Welcome to the first of two trailer posts this week.
The second one follows tomorrow.
My Japanese studies are progressing as I have mastered 40 kanji related to body parts and I’m committing more hours to listening and speaking. I have set myself a deadline of March next year to go back to Japan – in time for the next Osaka Asian Film Festival. Anyway…
What are the first bunch of films ready for release this week?
The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors 2nd Season Part 1 
アイドルマスター シャイニーカラーズ 2nd Season 第1章 「Aidoru Masuta- Shaini- Kara-zu 2nd Season Dai Isshou 」
Release Date: July 05th, 2024
Duration: 97 mins
Director: Mankyuu, Takeshi Iwata
Writer: Yoichi Kato (Screenplay),
Starring: Hitomi Sekine (Mano Sakuragi), Akiho Suzumoto (Natsuha Arisugawa), Anna Yamaki (Sakuya Shirase), Honoka Kuroki (Amana Osaki), Mayu Mineda (Meguru Hachimiya),
Animation Production: Polygon Pictures
Website Twitter: @shinyc_official ANN MAL
Earlier this year, there was a three-part movie adaptation of the first series of The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors, a 12-episode TV anime series based on a Namco Bandai idol training game.
Ahead of the premiere of the second series, we get another three-part film adaptation and each film covers four episodes. This is the first film while the second film will come out in August and the third film in September.
Synopsis: The story depicts the struggles of new idols in four idol units that belong to the talent agency, 283 Pro. The idols are gearing up for a Halloween event and will be joined by a new idol unit named Straylight.
Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture 
コードギアス 奪還のロゼ 第3幕 「Koudo Giasu: Dakkan no Roze」
Release Date: June 07th, 2024
Duration: 76 mins
Director: Yoshimitsu Ohashi
Writer: Noboru Kimura (Screenplay/Series Composition), Goro Taniguchi, Ichiro Okouchi (Original Story), CLAMP (Character Design)
Starring: Kohei Amasaki (Roze), Makoto Furukawa (Ash), Anzu Haruno (Yuri Sano), Reina Ueda (Sakuya Sumeragi),
Animation Production: Sunrise
Website Twitter: @GEASSPROJECT ANN MAL
This is a spin-off from the theatrical anime Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (2019). This is the third of four films.
Synopsis: Following their defeat, the remnants of the “Neo Britannian Empire” took control of Hokkaido and sealed the island off behind an energy barrier, keeping the local population under their control while holding Sakuya Sumeragi, the daughter of the Hokkaido Block Lord, hostage. Rozé and Ash are two brothers who form the “Nameless Mercenaries” unit and reside in Hokkaido. Ash, the older brother, is the muscle since he has superior piloting and physical skills while Rozé is the brains of the duo and has the power to control people’s minds. Working for the Japanese resistance group, the “Seven Shining Stars,” they take on Neo Britannians and work on rescuing Sakuya Sumeragi. Ash’s past as an assassin for the Neo-Britannians is revealed in this instalment.
Joppari kango no hito Hanada Miki 
じょっぱり 看護の人 花田ミキ 「Joppari kango no hito Hanada Miki」
Release Date: July 02nd, 2024
Duration: 90 mins.
Director: Sho Igarashi
Writer: Sho Igarashi (Screenplay), Kazuichi Iijima (Original Novel),
Starring: Hana Kino, Ourin, Kayo Ise, Minoru Matsumoto, Shiho Sasaki,
Website Twitter: @hanada_miki JFDB IMDB
This film tells the story of real-life nurse and health campaigner Miki Hanada (1913-2006, Wikipedia). Dubbed the “Nightingale of Aomori,” she was a nurse during the war and devoted herself to improving healthcare and nursing in post-war Japan. Director Takumi Igarashi was saved by Hanada when he was a two-year-old child after he contracted a fever and was suffering on a train and Hanada happened to be on the same train and took care of him, according to the write-up for this film.
Synopsis: Chisato is a single mother raising her son on the money she earns working at a supermarket. One of her regular customers is Miki Hanada, a woman with a reputation for being eccentric and misanthropic. Chisato slowly learns about the true person through everyday interactions and finds out that Hanada used to be a nurse and how she saved lives by spreading the treatment of polio with great determination. Chisato feels a connection since her own mother, who passed away when she was young, had been a nurse…
Sensei’s Pious Lie 
先生の白い嘘 「Sensei no shiroi uso」
Release Date: July 05th, 2024
Duration: 117 mins.
Director: Koichiro Miki
Writer: Naoko Adachi (Screenplay), Akane Torikai (Original Manga),
Starring: Nao, Soya Igari, Ayaka Miyoshi, Shunsuke Kazama,
Website Twitter: @shirouso_movie IMDB
Synopsis: Misuzu Hara is a quiet and reserved 24-year-old high school teacher whose life is spun off its axis when her friend Minako’s fiancé rapes her after he learns that she has a crush on him. He is an elite businessman who puts on a sweet front but is a violent misogynist but Misuzu keeps quiet about the incident. when one of her students. Yuki Niizuma, confides in her about his sexual trauma, the two begin a romance…
Onsen Shark 
温泉シャーク 「Onsen sha-ku」
Release Date: July 05th, 2024
Duration: 117 mins.
Director: Morihito Inoue
Writer: Morihito Inoue (Screenplay), Masayuki Nagata (Original Story),
Starring: Kiyobumi Kaneko, Takuya Fujimura, Yuu Nakanishi, Mio Takaki, Masaki Naito, Shoichiro Akaboshi,
Website Twitter: @onsenshark_en IMDB
Synopsis: Billed as the first shark attack film from Japan, visitors of an onsen resort complex in Atsumi City, S Prefecture begin disappearing and their bodies being discovered with horrendous wounds. The police chief and a marine biologist launch an investigation and discover sharks from ancient times are attacking people!
n.SSign THE MOVIE 
温泉シャーク 「Onsen sha-ku」
Release Date: July 05th, 2024
Duration: 86 mins.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
Starring: Kazuta, Hyun, Eddie, Doha, Junhyeok, Sungyun, Robin, Hanjun, Laurence, Huiwon,
Synopsis: This is a documentary about the Korean boyband “n.SSign,” which consists of members from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, and the U.S. and it features footage from their 2023 debut and performances and interviews.