Happy Weekend
A delayed trailer post (the first of a two-parter) but it is here and with a film still from All the President’s Men.
What are the first batch of films released this week?
Nemesis 
映画 ネメシス 黄金螺旋の謎 「Eiga Nemeshisu Ougon Reasen no Nazo」
Release Date: March 31st, 2023
Duration: 99 mins.
Director: Yu irie
Writer: Takehiko Hata (Screenplay),
Starring: Suzu Hirose, Sho Sakurai, Yosuke Eguchi, Yuko Oshima, Kochi Sato, Yoko Maki,
Synopsis: A continuation of a same-named drama that sees Naoki’s work at the Nemesis Detective Agency with his truly talented assistant Anna Mikami. Their latest case is a missing dog in Yokohama and there is a high reward involved but also life-threatening danger.
Touken Ranbu: The Movie 2 
映画刀剣乱舞 黎明「Eiga Touken Ranbu Reimei」
Release Date: March 31st, 2023
Duration: 115 mins.
Director: Saiji Yakumo
Writer: Hideyuki Kobashi, Jin Hageneya, (Original Novel),
Starring: Hiroki Suzuki, Akira Meoto, Kanji Tsuda, Reo Honda, Fuma Sadamoto, Mizuki Umetsu,
Synopsis: This is the second live-action movie adaptation of a game where swords are personified by pretty boys who are tasked with protecting history from historical revisionists. Kotone, a high school girl in contemporary Tokyo witnesses some of the battles.
Indelible Memories 
消せない記憶「Kesenai Kioku」
Release Date: March 31st, 2023
Duration: 98 mins.
Director: Shin Sonoda
Writer: Shin Sonoda, (Screenplay),
Starring: Katsumi Hyodo, Momoka, Ai Yamamoto, Takumi Yagi, Michiko Yamagata,
Synopsis: A street musician named Yui and a stage actor named Junichi fall for each other but their relationship falters when Nishi begins having memory problems and he disappears. Yui searches for him but doesn’t get far until she gets a letter from a memory agent with more information…
GOLDFISH 
ゴールドフィシュ 「Go-rudo Fishu」
Release Date: March 31st, 2023
Duration: 99 mins.
Director: Shinichi Fujinuma
Writer: Takehiko Minato, Yoko Asakura (Screenplay),
Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Yukiya Kitamura, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Ko Machida, Arimi Narimori,
Shinichi Fujinuma, a guitarist in the punk band Anarchy, makes his directorial debut with this film.
Synopsis: The punk band “Guns” reunite 30 years after going on hiatus when one of its members, Haru, was injured in an incident in the 1980s. After so many years apart, it becomes apparent during rehearsals that there are differences in the group but they all keep pushing on.
DOOR 2: Tokyo Diary (Digitally Restored) 
ドア 2 「DOA 2」
Release Date: March 31st, 2023
Duration: 82 mins.
Director: Takeshi Banmei
Writer: Toshiyuki Mizutani (Screenplay),
Starring: Chikako Aoyama, Joe Yamanaka, Shingo Kazami, Chiharu Iwamoto, Yukino Hida, Ren Osugi,
The second in the Door trilogy to get a digital remaster following on from Door 1. Apparently, this was released on VHS in 1991 but was lost due to the bankruptcy of the production company.
Synopsis: A female college student who moonlights as a call girl, falls for one of her clients…
DOCUMENTARY of MISS UNIVERSE・JAPAN 2022 
Release Date: March 31st, 2023
Duration: 79 mins.
Director: Hiroko Mima
Writer: Toshiyuki Mizutani (Screenplay),
Starring: Hiroko Mima, Marybelen Sakamoto,
Synopsis: This documentary follows women who participated in the Japanese 2022 tournament.
Not famous man (Ruro no Udon Shokunin New York e Iku) 
Not famous man 流浪のうどん職人 ニューヨークへ行く 「Not famous man (Ruro no Udon Shokunin Nyu- Yo-ku he Iku)」
Release Date: March 31st, 2023
Duration: 91 mins.
Director: Tetsutaro Hayashi
Writer: N/A
Starring: Udon Ono,
Synopsis: This documentary follows Udon Ono, an udon craftsman who lives and works in a car in Tokyo. He quit a regular job which exploited him and became an independent udon craftsman after training at famous stores and chain stores and now performs the of making udon noodles to music. He’s willing to travel and, in 2017, Ono went to New York..
Lonely Glory 
わたしの見ている世界が全て 「Watashi no Miteiru Sekai ga Subete」
Release Date: March 31st, 2023
Duration: 82 mins.
Director: Keitaro Sakon
Writer: Keitaro Sakon, Harumi Uraki (Screenplay),
Starring: Kokoro Morita, Eriko Nakamura, Haya Nakazaki, Yuya Matsuura, Yota Kawase,
A solid drama from Keitaro Sakon of a high-achieving gal returning home to push her family to sell their home/business only for relationships to fall apart and reform in unexpected ways.
Synopsis: Haruka is a high-achiever in the human resources world and had left her family behind but when she is forced to quit her job due to power harassment, she returns home after her mother’s death, she ends up pestering her siblings to sell of property so she can set up her own business. Haruka embarks on her “Family Independence Plan” to get them out of her parents’ house…