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CONFESSION Presents A Chilling Showdown In The First Trailer For Nobuhiro Yamashita’s Live-Action Suspense Thriller

Taking its cues from Kodansha’s 2001 manga hit, Let’s Go Karaoke! director Nobuhiro Yamashita’s latest is Confession, a wintery murder thriller set to arrive in May from Gaga Corporation. The Mole Song trilogy star Toma Ikuta stars in the film along with #Manhole co-star Nao, and South Korean transplant Yang Ik-joon who’s appeared in Believer 2, and Yoshiyuki Kishi’s back-to-back twofer, Wilderness with Masaki Suda. Jiyong gets seriously injured in a blizzard during a mountain trek with Asai, an old friend from college. Facing death, Jiyong confesses that he killed Asai’s ex-girlfriend Sayuri who went missing 16 years ago. The wind suddenly weakens, however, and the two find an empty hut nearby. Having escaped the freeze, Jiyong now demands Asai to confess his own sins. Altitude-sickened Asai is driven into a corner when he vaguely sees Jiyong approaching him with a knife in hand… Gaga is also handling international sales […]

WILDERNESS: Watch The Trailer For Kishi Yoshiyuki’s New Two-Part Boxing Drama

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Actor Suda Masaki had something of a cameo by-name in this week’s Slip Arc premire of TV Tokyo anime, Gintama. It was a hilarious moment in a fine show and otherwise credits the actor firmly among fans following his career which also includes the aforementioned show’s live-action film from July. At any rate, fans are just days away from catching the actor back on screen in the new film, Wilderness, inspired by Terayama Shuji, author of the 1966 novel, “Ah, Koya”. Adapted for the screen by Minato Takehiko and helmer Kishi Yoshiyuki, the upcoming two-parter set in a not-too-distant future Shinjuku where a troubled youth and a stuttering recluse meet in a boxing gym – a succession in overcoming their own personal odds… Masaki and actor Yang Ik-June lead the two films opening in succession on October 7 and October 21, and the latest trailer has arrived. Take a look!

AH, KOYA: Touch Gloves And Get Ready To Rumble In The First Teaser For Kishi’s Boxing Drama Twofer

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If boxing dramas are your thing, then you can attribute your latest query to Terayama Shuji, author of the 1966 novel, Ah, Koya. Actors Suda Masaki and Yang Ik-June take the lead in the film adaptation set in a not-too-distant future Shinjuku in Tokyo where a troubled youth and a stuttering recluse meet in a boxing gym – a succession in overcoming their own personal odds… (Suddenly I feel like watching Crying Fist again.) Ah, Koya was adapted for the screen by Minato Takehiko, and helmer Kishi Yoshiyuki – the latter who reunites with Suda in this, their second outing of three – the third being an immediate sequel in the form of Ah, Koya 2. Both respectively open in Japan on October 7 and October 21. Check out the first teaser below!