Welcome to the third trailer post of the week.
The first part can be found here while the second part can be found here.
I’m diving deeper into festival work and watching and writing about lots of films. In terms of non-festival films, I re-watched Alien (1979) to talk about it on the Heroic Purgatory podcast. I also watched
This week, I posted about the Busan International Film Festival.
What are the last of the trailers for this week?
合間にて… 「Aima nite…」
Release Date: September 27th, 2024
Duration: 68 mins.
Director: Kei Nakata
Writer: Kei Nakata (Screenplay),
Starring: Suzuka Morita, Hisanori Sato, Juri Fukushima, Moka Yamazaki, Kotori Minami, Yua Shiraishi,
Website Twitter: @tokifilm
Synopsis: This is documentary-style drama that was shot in Ueno, Tokyo, and follows a young woman from out of town named Mami. She dreams of becoming a singer and spends her days in the big city auditioning. When she receives the news that her father has fallen ill, she decides to return to her hometown. With some time to spare before the train departs, she walks around the area around the station, including the park and strikes up a conversation with a young man named Akira while strolling along.
Tokubetsu senkou gekijouban kamisama no saikoro
特別先行劇場版 神様のサイコロ 「Tokubetsu senkou gekijouban kamisama no saikoro」
Release Date: September 27th, 2024
Duration: 125 mins.
Director: George Iida
Writer: George Iida (Screenplay),
Starring: Masanari Wada, Shunta Sono, Yo Maejima, Keito Sakurai, Tetsu Watanabe,
Website Twitter: @kamisamasaikoro
This is an advance theatrical screening version of a TV drama which will begin airing on October 9, 2024.
Synopsis: Five internet content makers find themselves involved in a death game when one of their number gets a “wish-fulfilling doll” originally from Africa that, if you perform a ritual with it, can make any wish come true…
ほなまた明日 「Hona Mata Ashita」
Release Date: March 23rd, 2024
Duration: 99 mins.
Director: Saki Michimoto
Writer: Saki Michimoto, Ryusei Goda (Screenplay),
Starring: Makoto Tanaka, Ryota Matsuda, Risa Shigematsu, Anna Tsuihiji, Takuro Akiyama,
Synopsis: Nao is about to graduate from an art college in Osaka and become a photographer. Nao’s passion makes her push around her friends Saya, Yamada, and Tada, who are also in the photography department, but they support her. Four years later, Nao, Saya, and Tada meet up again and learn that Yamada has disappeared.
四畳半のジェメオス 「Yojohan no Jemeosu」
Release Date: September 28th, 2024
Duration: 104 mins.
Director: Akihiro Tanabe
Writer: Akihiro Tanabe (Screenplay),
Starring: Yoshiki Tani, Yukari Tajima, Koki Taguchi, Misuzu Yukimura,
Website Twitter: @DTR_GEMEOS
Akihiro Tanabe is an actor and producer of independent videos who works with a small staff gathered through SNS.
Synopsis: Although he moved to Tokyo to pursue his dream, 35-year-old Hiroshi Shimazaki became a FREETER. Shimazaki receives a gift from the future in the form of “Gemeos Gear,” allows him to create an avatar in the real world and control it. He sets it as a handsome tokusatsu hero and gets involved in a fight to save the world which sees him work to become a hero in real life.