Welcome to the fourth and last trailer post of the week!
You can find part one here, part two here, and part three here!
Well, I’m done with my watch of the original series of Twin Peaks and I watched a lot films – sometimes falling asleep during them – I’m thinking of you, Anguish. I kinda liked The Hunger and Terror Train.
What are the other films released this weekend?
Nibisabi no Su 
にびさびの巣 「Nibisabi no Su 」
Release Date: May 25th, 2024
Duration: 41 mins.
Director: Jin Okada
Writer: Jin Okada (Screenplay),
Starring: Akira Takeuchi, Jin Okada, Shino Natsume, Nobuwo, Kumi Yuuki,
Website Twitter: @nibisabinosu
Jin Okada shot this in his home prefecture of Ishikawa. He decided to make this film in order to preserve his memories of his late grandmother and the changes in his hometown due to depopulation and the entry of large supermarkets.
Synopsis: Haruto and his sister Akane departed Ishikawa Prefecture for better opportunities in Tokyo but Haruto is unnerved by the death of their grandmother and finds himself struggling with many aspects of existence. When Akane tells him that their grandmother’s house will be pulled down and he learns of her will, he decides to head back home to reconnect with aspects of his childhood…
Shizuri Tabisuru Kaji no Ki 
倭文（しづり） 旅するカジの木 「Shizuri Tabisuru Kaji no Ki 」
Release Date: May 25th, 2024
Duration: 119 mins.
Director: Minao Kitamura
Writer: N/A
Starring: Akaji Maro, KOM_I, Dairakudankan, Ai Tominaga (Narrator),
Website Twitter: @shizurimovie
Synopsis: This documentary was shot over five years and looks at Shizuri, a textile that appears in Japanese mythology and was believed to have the sacred power to ward off evil and protect people. The film traces this mythology via the “kazi tree,” which originated in southern China. Director Kitamura also travels to other nations in the Pacific as he explores more ancient mysteries and folklore connected to Japan and the textile and its present-day applications. Recreations of myths are performed by Akaji Maro, the Butoh group Dairakudakan, and KOM_I, a musician and actor who got her start with Suiyoubi no Camponella.
Ikite, Ikite, Ikiru. 
生きて、生きて、生きろ。 「Ikite, Ikite, Ikiru.」
Release Date: May 25th, 2024
Duration: 113 mins.
Director: Yoma Shimada
Writer: N/A
Starring: N/A
Website Twitter: @chottokita
Synopsis: This is a documentary that takes stock of the mental health issues and uptick in suicides and reports of child abuse that have arisen amongst people in Fukushima Prefecture following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown and the healthcare professionals and non-profit organisations who support people experiencing them.
Gewalt no Mori / Gewalt Forest: He Died at Waseda University 
ゲバルトの杜 彼は早稲田で死んだ 「Gebaruto no Mori Kare wa Waseda de Shinda」
Release Date: May 25th, 2024
Duration: 134 mins.
Director: Haruhiko Daishima
Writer: N/A
Starring: Documentary Testimony Part: Akira Ikegami, Masaru Sato, Tsuyoshi Hida, Drama Part: Ayumu Mochizuki, Shuhei Kagawa, Kotowa,
Website Twitter: @gewalt_no_mori
Haruhiko Daishima has made a number of documentaries about protest movements, specifically surrounding Narita airport and student anti-war protests in the 197os. Whiplash of the Dead was his last work and it looked at the death of an activist in 1967 at a Haneda Airport anti-war protests.
Synopsis: In 1972, at the end of the student movement, Daizaburo Kawaguchi, a sophomore in the first department of literature at Waseda University, was lynched by members of extreme leftist factions.
Daishima’s film looks at what happened when students turned on each other in a particularly dark chapter. It has been split into two parts with a documentary complimented by dramatic sections which featur Ayumi Mochizuki (5 Million Dollar Life, Solomon’s Perjury 1 + 2). This documentary, based on Takeshi Hida’s award-winning reportage, presents a three-dimensional portrayal of the truth by interweaving testimonies of people who knew Kawaguchi and intellectuals such as Akira Ikegami and Masaru Sato, with dramatic reconstructions.
#Tsubuyaki Shichou to Gikai no Okite Gekijouban 
＃つぶやき市長と議会のオキテ 劇場版 「#Tsubuyaki Shichou to Gikai no Okite Gekijouban」
Release Date: May 25th, 2024
Duration: 106 mins.
Director: Yoshihiro Okamori
Writer: N/A
Starring: N/A
Website Twitter: @tsubuyaki_mayor
Synopsis: This is the theatrical version of a TV documentary about recent drama surrounding Akitakada City, Hiroshima Prefecture made by Hiroshima Home Television with additional footage and interviews added. It features a bribery scandal that brought down elected officials and saw the rise of Shinji Ishimaru, a banker with no political experience whose no-nonsense attitude and use of social media made him popular. He recently threw his hat into the ring of the race to be governor of Tokyo.