Happy Weekend
Just one trailer post this week. Some interesting indies and more continuations of anime/TV shows.
What are the films released this weekend?
Princess Principal: Crown Handler 3 
プリンセス・プリンシパル Crown Handler 第3章「Purinsesu Purinshiparu Crown Handler Dai 3 sho」
Release Date: April 07th, 2023
Duration: 60 mins.
Director: Masaki Tachibana
Writer: Noboru Kimura (Script),
Starring: Akira Sekine (Princess), Aoi Koga (Ange), Akari Kageyama (Beeatrice), Nozomi Furuki (Chise), Yo Taichi (Dorothy), Miyuki Sawashiro (7)
Animation Production: ACTAS
Synopsis: This is the third film adaptation of the 2017 TV anime. It is set in the end of the 19th century and features high school girls who double as spies in a fictional London divided between East and West. The story takes [;ace during the funeral of the assassinated Prince Edward, who was next in line for the throne. A power struggle ensues between Princess Mary and the nefarious Duke of Arkham, Prince Richard, while various factions watch how the Duke of Normandy will act. Ange and Dorothy are given a mission to infiltrate the court as Mary’s maids and investigate the state of the royal family.
My Beautiful Man: Eternal 
美しい彼 eternal 「Hoso Fukano」
Release Date: April 07th, 2023
Duration: 103 mins.
Director: Mai Sakai
Writer: Fumi Tsubota (Screenplay), Yuu Nagira (Original Work)
Starring: Riku Hagiwaram Yusei Yagi, Akira Takano, Motoki Ochiai, Sawa Nimura, Kentaro Maeda,
Synopsis: This is a film sequel to a TV series. It follows the relationship between classmates Taira, a photographer’s assistant, and Seii, an aspiring actor.
Shikakenin Fujieda Baian: Part 2 
仕掛人・藤枝梅安2 「Shikakenin Fujieda Baian: Part 2」
Release Date: April 07th, 2023
Duration: 119 mins.
Director: Shunsaku Kawake
Writer: Sumio Omori (Screenplay),
Starring: Etsushi Toyokawa, Ainosuke Kataoka, Miho Kanno, Kippei Shiina, Mayu Takahashi, Koichi Sato, Yukiko Shinohara,
This is the second part of a two-part film adaptation of Shotaro Ikenami’s best-selling historical novel series to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ikenami’s birth.
Synopsis: Fujieda is an acupuncturist who lives in Edo. He may be a doctor but his needles allow him to double as an assassin to get rid of people who threaten the public good. He lives with a toothpick craftsman named Hikojiro and it is when they are travelling to Kyoto that the two encounter a face from Hijojiro;s past: the man who murdered his wife and child…
Sekai no Owarikara 
世界の終わりから 「Sekai no Owarikara」
Release Date: April 07th, 2023
Duration: 135 mins.
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya
Writer: Kazuaki Kiriya (Screenplay),
Starring: Ai Ito, Katsuya Maiguma, Aya Asahina, Shunji Iwai, Ai Tominaga,
Synopsis: After losing her parents, high school girl Hana has struggled to find a place for herself in the world. The world needs her to save it and this all gets set in motion after a man claiming to be from a special government agency appears before her and requests that Hana tell him about a dream she had…
Gnu no Coin Locker Shiyou Kinshi 
ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止 「Nu- no Koinrokka wa Shiyou Kinshi 」
Release Date: April 07th, 2023
Duration: 99 mins.
Director: Yudai Uenishi
Writer: Yudai Uenishi (Screenplay),
Starring: Ai Furukawa, Yudai Uenishi, Mika Tokutake, Yoji Tanaka, Hoka Kinoshita,
Synopsis: Nasu Kano, a.k.a. Nu, is a person with learning disabilities and a fantastic gift for art. She draws pictures in front of the coin locker that her mother abandoned her in shortly after she was born. This is the connection with the mother she never knew. Nu meets Kazuma, an ex-drug dealer who was dealing drugs near the locker to send money to his ex-wife and child. Kazuma takes an interest in her art and uploads it onto social media. Despite temptations to abuse her gift, he begins to reform his crooked ways buy then Nu falls ill due to leukemia.
Kono Chisana Te 
この小さな手 「Kono Chisana Te」
Release Date: April 08th, 2023
Duration: 90 mins.
Director: Hiroyuki Nakata
Writer: Yusuke Moriguchi (Screenplay), Mamora Goda, Hiroshi Yoshida (Original Work)
Starring: Kohei Takeda, Renwa Sato, Sei Ando, Chie Tsuji, Natsume Mito,
Synopsis: Kazuma, an illustrator, lives with his wife Sayuri and their 3-year-old daughter Hina. When Sayuri is hospitalised, Kazuma doesn’t take care of Hina who wakes up home alone and is soon taken into foster care. Kazuma, who had never shown an interest in being a father, tries to get his daughter back and reconnect with her…
Ningyo-tachi Dear Dolls 
人形たち Dear Dolls 「Ningyo-tachi Dear Dolls」
Release Date: April 08th, 2023
Duration: 83 mins.
Director: Fumie Nishikawa, Tokio Ohara, Misako Unakami, Genki Yoshimura
Writer: Fumie Nishikawa, Misako Unakami, Gertjan Zuilhof, Genki Yoshimura (Screenplay),
Starring: Minako Suzuki, Kazuki, Blake Crawford, Tokio Ohara, Hiromasa Hirosue,
Synopsis: This is an omnibus film composed of works by four female directors, each of whom uses dolls as a motif to depict women who find it difficult to live. It covers sexual harassment, the relationship between a man and a woman who each live with a doll, an 11-year-old girl who finds strength to face the future thanks to a doll, and a short which examines the representation of women via a doll.
Bird Woman
人形たち Dear Dolls 「Ningyo-tachi Dear Dolls」
Release Date: April 08th, 2023
Duration: 21 mins.
Director: Tokio Ohara
Writer: Gertjan Zuilhof (Screenplay),
Starring: Tokio Ohara, Devi Kobayashi, Hitomi Kawashima, Kyoko Iwasaki, Hanao Noguchi,
Synopsis: Tokyo during a pandemic. Toki, an office worker, is fed up with pervert men who take advantage of the fact that their face is hidden by masks to molest her. She decides to strike back by ordering a bird mask from a friend who makes masks of animals, and taking trains and shaming the men who are pervs. This sets off a social media craze.