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Pictures Dept. picks up Shinji Aoyama’s adaptation of “Tomogui”
Screen Daily is reporting that International production and distribution company Pictures Dept. has picked up the worldwide sales rights to a yet-untitled Shinji Aoyama film based on Shinya Tanaka’s Akutagawa Prize-winning novel “Tomogui”…
Osamu Mukai and Aoi Miyazaki to play married couple in “Kiiroi Zou”
Today it was announced that Osamu Mukai and Aoi Miyazaki will be co-starring for the first time as husband and wife in a new film by Ryuichi Hiroki called Kiiroi Zou (literally Yellow Elephant). The movie is based on a popular 2006 novel by Kanako…
Trailer for "Paikaji Nankai Sakusen"
The official website for Toru Hosokawa’s upcoming island survival movie Paikaji Nankai Sakusen has been updated with a trailer. Based on a 2004 novel by Makoto Shiina which has been described as modern spin on Robinson Crusoe, the film stars Sadao…
Second making-of clip for Takeshi Kitano's "Outrage Beyond"
A second behind-the-scenes clip has been released for Takeshi Kitano’s Outrage Beyond, following up the first released back in early May. In the new footage, former Sanno-kai boss Otomo (Kitano) clashes with Hanabishi-kai lieutenants…
Yusuke Chiba and Tatsuya Nakamura team up for the theme of “I’m Flash!”
Today it was revealed that former THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT front man Yusuke Chiba and former BLANKEY JET CITY drummer Tatsuya Nakamura will be teaming up for the first time to create a theme song for Toshiaki Toyoda’s upcoming film I’m Flash!…

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