Happy Weekend!
I hope you are well.
This week I posted about the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals and one other trailer post.
What else was released this weekend?
The House of the Lost on the Cape 
岬のマヨイガ 「Misaki no Mayoiga」
Release Date: August 27th, 2021
Duration: 105 mins.
Director: Shinya Kawatsura
Writer: Reika Yoshida (Script), Sachiko Kashiwaba (Original Creator)
Starring: Mana Ashida (Yui), Sari Awano (Hiyori), Shinobu Otake (Kiwa), Mikio Date (Kappa of Toyosawagawa), Sally Amaki (Zashiki-warashi),
Animation Production: David Production
Synopsis: Two people from Iwate going through a tough time encounter a traditional Japanese house named “Mayoiga” (named after the Japanese folkloric concept of an abandoned yet well-kept home). One is Hiyori, an 8-year-old girl who lost her parents, and the other is Yurie, who is fleeing a violent situation. They both meet an old woman named Kiwa who invites them to stay at the legendary house. During their stay, their hearts feel ease and this is when yokai visit…
Chotto Kita-chousen made itte kuru ken. 
ちょっと北朝鮮まで行ってくるけん。 「Chotto Kita-chousen made itte kuru ken.」
Release Date: August 28th, 2021
Duration: 115 mins.
Director: Yoma Shimada
Writer: N/A
Starring: N/A
Synopsis: A documentary about 67-year-old Keiko Hayashi, a woman who lives in Kumamoto Prefecture. She might appear normal but her family was one of many to lose a relative to North Korea. In 1960, her beloved older sister, Aiko, moved there with her Korean husband. Once there, Aiko sent letters back home, many urgent requests for money and aid. As the relationship between Japan and North Korea worsened, the two sisters lost track of each other. Then, one day, Keiko learns of her sister’s disappearance, and a strong desire to find her emerges. Although Keiko has never travelled abroad before, she decides to go to North Korea over the objections of her children…
Hana no Sumika 
華のスミカ 「Hana no Sumika」
Release Date: August 28th, 2021
Duration: 98 mins.
Director: Ryuta Hayashi
Writer: N/A
Starring: N/A
Synopsis: Director Ryuta Hayashi is a a fourth-generation overseas Chinese whose family has deep links with Yokohama Chinatown, home to one of the largest Chinese communities in Japan with 160 years of history. Part of this history is the 1952 “School Incident” at Yokohama Chinese School, in which a teacher was expelled from the school for supporting Mao Zedong. This led to a long-lasting conflict between the school and the Overseas Chinese Association. Hayashi’s own father played a part, which he discovers after encountering a photograph of his father, a former Red Guardsman. Their story is just one of many of overseas Chinese who have been at the mercy of international politics, conflict, and the desire for coexistence.
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya – Licht Nameless Girl 
劇場版 Fate/kaleid liner プリズマ☆イリヤ Licht 名前の無い少女 「Gekijouban Fate/kaleid liner Purizuma☆Iriya Movie: Licht Namae no Nai Shoujo」
Release Date: June 14th, 2019
Duration: 63 mins.
Director: Shin Oonuma
Writer: Hazuki Minase, Kenji Inoue (Series Composition), Hiroshi Hiroyama, Type-Moon (Original Creator)
Starring: Kaori Nazuka (Miyu Edelfelt), Mai Kadowaki (Ilyasviel von Einzbern), Chiwa Saito (Chole von Einzburn)
Production Studio: SILVER LINK
Synopsis: The Ainsworth family are on a mission to save the world but the cost of doing that is the life of a magical girl named Miyu. Her brother, Shirou, aims to stop that and so Illya has to find a solution that will save both Miyu and the entire world.
Earwig and the Witch (Movie Version) 
劇場版 アーヤと魔女 「Gekijouban A-ya to Majou」
Release Date: August 27th, 2021
Duration: 83 mins.
Director: Goro Miyazaki
Writer: Emi Gunji, Keiko Niwa (Script), Diana Wynne Jones (Original Creator)
Starring: Kokoro Hirasawa (Earwig), Etsushi Toyokawa (the Mandrake), Gaku Hamada (Thomas), Sherina Munaf (Earwig’s Mother), Shinobu Terajima (Bella Yaga), Yuji Ueda (Mr. Jenkins),
Animation Production: Studio Ghibli
Synopsis: Earwig is an orphan living at St. Morwald’s Home for Children and she runs riot. However, when Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to the place, Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, and learns that she is the daughter of a witch…