Happy Weekend.
I hope that you are well.
This is the first of a two-part trailer post since there are over ten films getting screened. I’ll post the second part tomorrow.
What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
Come and Go 
カム・アンド・ゴー 「Kamu ando Go-」
Release Date: November 19th, 2021
Duration: 158 mins.
Director: Lim Kah Wai
Writer: Lim Kah Wai (Script),
Starring: Lee Kang-sheng, Manami Usamaru, Seiji Chihara, Makiko Watanabe, Lien Binh Phat, David Siu, Nang Tracy, Katsura Jakujaku, Shogen, JC Chee, Orson Mochizuki,
Synopsis: A group of Korean women are rushed to entertain Chinese businessmen demanding time with Japanese AV actresses. A Japanese woman from the countryside who is new in town who falls into the hostess industry. A Nepalese youth who has a big dream and a Japanese-language teacher who loves him. A lonely Taiwanese AV fan seeking his favourite actress. A movie director from Okinawa who is in debt to yakuza. A Japanese-American mixed up with criminals. Their lives intersect in Osaka.
The Cursed Sanctuary X 
聖地X 「Seichi X」
Release Date: November 19th, 2021
Duration: 114 mins.
Director: Yu Irie
Writer: Yu Irie (Script), Tomohiro Maekawa (Original Play),
Starring: Masaki Okada, Haruna Kawaguchi, Naoto Ogata, Yoko Maki, Sho Yakumaru, Maho Yamada, Kiyohiko Shibukawa,
This is a horror film by Yu Irie (Memoirs of a Murderer, Ninja Girl) and based on a stage play by Tomohiro Maekawa. It was shot entirely in Korea.
Synopsis: After enduring a miserable marriage, Kaname (Haruna Kawaguchi) has finally had enough of her husband’s indiscretions and has left Japan to stay with her brother Teruo (Masaki Okada) in Korea. Although he is surprised by her visit, he makes the decision to stay by her side until her heart has healed. However, death rather than healing begins to stalk them as they inadvertently step into a supernatural area named Cursed Sanctuary X…
The Mole Song: Final 
土竜の唄 FINAL 「Mogura no Uta Final」
Release Date: November 19th, 2021
Duration: 128 mins.
Director: Takashi Miike
Writer: Kankuro Kudo (Script), Noboru Takahashi (Original Manga),
Starring: Toma Ikuta, Riisa Naka, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Kenichi Endo, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Ryohei Suzuki, Nanao,
Synopsis: The third and final instalment of the popular manga adaptation which sees undercover cop Reiji Kikukawa (Toma Ikuta) act as a mole in the Sukiyaki crime syndicate. His mission is to capture the head honcho, Shuho Todoroki, and prevent the smuggling of 600 billion yen of drugs. What this entails is getting on a luxury cruise ship and facing Shuho’s ultra-scary son Ritsuo and going up against a mysterious beauty, all while trying to keep his girlfriend happy! For his mission, he gets on luxury passenger ship and he faces his strongest enemy to date.
Will I Be Single Forever? 
ずっと独身でいるつもり？ 「Zutto dokushin de iru tsumori?」
Release Date: November 19th, 2021
Duration: 94 mins.
Director: Momoko Fukuda
Writer: Fumi Tsubota (Script), Mari Okazaki (Original Manga),
Starring: Minami Tanaka, Yu Inaba, Eri Tokunaga, Takumi Matsuzawa, Sayuri Matsumura, Miwako Ichikawa, Mariko Tsutsui,
Synopsis: Honda Mami is 36, single, and struggling to replicate her success of ten years ago when she published an essay on the happiness of women, which became a big hit. Despite having some fame and success and appearing on TV, she is dogged by the worries of people around her who are concerned that she will be single forever. This, despite the fact that she is in a relationship with her younger boyfriend with the intention of getting married. However, the difference in their values makes her anxious and angry and forces her to try to find her own form of happiness.
Musicophilia 
ミュジコフィリア 「Myujikofiria」
Release Date: November 19th, 2021
Duration: 113 mins.
Director: Masaaki Taniguchi
Writer: Hiroyuki Ono (Script), Akira Saso (Original Manga),
Starring: Kai Inowaki, Honoka Matsumoto, Ikusaburo Yamazaki, Noa Kawazoe, Shinnosuke Abe, Mari Hamada, Aya Sugimoto,
Synopsis: Saku Urushibara (Kai Inowaki) comes from a family of talented composers and so he has developed a complex about music and tries to avoid it. This, despite the fact that he has a special ability to understand sounds in nature and hear sounds from the shape and colour of things. However, when he enrolls at the University of Arts in Kyoto, he enters the world of contemporary classical music and finds people who will help him draw his talent out.
Sancho 
サンチョー 「Sancho-」
Release Date: November 19th, 2021
Duration: 99 mins.
Director: Mitsuru Kuramoto
Writer: Hiroyuki Ono (Script), Akira Saso (Original Manga),
Starring: Shunpei Goto, Shusuke Fukutoko,
Synopsis: Award-winning comedy duo Jaru Jaru make the transition from being YouTube stars to their own movie where they take on nearly all of the characters in a selection of everyday stories that feature moments that are sometimes sad, sometimes funny. In one story, a first-year high school student is told that he beloved mountaineering club will be disbanded. In another, a comedy duo are on the verge of breaking up.
Argonavis Movie: Ryuusei no Obligato 
劇場版アルゴナビス 流星のオブリガート 「Gekijouban Arugonabisu Ryuusei no Oburiga-to」
Release Date: November 19th, 2021
Duration: 89 mins
Director: Shigeru Morikawa
Writer: Nobuhiro Mouri (Screenplay),
Starring: Daisuke Hyuga (Yuto Goryo), Masahiro Itou (Ren Nanahoshi), Seiji Maeda (Wataru Matoba), Shohei Hashimoto (Banri Shiroishi), Shuta Morishima (Rio Kikyo),
Animation Production: SANZIGEN Animation Studio
Synopsis: A compilation of the Argonavis from BanG Dream! TV series that aired in 2020. Some additional footage and the voice actors re-recording their lines are the only additional things.