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THE SILENT SERVICE 2: BATTLE OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN Trailer Chills Its Way Online
On days like today I’m reminded that there’s a ton of streaming content I need to keep up with. That includes the season rollout of The Silent Service on Prime Video last year based on the hit Morning Magazine manga publication, and starring Takao Osawa of Kingdom fame as the Captain of a ship gone sovereign on the high seas. As it stands now, we have a sequel feature in toe with The Silent Service: Battle Of The Arctic Ocean which arrives in September 26 from Toho, and is also set to release on Prime Video. Kohei Yoshino returns to direct the feature sequel which was announced back in December, hailing from Amazon MGM Studios and CREDEUS. Check out the trailer and share your thoughts with us on Facebook, BlueSky, Instagram, or Discord.
KINGDOM: RETURN OF THE GREAT GENERAL Review: Shinsuke Sato’s Latest Rages On In An Extant Tale Of High Drama And Heroic Bloodshed
Kingdom: Return Of The Great General is now streaming on Netflix in the U.S. Imaginably, if the rest of us outside of Japan got to see Shinsuke Sato’s Kingdom: Return Of The Great General, the film would have easily listed for many of us somewhere in our top favorite action titles of 2024. Interest be damned, however, the obligatory window still applies for titles like these, and now the film is finally streaming on Netflix as of Wednesday. Sato’s continued adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara’s celebrated manga-cum-anime fave re-establishes the cast of the franchise thusfar, led by Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto, and Takao Osawa, as well as Nana Seino. Additionally, the film also brings back actors Koji Kikkawa and Oguri Shun whose characters are introduced in the outro sequences of the previous chapter, Kingdom: The Flame Of Destiny. As Ohki (Osawa) prepares to lead the Qin army into its […]
KINGDOM: THE FLAME OF DESTINY Review: Secrets, Lies And Intrigue Heat Up Shinsuke Sato’s Already Propulsive Third Chapter
Kingdom: The Flame Of Destiny is streaming on Netflix. Filmmaker Shinsuke Sato is staying the course with his sprawling action adventure saga that is Kingdom, based on the work of mangaka Yasuhisa Hara and with production banner CREDEUS Inc. in his wheelhouse. With a fourth film in toe, Netflix subscribers now have a chance to run the current three-film course leading up to the latest installment, Kingdom: The Flame Of Destiny, segueing to the next phase of Sato’s Warring States epic with Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa and Kanna Hashimoto each reprising their roles. Also among the returning cast are actors Nana Seino and Masami Nagasawa, and Takao Osawa, the latter in what continues to be the most pivotal role of the whole franchise, possibly. To get the gist of what I’m saying, and if you haven’t done so yet, I recommend watching the first two installments. Otherwise, Kingdom: Flame Of […]
THE SILENT SERVICE: Takao Osawa Rules The Sea In The Official Trailer
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) submarine sank in a maritime accident near Japan. Japan was shocked by the news that the survival of all 76 crew members, including the captain, Second Lieutenant Shiro Kaieda, was hopeless. However, the crew actually survived. They were selected as crew members for a nuclear submarine built in top secret by Japan and the United States. Celebrated director Kohei Yoshino (Anime Supremacy!) will soon be tried by audiences once again with upcoming manga adaptation, The Silent Service. The latest official trailer is now online for the film starring and produced by Takao Osawa (Kingdom trilogy) along with CREDEUS Inc’s Shinzo Matsuhashi, and developed in collaboration with the Maritime Self-Defense Force. The story, set in Japan’s first nuclear submarine, depicts the unpredictable actions of its captain, Shiro Kaieda, as he attempts to realize his ideal world. The story makes audience think about true peace amidst […]
THE SILENT SERVICE: Takao Osawa Takes To The High Seas In The Official Launch Teaser
Kaiji Kawaguchi’s late 80s manga is now a thing of big-screen aspirations with Toho and Amazon Japan partnering together for new political war thriller, The Silent Service. The first official teaser introduces leading man Takao Osawa who plays a Naval captain who declares his ship a sovereign state. Kohei Yoshino directs this, his third feature from a script by Hikaru Takai, and collaborated with the Japan Maritime Defende Forces to help bring the production to life. Osawa is also producing the film alongside Shinzô Matsuhashi, who is credited for such live-action adaptations as Gintama and Gintama 2, Rurouni Kenshin: Origins, and Shinsuke Sato’s first and second chapters of the Kingdom franchise which also co-stars Osawa. The Silent Service lands a day-and-date theatrical and streaming release in the region on September 29.
A.I. COLLAPSE: The Hi-Tech War On Mankind Begins In The Official Trailer
With a director as able as Yu Irie to deliver an intriguing and suspenseful thriller as he’s done in films like Joker Game and his recent Confession Of Murder remake, his latest, A.I. Collapse looks to continue the trend here. He directs a cast led by Takao Osawa who plays a medical scientist whose latest life-saving A.I. system goes autonomous and begins plotting to taking out humans it deems unfit to live, and it does so in numbers. That’s an intense setup if ever, and audiences in Japan will have their chance to watch it all unfold on January 31, 2020. Also starring are Kento Kaku, Alice Hirose and Takanori Iwata.
AI COLLAPSE: Machines Put Mankind In Peril In The First Teaser
It’ll be a few years since moviegoers heard from Gangoose and Vigilante helmer Yu Irie, but local filmgoers can feel free to scribble in a Janaury 31, 2020 release to look at his newest venture, AI Collapse. A tale set in 2030 when artificial intelligence, an autonomous and essential aspect of everyday human life suddenly teeters with mankind on the brink of extinction, AI Collapse stars Takao Osawa, Kento Kaku, Takanori Iwata, Alice Hirose and Tomokazu Miura from a script by Irie. Warner Bros. Japan unveiled the official teaser above just on Tuesday morning. Check it out above along with a first shot at the teaser poster below!
Poster And Trailer For SHIELD OF STRAW
A new poster has gone viral this week for the upcoming Japan April 26, 2013 premiere of the new Takashi Miike film from Warner Bros. Japan, Shield Of Straw. The film is executive produced Seiji Okuda, Hiroyoshi Koiwai, produced by Misako Saka, Maeda Shigeji, and written by Tamio Hayashi, based on a 2004 crime novel by Kazuhiro Kiuchi. It stars Takao Osawa (Sky High, Goemon) and Nanako Matsushima (The Ring) as detectives from the Fukuoka Prefectural Police who are hired to protect a murder suspect played by Tatsuya Fujiwara (Battle Royale) when he discovers a 1 billion yen bounty on his head by the victim’s grandfather, a powerful figure in the financial world. Check out the trailer below from earlier this year, or click HERE if the embed fails to load. Source: Sci Fi Japan, Twitch
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