Welcome to the third and final trailer post of the week.
You can find the first part here and the second part here.
In terms of my viewing schedule for the last week, I finished viewing screeners for an American festival and have continued with Japanese Film Festival+. Outside of watching the latest films, I have watched older ones such as Carrie (1976), Carrie (2012 remake), The Rage: Carrie II, Dolls (1987), Dead Space (1991), Lord of Illusion (1995), Pumpkinhead (1988), and Castle Freak (1995).
What are the rest of the Japanese films released this weekend?
Kienai Akari 
消えない灯り 「Kienai Akari」
Release Date: October 21st, 2023
Duration: 74 mins.
Director: Hiroki Inoue
Writer: Hiroki Inoue (Screenplay),
Starring: Miori Oda, Miho Kanazawa, Miwako Shishido, Kenji Shio, Mitsuru Hirata, Mayumi Asaka,
Synopsis: Mari Hanamura lives in Tokyo but she is originally from a small city in a rural area. That is where her late father remained as he worked as a teacher. Like many young people, she left home for work but now that she is about to be laid off, she is considering going back to sell her family home she has received as inheritance. When she arrives, she has a vision of him there. Then she meets Yoko, a student of her father. These encounters make Yoko reconsider how she lives life.
JOURNEY 
Release Date: October 21st, 2023
Duration: 60 mins.
Director: Shogo Kiriu
Writer: Shogo Kiriu (Screenplay),
Starring: Ryota Miyazaki, Kozue Ito, Shogo Moriyama, MIYATANI, Hibiki Yamamura, Naomi Hirota,Midori Kanzaki,
This is the debut feature of Shogo Kiryu and was made as his graduation project at Musashino Art University. It is a science fiction film that won an award in the domestic competition feature film category at the SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2022. A solid little sci-fi film that has great images and a contemplative story.
Synopsis: In the near future, humanity has developed the technology to separate a person’s consciousness from their physical body and store it. People are taking it up at a rapid pace. Keiji, a former astronaut, still yearns to go into space whereas his wife, Shizuka, desires to become a “consciousness-only being.” He is torn between being with his wife and leaving Earth.
Project Civilian Bird 
消えない灯り 「Kienai Akari」
Release Date: October 21st, 2023
Duration: 60 mins.
Director: Keisuke Miyazaki, Maki Nishiyama, Daichi Amano,
Writer: Keisuke Miyazaki, Natsuna Maruyama, Sakiko Yashige, Daichi Amano, (Screenplay),
Starring: Toshiji Iwabuchi, Niigami Takami, Maki Nishiyama, Akihiro Mima, Seiichirou Kanada, Riku Tanaka,
Synopsis: This is an omnibus film made by three up-and-coming directors connected to the Drunken Bird production house.
HOSHI 35 
HOSHI 35 ホシクズ 「Hoshikuzu」
Release Date: October 21st, 2023
Duration: 60 mins.
Director: Daisuke Sato, Hiroto Yokokawa, Kazuma Yoneyama,
Writer: Hiroto Yokokawa (Original Screenplay),
Starring: Megumi Okada, Yukijiro Hotaru, Daijiro Harada, Shoko Nakajima, Yoko Ishino,
Hoshi 35 is a partially crowdfunded tokusatsu kaiju film with veteran cast and crew from kaiju movies. It was initiated to celebrate Megumi Okada’s career, according to Wikizilla.
Synopsis: The story concerns a woman named Aki. When she was a child, she lived with a baby monster but lost track of it. 35 years later, following an earthquake, the monster re-emerges.
Michi de Hirotta Onna 
道で拾った女 「Michi de Hirotta Onna」
Release Date: October 21st, 2023
Duration: 91 mins.
Director: Shinji Imaoka
Writer: Shinji Imaoka (Original Screenplay),
Starring: Kokone Sasaki, Nanami Kawakami, Manabu Hamada, Sumire Nagai, Ryunosuke Azuma,
Synopsis: Truck driver Ryuhei saves homeless woman Nozomi from attackers in a park and gives her a part-time job for 5,000 yen a day, saying, “All you have to do is ride in this truck.” Ryuhei is a married man but he probably has his reasons for hitting the highway and hiring Nozomi. The two travel across the country on an aimless trip which puts them in contact with a variety of people, including a call girl, a street poet, and a man on the run from the yakuza.