Happy Weekend
I hope you are well
This is the first of a two-part trailer post. Come back tomorrow for the second part.
What are the first batch of films released this weekend?
Alivehoon 
ALIVEHOON アライブフーン 「ALIVEHOON Araibufu-n」
Release Date: June 10th, 2022
Duration: 120 mins.
Director: Ten Shimoyama
Writer: Yu Sakudo (Script), Masanori Ito (Original Manga),
Starring: Shuhei Nomura, Ai Yoshikawa, Takanori Jinnai, Sho Aoyagi, Shodai Fukuyama, Anna Tsuchiya,
Synopsis: Koichi Oba is terrible at human relations but excels as a pro-gamer and is part of an E-sports racing team. When he is scouted by a real-life race team, he takes to the tracks to do drifting and hang on hairpin turns with real-world pros. The stakes are raised to life-and-death and Koichi blossoms as he puts his all into refining his technique, passion, courage, and learning teamwork, both on and off the track, both online and in reality.
Yes, I Can’t Swim 
はい、泳げません 「Hai, Oyogemasen」
Release Date: June 10th, 2022
Duration: 113 mins.
Director: Kensaku Watanabe
Writer: Kensaku Watanabe (Script), Hidemine Takahashi (Original Novel),
Starring: Hiroki Hasegawa, Haruka Ayase, Kaoru Kobayashi, Junko Abe, Kumiko Aso, Hiroko Isayama, Fusako Urabe,
Synopsis: Philosophy lecturer Yuji Takanashi is fine with his head in the books, but when it comes to water, no way! His fear of water has kept him from learning to swim but when circumstances see him attend a swimming class, he meets Shizuka Usuhara and her class of energetic housewives who push him to reach depths of his physical abilities he had previously avoided.
We Are Adults 
わたし達はおとな 「Watashitachi wa Otona」
Release Date: June 10th, 2022
Duration: 108 mins.
Director: Takuya Kato
Writer: Takuya Kato (Script),
Starring: Mai Kiryu, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Rio Kanna, Kurumi Shimizu, Kokoro Morita, Toori Sakurada, Hirona Yamasaki, Reiko Kataoka,
Synopsis: An original romantic drama that aims to realistically depict love amongst 20-somethings, we watch an art student named Yumi and her boyfriend Naoya, an actor who she met while making flyers for his theatre troupe, negotiate finding out that she is pregnant. To add complications to the matter, Yumi is not sure that Naoya is the father. The more they try to work through things together, the more they seem to become distant…
GENSAN PUNCH 
義足のボクサー GENSAN PUNCH 「Gisoku no Bokusa- GENSAN PUNCH」
Release Date: June 10th, 2022
Duration: 110 mins.
Director: Brilliant Mendoza
Writer: Honelyn Joy Alipio (Script),
Starring: Shogen, Beauty Gonzalex, Ronnie Lazaro, Kaho Minami, Takuhei Kaneko, Jeffrey Rowe,
Synopsis: Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza takes on the true story of a young man who came to the Philippines from Japan to become a professional boxer. What makes this different is that the young man, Nao, has an artificial right leg from the knee down and has been unable to obtain a professional license in Japan because of it. In the Philippines, he has the chance of obtaining a professional license if he wins all three of his fights in a tournament and with the help of his trainer Rudy and the support of his mother, Nao strides towards realising his dream.
Dorobou Nikki 
泥棒日記 「Dorobou Nikki」
Release Date: June 10th, 2022
Duration: 50 mins.
Director: Daisuke Kamijo
Writer: Daisuke Kamijo (Script),
Starring: Shioka Ishizuka, Haruka Sasaki, Kamasa Sugata, Runa Kuranaka, Juria Tomita,
Synopsis: High school girls Mizuho and Sakura have different personalities. The former is quiet and loved reading while the latter is more gregarious and popular. Mizuho sometimes pretends to be Sakura when the popular girl sneaks out at night. One time this happens and Mizuho is alone in Sakura’s swanky place, two crooks enter. One is an unsuccessful novelist and the other is the his editor. It turns out that Shimomura is Mizuho’s favorite writer, and the three gradually become friends…
Teasing Master Takagi-san Movie 
劇場版 からかい上手の高木さん 「 Gekijouban Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san」
Release Date: June 10th, 2022
Duration: 73 mins
Director: Hiroaki Akagi
Writer: Souichiro Yamamoto (Screenplay), Takeshi Nakamoto (Original Creator)
Starring: Rie Takahashi (Takagi), Yuuki Kaji (Nishikata), Yui Ogura (Sanae Tsukamoto), Aoi Yuuki (Houjou), Mao Ichimichi (Yukari Tenkawa),
Animation Production: Shin-Ei Animation
Synopsis: The movie continuation of a TV anime where two middle-school friends named Takagi and Nishikata are in a will-they-won’t-they relationship full of repressed feelings. They are on the verge of graduating and feel both anxiety and hope for the future while teasing each other. This is when they find a kitten and decide to take care of it until they can find its mother.