Jujutsu Kaisen Shibuya Jihen Blu-ray & DVD4-kan & 5-kan Hatsubai Kinen Serekushon Ibento Joei
呪術廻戦「渋谷事変」 Blu-ray&DVD 4巻&5巻発売記念 セレクションイベント上映 「Jujutsu Kaisen Shibuya Jihen Blu-ray & DVD4-kan & 5-kan Hatsubai Kinen Serekushon Ibento Joei」
Release Date: March 22nd, 2024
Duration: 89 mins
Director: Shota Goshozono
Writer: Hiroshi Seko (Series Composition/Screenplay), Gege Akutami (Original Creator),
Starring: Yuichi Nakamura (Satoru Gojo), Takahiro Sakurai (Suguru Geto), Asami Seto (Nobara Kugisaki), Junya Enoki (Yuji Itadori), Yuma Uchida (Megumi Fushiguro),
Animation Production: MAPPA
In celebration of the Blu-ray and DVD release, four episodes from the TV anime Jujutsu Kaisen will be screened at 30 cinemas for one week. These cover the “Shibuya Incident” and they will be Blu-ray and DVD quality, so that means more animation and more scenes than the TV broadcast.
Synopsis: Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto are sorcerers at a high school in Tokyo where the student body deals with curses, born from negative human emotions, that create monsters and other supernatural things. These curses unite on Halloween to launch an all-out attack centered on Shibuya Station in an effort to wipe out the sorcerers. The sorcerers fight to protect innocent bystanders.
Release Date: March 22nd, 2024
Duration: 60 mins.
Director: Jiro Nagae
Writer: Jiro Nagae (Screenplay),
Starring: Narumi Michimoto, Tomochika Izumi, Narumi Yonezawa, Mana Minamihisamatsu, Hihio Iwanaga,
Jiro Nagae, a long-time horror director who has made Kokkuri-san (2011), Kotsutsubo (2012), and Kisaragi Station (2022), has created an experimental horror film that incorporates elements of first-person shooter games.
Synopsis: The protagonist finds herself stuck in another world and trapped in a deserted building that is haunted by a monster…
石岡タロー 「Ishioka TARO」
Release Date: March 22nd, 2024
Duration: 101 mins.
Director: Atsushi Ishizaka
Writer: Atsushi Ishizaka (Screenplay),
Starring: Ryoichi Yamaguchi, Kin’ya Kikuchi, Minayo Watanabe, Azuki Terada, Shizuki Terada, Rina Matsuki,
Website Twitter: @ishiokataro
Atsushi Ishizaka makes his feature film debut with this film which is based on a true story that starts in 1964 and sounds a lot like the Hachiko tale.
Synopsis: There is a dog named Taro who was rescued by the children and staff at Higashi Elementary School in Ishioka City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Every day, he greets students at the school gates and visits classrooms, much to the delight of the humans who fuss over him. Then, one day, Taro begins a morning and evening routine of walking the two kilometres to Ishioka Station and waiting at the ticket gate for a while before returning to the elementary school. His fame grew across across the 17 years he kept up this routine…
朝をさがして 「Asa o Sagashite」
Release Date: March 29th, 2024
Duration: 54 mins.
Director: Yutaka Tsunemachi
Writer: Yutaka Tsunemachi (Screenplay),
Starring: SUMIRE, Ryutaro Akimoto, Takuma Usa, Yuuka Nakashima, Yura Anno,
This film consists of five episodes from the YouTube drama series Tokyo Kanojo edited together (episode one here). The film stars SUMIRE and depicts a story of a character moving out of a slump and looking to grow.
Synopsis: In the year 2020, when many people’s time has stagnated due to the spread of the new coronavirus, Mikoto has given up her dream of becoming a CA and is working as a brokerage staff for a real estate company. After the coronavirus disaster, Mikoto begins to meet her childhood friend Ryotaro, who works at a downtown restaurant, every Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. for an hour in a neighborhood park. As the ordinary, non-dramatic days pass by, Mikoto spends time with her tiring live-in boyfriend, Masaki, and her love-struck junior colleague, Sakura, but Ryotaro’s confession triggers the movement of time that she had unconsciously stopped.