Welcome to the second of this week’s trailer posts
You can find the first part here and the final part tomorrow.
I’m coming to the end of the Twin Peaks saga, having watched all of the films and TV series. I haven’t got anything long form ready to take its place so it’ll be back to film consumption.
Actually, my Japanese immersion went pretty well as I did five hours of films watching, shadowing podcasts, and writing, and picked up a few things. I have been studying Japanese on and off since before this blog came into being and I should be better than I am so I am throwing the kitchen sink at this.
What are some of the other films that will his cinema screens in Tokyo?
Kokoro no futa yuki furumachi de 
こころのふた 雪ふるまちで 「Kokoro no futa yuki furumachi de」
Release Date: June 14th, 2024
Duration: 120 mins.
Director: Hitomi Kitagawa
Writer: Akihiko Takaishi (Screenplay),
Starring: Haruka Ogoe, Kyohei Shimokawa, Tao Watanabe, Maya Imamori, Rin Abe, Seika Kusano, Minami,
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This is a film that was produced as part of the fifth stage of “My Graduation Project,” which aims to discover and nurture young actors and promote regional development.
The story is set in Niigata and the cast includes Haruka Ogoe of the Niigata idol group NGT48.
Synopsis: This is an ensemble coming-of-age drama about student about to graduate from a high school in Niigata and the choices in life that they face, including a girl who wants to go to an overseas university in order to promote her family’s miso brewery to the world, a couple whose relationship is on the rocks because the girl has had an offer to become a geisha, and another girl who has been scouted by an entertainment agency.
Yuri Norstein Bungaku to sensou o kataru
ユーリー・ノルシュテイン 文学と戦争を語る 「Yuri Norstein Bungaku to sensou o kataru」
Release Date: June 14th, 2024
Duration: 90 mins.
Director: Ryo Saitani
Writer: N/A
Starring: N/A
Synopsis: Yuri Norstein is a Russian animator artist widely loved in Japan, known for his masterpiece Hedgehog in the Fog (1975). Ryo Saitani (Cesium and a Tokyo Girl) has previously made a documentary about the same subject, Yuriy Norshteyn: Making the Overcoat.
This film is a compilation of interviews conducted with Norstein in 2023, one year after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Norstein, who lives in Moscow, has been an outspoken critic of the invasion and the government and in the film, he talks about the war, literature, and art.
ndjc (New Directions in Japanese Cinema): Young Filmmakers Development Project
The next four short films were produced in 2023 in a government-funded project to support the careers of new directors. Each of these directors has already made award-winning films that have been picked up by small festivals.
Akarui News 
明るいニュース 「Akarui Nyu-su」
Release Date: June 14th, 2024
Duration: 30 mins.
Director: Masaya Jo
Writer: Masaya Jo (Screenplay),
Starring: Yuushin Shinohara, Akiko Yasu, Miharu Kikukawa, Yoshinori Ito, Shinsuke Suzuki,
Masaya Jo was Born in Munich, Germany and raised in Tokyo and is a graduate from Waseda University and the Film School of Tokyo.
Synopsis: Gen gets fired from his job as a cleaner for his irresponsible behaviour and he cannot fill out the forms for public assistance for the same reason. After injuring himself by trying to kill a fly with a kitchen knife, he meets a nurse named Yasuko and falls in love with her…
Katteguchi no Shoujo 
勝手口の少女 「Katteguchi no Shoujo」
Release Date: June 14th, 2024
Duration: 30 mins.
Director: Toma Yamamoto
Writer: Toma Yamamoto (Screenplay),
Starring: Taiyo Saito, Riko Ishida, Koichi Yamada, Asuka Kurosawa,
Toma Yamamoto was born in Toyama and graduated from Shinshu University with a degree in architecture. After a career in architecture, he enrolled in the Film School of Tokyo.
Asuka Kurosawa (A Snake of June) is one of the stars.
Synopsis: Kenichi is a young boy who is abused by his mother Hiroko. One day, after a bad experience, Kenichi comes to his senses and finds Hiroko lying motionless on the floor and she is taken to a hospital. After returning home in a stupor, Kenichi struggles to fall asleep. This is when he hears the sobs of a girl. When he looks, he meets a strange girl crying at the kitchen door.
Koi wa makka ni moete 
恋は真っ赤に燃えて 「Koi wa makka ni moete」
Release Date: June 14th, 2024
Duration: 29 mins.
Director: Hikaru Nishiguchi
Writer: Hikaru Nishiguchi (Screenplay),
Starring: Trotsky MacLendon, Sho Takahashi, Runa Nakashima, Tomoya Tanaka, Itsuji Itao,
Hikaru Nishiguchi was born in Osaka and graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Department of Film and New Media.
Synopsis: Ichiro is a first-year high school student whose parentage is a mix of African-American and Japanese. He has a crush on his classmate Yui, a state which he has only shared with his friend Osamu. Ichiro faces competition when Michael, a transfer student of mixed European-American and Japanese parentage, joins the class and it looks like Yui is interested in him. All set for a showdown, Ichiro unexpectedly makes friends with Michael and soon musters the courage to confess his feelings to Yui, but…
Hikari wa doko ni aru 
光はどこにある 「Hikaru wa doko ni aru」
Release Date: June 14th, 2024
Duration: 30 mins.
Director: Remi Noda
Writer: Remi Noda (Screenplay),
Starring: Wan Marui, Ryunosuke Higashi, Reika Kirishima, Michiko Washio,
Remi Noda was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from UTB Academy of Moving Images (now TMS Tokyo Film and Video School). She worked in several production companies before going freelance and has experience as an assistant director for films and dramas, he has been working on independent productions.
Wan Marui (Kontora) and Reika Kirishima (Drive My Car) star.
Synopsis: Akari Tanabe is a nurse working in the gastroenterology ward alongside new nurse Kenta Asakura. She has a past that she has not revealed to anyone and gets involved with Kaho and her cancer-stricken mother Yoshiko.