Welcome to the third and final trailer post of the week.
You can find the first trailer post here and the second trailer post here.
This week, I wrote about the Shinji Somai film Typhoon Club being released on Blu-ray by Third Window Films. Expect a review on the day of its release.
I’m back on films and watched a lot of European works this week. They included Last Year in Marienbad (1961) and Bitter Moon (1992).
I’m also watching films for my film festival job, too!
Anyway!
What are the rest of the films released this weekend?
Enja 
演者 「Enja」
Release Date: March 25th, 2023
Duration: 77 mins.
Director: Ryuichi Onodera
Writer: Ryuichi Onodera (Screenplay),
Starring: Naoko Fujii, Sachiko Kawahara, Akiho Hirota, Kei Nakano, Ryuichi Onodera,
Synopsis: In the spring of 1945, three women in a small village marry into the Shimada family. They maintain the house while the men are away fighting. Chie, the wife of the eldest son, loses her composure due to worry. Emi, the wife of the youngest son, cares for Chie. Yoko, the wife of the second son, suspects that Chie is putting on an act. While their drama unfolds, news comes in that rocks their world…
Aimaina Rakuen / A Foggy Paradise 
曖昧な楽園 「Aimaina Rakuen」
Release Date: November 18th, 2023
Duration: 167 mins.
Director: Yohei Kotsuji
Writer: Yohei Kotsuji (Screenplay),
Starring: Yuya Okutsu, Masatoshi Lee, Yasumi Yajima, Haru Naito,
Synopsis: Tatsuya’s life is one of constant work. His day job is as a traffic surveyor and when he returns home, he acts as carer for his mother. He feels alienated. Then there is Jellyfish, a young man who cares for an elderly man who lives alone and is stuck in a vegetative state. After Jellyfish is reunited with his childhood friend Ame, the two set off on a road trip…
Qualia 
クオリア 「Kuoria」
Release Date: November 18th, 2023
Duration: 96 mins.
Director: Ryo Ushimaru
Writer: Kenzo Kaga (Screenplay), Ryoichi Oshitomo (Original Story),
Starring: Kokone Sasaki, Ruka Ishikawa, Kenta Kiguchi, Maya Kudamatsu, Chikara To,
Synopsis: Yuko has married into the Tanaka family. They run a chicken farm and she has a tough time fitting in with various members. Things get even more twisted when her husband’s mistress applies to be a live-in worker and joins the dysfunctional band…
Cinderella Girl 
シンデレラガール 「Shinderera Ga-ru」
Release Date: November 18th, 2023
Duration: 61 mins.
Director: Takaomi Ogata
Writer: Takaomi Ogata, Yutaka Wakisaka (Screenplay),
Starring: Himena Irei, Chie Tsuji, Marin Izumi, Masaki Oota, Yuuko Kii, Mariko Tsutsui,
Director Takaomi Ogata (The Hungry Lion) takes on the tale of a fashion model with an artificial leg. This film was produced by model Kazuho Moriyama, who has been diagnosed with progressive muscular dystrophy (PMD).
Synopsis: Otowa has had a prosthetic leg ever since an amputation at the age of 12. She has been in and out of hospital repeatedly since then. This led to her missing her junior high school graduation ceremony, but her classmates held a surprise graduation ceremony on the hospital roof and the video of the ceremony went viral on the internet. Soon, modelling offers came in for Otowa but all of the jobs she was given were ones in which she hid her prosthetic leg. She soon decides to change that and takes the chance during a fashion show.
Tokyo Sounan 
東京遭難 「Toukyou Sounan」
Release Date: November 18th, 2023
Duration: 92 mins.
Director: Ayaka Kato
Writer: Ayaka Kato (Screenplay),
Starring: Masatoshi Kihara, Mone Akitani, Hideki Nagai, Toshihiko Takeda, Shinichiro Osawa,
Synopsis: Following a night of heavy drinking, office worker Shinichi wakes up in a hotel room with a woman he assumes to be the a hostess named Erina. She presses him into helping her search for someone, a journey that will last for three days and with no firm destination in mind.
NO SENKYO, NO LIFE 
NO 選挙，NO LIFE 「Fanfa-ru」
Release Date: November 18th, 2023
Duration: 109 mins.
Director: Aki Maeda
Writer: N/A
Starring: Michiyoshi Hatakeyama
Synopsis: Michiyoshi Hatakeyama is a veteran freelance writer who regularly covers elections, from the national to the local and even overseas. This documentary follows his coverage of the July 2022 Tokyo Upper House election and his subsequent disillusion with his life and new-found inspiration after moving to Okinawa and watching political activism there.