Welcome to the first of two trailer posts
The next one follows tomorrow.
I have adopted a go slow and concentrate sort of lifestyle at the moment. This is in part due to Japanese studies and I do feel that upping the hours has led to an improvement in word retention and confidence but I can always do more.
What is the first set of films released this weekend?
The Box Man 
箱男 「Hako Otoku」
Release Date: August 23rd, 2024
Duration: 120 mins.
Director: Gakuryu Ishii
Writer: Gakuryu Ishii, Kiyotaka Inagaki (Screenplay), Kobo Abe (Original Story)
Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Tadanobu Asano, Koichi Sato, Ayana Shiramoto, Yuko Nakamura
This is based on a novel by Kobo Abe that was published in 1973. First seen at Berlinale 2024.
Synopsis: A photographer named “Myself” spots a man with a cardboard box over his head venturing around Tokyo and writing down what he sees through a peephole. Inspired to do the same thing, “Myself” dons a box himself but a variety of people try to tempt “Myself” from his new lifestyle…
Sayuri 
サユリ 「Sayuri」
Release Date: August 23rd, 2024
Duration: 108 mins.
Director: Koji Shiraishi
Writer: Mari Asato, Koji Shiraishi (Screenplay), Rensuke Oshikiri (Original Manga),
Starring: Ryoka Minamide, Hana Kondo, Zen Kajihara, Fusako Urabe, Kokoro Morita, Kitaro, Rei Inomata, Toshie Negishi,
Website Twitter: @sayurimovie2024 IMDB
Synopsis: After the Kamiki family move into their dream home, they begin dying off one by one due to the spirit of a young girl named Sayuri who haunts the building. When the eldest son, Norio, is threatened, his grandmother Harue, a woman who suffers from dementia, regains her senses and says, “I’m going to send that thing to hell.” Norio and his grandmother take revenge on Sayuri in the name of their family.
We Don’t Know Love Yet 
恋を知らない僕たちは 「Koi wo Shiranai Bokutachi wa」
Release Date: August 23rd, 2024
Duration: 118 mins.
Director: Mai Sakai
Writer: Haruka Okita (Screenplay),
Starring: Ryusei Onishi, Airu Kubozuka, Nagisa Saito, Riko, Soya Igari, Sara Shida,
Website Twitter: @koiboku_movie IMDB
Synopsis: Both Eiji and his best friend, Naohiko, fall for Izumi when she transfers into their junior high school but only Naohiko confesses his feelings to her and the two become a couple. The three eventually go on to the same high school, where they meet Koharu, Taichi, and Mizuho, and their respective love lives develop…
Last Mile 
ラストマイル 「Rasuto Mairu」
Release Date: August 23rd, 2024
Duration: 128 mins.
Director: Ayuko Tsukahara
Writer: Akiko Nogi (Screenplay),
Starring: Hikari Mitsushima, Masaki Okada, Sadawo Abe, Go Ayako, Satomi Ishihara, Mikako Ichikawa, Arata Iura, Kumiko Aso, Shohei Hino, Shohei Uno, Yutaka Matsushige, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Tamae Ando,
Website Twitter: @last_mile_movie IMDB
Synopsis: On the eve of Black Friday in November, the distribution industry is paralysed by a series of explosions as bombs contained in cardboard boxes go off all around Japan. Erena Funado has just been appointed as the director of a huge distribution centre in the Kanto area and she has to work with team manager Ko Nashimoto to take control of the situation.