With less than three weeks to go until Last Samurai Standing lands on Netflix, the streamer has shared a new trailer for the 19th century-set Japanese action drama series. Based on Shogo Imamura’s novel of the same name and its manga adaptation, the series follows Shujiro Saga (Junichi Okada) as he enters a ruthless game […]
Netflix shares trailer for action drama Last Samurai Standing
Netflix has shared a poster and trailer for Last Samurai Standing, the Japanese action drama series which is based on Shogo Imamura’s novel of the same name and its manga adaptation. Set during the Meiji period, the series sees 292 warriors lured into a brutal survival game where the competitors must travel from Tenryuji Temple […]
Movie Review – Belle (2022)
Belle, 2022. Directed by Mamoru Hasoda. Featuring the voice talents of Kaho Nakamura, Ryô Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro, Lilas Ikuta, Ryôko Moriyama, Michiko Shimizu, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Sachiyo Nakao, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Mamoru Miyano, and Kôji Yakusho. SYNOPSIS: A high school student becomes a globally beloved singer after entering a fantastic virtual world. She […]
Movie Review – Belle (2021)
Belle, 2021. Written and Directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Featuring the voice talents of Kaho Nakamura, Takeru Satoh, Tina Tamashiro, Shota Sometani, Ikura, Ryo Narita, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kenjiro Tsuda, Mami Koyama, Mamoru Miyano, Sachio Nakao, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Ryoko Moriyama, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Michiko Shimizu, Koji Yakusho, ermhoi, and Ken Ishiguro. SYNOPSIS: Suzu is a shy high school […]
Movie Review – First Love (2019)
First Love. 2019 Directed by Takashi Miike Starring Becky, Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Masaaki Uchino, Shota Sometani, Takehiro Miura, Sakurako Konishi, Jun Murakami, and Sansei Shiomi SYNOPSIS:: A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. One of the upsides of directing […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – First Love
First Love, 2019. Directed by Takashi Miike. Starring Becky, Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Masaaki Uchino, Shota Sometani, Takehiro Miura, Sakurako Konishi, Jun Murakami, and Sansei Shiomi. SYNOPSIS: A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo. The latest film from the industrious […]
Takashi Miike’s First Love gets a teaser trailer
Ahead of its release this September, Well Go USA Entertainment has debuted a trailer for cult favourite Takashi Miike’s upcoming crime drama First Love which stars Masataka Kubota, Nao Omori, Shota Sometani, and Sakurako Konishi; watch it here… The film is the prolific auteur, Takashi Miike, at his most fun and anarchic, a noir-tinged yakuza […]
