ZARD LIVE 2004「What a beautiful moment Tour」Full HD Edition, Jinsei Drive, Tsujiura Renbo, MAYONAKA, Watashi no hanashi, Buraku no hanashi Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well

This is the second part of the trailer post. The first part is here. This week, I posted a review of Out of Tokyo 202x and an interview with Akinori Ikuse, its director. I also posted about the Chicago Japanese Film Collective and the films that can be streamed/watched there.

Currently underway are the Cannes Film Festival and the Korean Independent Animation Festival which is live in Japan and gives viewers the chance to stream films via Vimeo. A festival pass can be had for 2,000 yen. Cannes is totally in-person and totally for cool people ;_;

What was released today in Japan?

Taiga e no Michi, Haken Anime!, The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie, Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~, Fullmetal Alchemist: Revenge Scar (Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Kanketsuhen Fukushusha Scar), Sayonara Goodbye, President Tanuki Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well

The Cannes Film Festival 2022 is currently underway and one of the Korean films, Hunt by Lee Jung-jae, is about to get its screening as I type this!

This is a list of all of the films released today. There’s another five films released tomorrow, so check back here to complete this weekend’s Japanese film releases.

What are the first batch of trailers released?

Hedatetete, Education and Patriotism, Ikitete Yokatta, Drive into the Night, Pineapple Tours Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well.

This week, I posted about the Hanakori Korean Independent Animation Festival which will screen Korean animated films online in Japan next week. I posted my interview with director Yuko Watanabe about her short Boy Sprouted. I also posted the first part of the trailer post. This week, I’ve watched High and Low (Dir: Akira Kurosawa), The Graceful Brute (Dir: Yuzo Kawashima), The People Under the Stairs (Dir: Wes Craven), Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Dir: Jackie Chan), Candyman (Dir: Ni DaCosta) all in preparation for a Heroic Purgatory talk on Parasite (which I also watched).

What else was released this weekend?

Bubble, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Gekitotsu Part 3, Shin Ultraman, The Wandering Moon, Gekijouban School Meals Time Graduation Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend!

This is the first of a two-part trailer post covering the Japanese films released this weekend.

What are the first batch?

My Identity, MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season3, Bachiramen, Mappa da ka, 67-Sai no Fuukei Wakamatsu Koji wa nani o mita no ka Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope that you are well.

This week was a short work one but I am tired enough for brain fog to have descended. I put out a review of Aloners and a preview of the Japanese and Korean films at Cannes Film Festival 2022. I also put out the first part of this weekend’s trailer post!

What else was released this weekend?

My Small Land, Lesson in Murder, IDOL NEVER DiES, IDOL NEVER DiES, Pâtissier-san to Ojousan, Fast Mission Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well.

This is the first of a two-part trailer post with the films released today in Japan.

What are the first batch?

Gekijouban Re:cycle of Penguindrum Part One Kimi no Ressha wa Seizon Senryaku, Waga Seishun Tsukirutomo Ito Chiyoko no Shoga, Boku no Ichiban Sukidatta Hito, to…, Cironnup Kamuy Iomante Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well.

This is part two of the trailer post following yesterday’s opener. This week, I posted a news article about the release of Zokki and I also posted a great interview with the filmmaker Daisuke Miyazaki. It has been a low-energy week/year for me but I do have more in the pipeline.

One thing I will write about is the free films that are currently on offer with the Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia 2022 which are available to an international audience. Just sign up to watch a collection of shorts, including Boy Sprouted, which I saw at the Osaka Asian Film Festival.

To cap it all off, I talked about Drive My Car last night for the upcoming episode of Heroic Purgatory. Also mentioned were other adaptations of Haruki Murakami’s stories, Norwegian Wood, Tony Takitani, and Burning. I also talked about Archive 81, the Ti West horror film X, and the first episode of the TV adaptation of Halo.

What else was released this weekend?

Sexual Drive, N Goto, Radiation House, Tsuyukusa, xxxHOLiC, Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger vs. Kiramager vs. Senpaiger Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend

I hope you are well.

This is the first of a two-part trailer post and it is launched in the first day of a four-day weekend! Come back tomorrow for more trailers.

What are the first batch of films released this weekend?

Third Window Films Releases “Zokki” on Blu-ray on April 25, 2022

Third Window Films will release anthology comedy “Zokki” on April 25th.

This film is based on a manga by Hiroyuki Ohashi, the creator of On-Gaku, the hit animated film. The manga contains many stories with humorous and pointed observations on life and these were brought to the screen by three top actors working as directors on each of the segments: Naoto Takenaka, Takayuki Yamada, Takumi Saitoh. Perhaps, due to to their star power, they have assembled a brilliant cast.

Don’t go in expecting too many laugh-out-loud moments, it’s a quiet dry comedy and very poignant in parts. It also has one VERY scary sequence that leans into the tragic then the comic. It’s very much worth watching it.

Details on the Blu-ray release follow below:

Crayon Shin-chan Movie 30: Mononoke Ninja Chinpuuden, Gekijouban Free! The Final Stroke Kouhen, Sanka: Nomads of the Mountains, Mitsu no Toriko, Japanese Film Trailers

Happy Weekend!

I hope you are well.

Quiet week for me with only a review of Sanka: Nomads of the Mountains and the V-Cinema Show release of my review North Shinjuku 2055 and interview with its director Daisuke Miyazaki and my review of Howling and the interview with its director M Haris Sheikh.

What is released this weekend?