’s New Cat-And-Mouse Whodunit Thriller!
Following a pair of teasers released over the summer, Shochiku has unveiled the official trailer for new mystery crime thriller, True Identity. The film is directed by Michihito Fujii who also penned the script with co-writer Kazuhisa Kodera, based on Tamehito Somei’s 2020 novel. True Identity stars One Last Bloom actor Ryusei Yokohama who plays Kaburagi, a man on the run for murder. With every development turning over something different for the relentless detective pursuing him, the investigation soon brings into question just who his suspect really is. Also starring are Rhio Yoshioka, Shintaro Morimoto, Anna Yamada, and Takayuki Yamada. Catch the official trailer and poster below ahead of the film’s November 29 release in Japan!
TRUE IDENTITY Teaser Sees Ryusei Yokohama On The Run In Michihito Fujii’s New Cat-And-Mouse Crime Thriller
The first official trailer has arrived for True Identity, the latest from Hard Days director Michihito Fujii, who most of us know has been busy knocking out his next venture for Netflix with Last Samurai Standing. Seperately and for now, we have the first official teaser and promo bits for the upcoming suspense thriller which goes before audiences in Japan from Shochiku on November 29. True Identity features Usogui, The Village and One Last Bloom star Ryusei Yokohama from a script by Fujii and co-writer Kazuhisa Kodera, based on Tamehito Somei’s 2020 novel. It centers on Kaburagi (Yokohama), a man on the run for murder, and with every development turning over something different for the relentless detective pursuing him, the investigation soon brings into question just who his suspect really is. True Identity also stars Rhio Yoshioka, Shintaro Morimoto, Anna Yamada, and Takayuki Yamada. The first teaser below went live […]
THE VILLAGE: Michihito Fujii’s Chilling New Thriller Comes To Netflix Next Week
A Family director Michihito Fujii is now the subject of another pending release with his latest dark drama thriller, The Village. Fujii directs a cast led by Ryusei Yokohama (upcoming One Last Bloom), and Fujii’s The Last 10 Years actress Haru Kuroki. This unusual suspense story reflects the darkness of modern society onto the isolated world of a “village.” Set in the small Japanese hamlet of Kamon Village, this story depicts the reality of its inhabitants who are unable to live with their hands completely clean. This film brims with the ills facing modern Japanese society, including environmental issues, the poverty of young people in depopulated villages, expanding society inequalities and a warped social structure that makes it impossible to recover after going astray even once. Starring Ryusei Yokohama, this unprecedented human drama fuses entertainment with real issues plaguing Japanese society. Kadokawa and Star Sands released the film in Japan […]
ONE LAST BLOOM: Ryusei Yokohama And Koichi Sato Fight One More Round In The Official Trailer
With the teaser behind us as of April, Gaga Corporation is moving onward as of Tuesday with the official trailer for One Last Bloom. Takahisa Zeze directed the new boxing drama which is slated for August 25 in Japan, and stars Ryusei Yokohama and Koichi Sato from Zeze’s script. Based on Kotaro Sawaki’s 2017 novel, One Last Bloom was launched as the international title being sold under Gaga’s world sales banner at Cannes. The cast is also led by Kanna Hashimoto, Masataka Kubota, Tsurutaro Kataoka, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Ryota Bando and Show Aikawa. A struggling young boxer Shogo is stunned by an elderly guy Jin’s sharp counterpunch during a street fight, and asks him to be his trainer. Jin, it turns out, used to be a promising boxer who retired without realizing his dream to become a world champion. Jin tries to persuades Shogo not to risk his life when Shogo […]
FALLING IN SPRING Teaser Signals New Boxing Drama From Takahisa Zeze
A few seasons away from the ceremonial reception of last year’s WWII romantic drama, Fragments Of The Last Will, it’ll be much later this year when director Takahisa Zeze returns to the masses as he readies Falling In Spring, otherwise known as Harui ni Chiru as noted via the original title of Kotaro Sawaki’s 2017 novel. Zeze takes the reins here with a cast led by Koichi Sato and Usogui star Ryusei Yokohama who star as a veteran boxing trainer and his pugilistic protégé. That’s it. That’s about all we know from what’s been offered by the heads at Gaga Corporation other than the following bit, translated. The two decided to live only for the “moment”. Also starring are Kanna Hashimoto and Masataka Kubota and more for the film’s August 25 release, and with that, peep the teaser!
USOGUI Plays Its Hand With A First Poster For The Upcoming Warner Bros. Japan Live-Action Manga Adaptation
It’s been five years since a live-action adaptation was announced bringing Toshio Sako’s longstanding manga, Usogui, to the big screen. For those otherwise keeping score, fans looking forward to the pic hailing from Warner Bros. Japan got their first glimpse of what it will look like with actor Ryusei Yokohama (Your Eyes Tell) front and center of some serious John Wick: Chapter Two vibes. So what’s the big deal here for the latest from director Hideo Nakata (Ring franchise, Sadako)? Well, the story follows Yokohama in the role of Baku Madarame – a.k.a. The Lie Eater – a mysterious gambler dispensing his own brand of justice against dishonest players, who takes his trade to the underworld’s top illegal gambling den, Club Kakerou, and you can definitely guess there’s more to the story if the poster below any clue. I’m looking forward to a teaser very soon for this one!