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Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, Cells at Work, Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendo, The Making of a Japanese, Colors Under the Streetlights, MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season6, Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Movie, Japanese Film Trailers

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Welcome to the first of two trailer posts for this week.

Mirror Liar films Season 6

There’s a mix of titles so come back tomorrow for the next post.

Well I was able to watch another movie mind melter over the weekend, one dedicated to Christmas movies. As usual, I felt like the Japanese movies carried the stream. I also watched some trashy Italian horror movies like Paginini Horror.

What are the first films getting (re- in one case)released this weekend?

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem   Interstella 5555 The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem Film Poster

インターステラ5555  Inta-sutera 5555

Duration: 67 mins.

Release Date: July 26th, 2003

Director: Leiji Matsumoto, Kazuhisa Takenouchi

Writer: N/A

Starring: The music of Daft Punk and the animated character designs of Leiji Matsumoto/Masaki Sato

Animation Production: Toei Animation

Music: Daft Punk

Wesbite  Twitter: @daftpunk ANN MAL

This film was most recently screened at Annecy animation fest in 2019.

Back in the early 2000s, the French electro duo Daft Punk were releasing music videos featuring four blue-skinned alien musicians to go with their album “Discovery”. These videos were from a film inspired by their childhood love for anime and was the result of their collaboration with Leiji Matsumoto. This was screened in 2003, first at Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival and then in cinemas in Japan. A 4K remastered version will be screened in cinemas around the world in December 2024.

Synopsis: Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem is an extra-terrestrial adventure where musicians from another world have been kidnapped by an unscrupulous music executive who uses them as the “Crescendolls,” forcing them to take on human appearances and play a concert tour… Until a mysterious groupie tries everything in his powers to save them!

Cells at Work  Cells at Work Film Poster

はたらく細胞 「Hataraku Saibou

Release Date: December 13th, 2024

Duration: 109 mins.

Director: Hideki Takeuchi

Writer: Yuichi Tokunaga (Screenplay), Akane Shimizu (Original Manga)

Starring: Mei Nagano, Takeru Satoh, Sadawo Abe, Mana Ashida, Koji Yamamoto, Riisa Naka, Wakana Matsumoto, Shota Sometani, Kyoko Fukada,

Website Twitter: @saibou_movie IMDB

This is the live-action film adaptation of the same-named manga, which already has an anime adaptation. The story features anthropomorphised cells of the human body and the drama of the humans these cells are a part of. It was directed by Hideki Takeuchi (Thermae Romae, Fly Me to Saitama) and there’s an impressive cast, including Takeru Satoh (Rurouni Kenshin), Sadawo Abe (Lesson in Murder), Mei Nagano (Parks, Jigoku no Hanazono).

Synopsis: The human body contains 37 trillion cells, including red blood cells that carry oxygen, white blood cells that fight bacteria, and countless other cells that work day and night to protect our health. High school student Niko Urushizaki lives with her  widower father, Shigeru. The cells in Niko’s body, lead a healthy lifestyle and are always working happily, but Shigeru’s body is a wreck due to all of the junk food, alcohol, and cigarettes, and his cells are exhausted by the tough working environment and complain of dissatisfaction. When a pathogen begins to invade their bodies, we get to see the reaction of the cells.

 

Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendo    Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendo Film Poster

映画 ふしぎ駄菓子屋 銭天堂  「Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendo

Release Date: December 13th, 2024

Duration: 103 mins.

Director: Hideo Nakata

Writer: Reiko Yoshida (Screenplay), Reiko Hiroshima, jyajya (Original Novel)

Starring: Yuki Amami, Kazuya Ohashi. Rikka Ihara, Mone Kamishiraishi, Kokoro Hirasawa, Himena Irei, Rie Tanaka,

Website Twitter: @zenitendo_movie

Hideo Nakata of Ring (1998) fame has adapted a popular children’s book for the big screen. It stars veteran actress Yuki Amami and features Mone Kamishiraishi (All the Long Nights).

Synopsis: An elementary school teacher named Kotaro hears a rumour about a mysterious sweet shop named Zenitendo, a place where, if a person eats the candy chosen by the mysterious shopkeeper Beniko, their wish will come true. However, if that person uses the candy in a wrong way, they will be in big trouble. It seems the rumours are true because the people around him start acting strangely. Kotaro’s crush, a magazine editor named Maiko, seems to be testament to that rumour since she goes unhinged. This isn’t the only strange story as Kotaro notices another candy shop, Tatari-me-do run by a mysterious person named Yodomi. Apparently, that store sells candy made by collecting people’s ill will. In order to protect the people he cares about, Kotaro and Beniko go after Yodomi…

 

The Making of a Japanese    The Making of a Japanese Film Poster

小学校~それは小さな社会~ 「Shogakko Sore wa Chisana Shakai

Release Date: 2024

Duration: 99 mins.

Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki

Writer: N/A

Starring: N/A

Website  Twitter: @shogakko_film   IMDB

Ema Ryan Yamazaki is a filmmaker who first came to my notice with Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams (2019). This year, she has had her hand in award-winning docs like Black Box Diaries and this one which took the best documentary award at Nippon Connection 2024.

Ema Ryan Yamazaki spent a year documenting the activities of first and sixth grade students and teachers and parents in a public elementary school in Tsukado, a Tokyo suburb. By following their development as individuals and in a group, Yamazaki captures what qualities and values are instilled into children as they learn what it means to become a member of Japanese society.

Colors Under the Streetlights    Colors Under the Streetlights Film Poster

Release Date: December 13th, 2024

Duration: 23 mins.

Director: Yoshimi Joya

Writer: Yoshimi Joya (Screenplay), 

Starring: Yu Ishizuka, Alysa Omori, Megumi Chikuni, Yoichiro Saito, Magy, Anam Sekiguchi,

Website 

Yoshimi Joya previously directed Doughnuts Mori (2022). This, her latest film, was at Vancouver film fest back in September. It stars Yu Ishizuka (The Fish with One Sleeve) and it’s described as a sensitive and beautifully shot drama.

Synopsis: Yurika, a driver, picks up Michiru and Kaoru, two workers of a girls’ bar, and drives them through the night. Yurika watches them as they do their job and then, after work, a police officer on patrol spots them and begins to questions them.

 

MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season6  MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season6 Film Poster

ミラーライアーフィルムズ Season6 Mira- raia- firumuzu Season6

Release Date: December 13th, 2024

Duration: 64 mins.

Director: Shun Oguri, Tao Okamoto, Koji Oniki, Tadanobu Asano, Sara Masuda, Rika Mishima

Writer: Genki Saegusa, Tao Okamoto, Koji Oniki, Tadanobu Asano, Sara Masuda, (Screenplay),

Starring: Shingo Fujimori, Junshin Soga, Tao Okamoto, Moe Goto, Junichi Kamezawa, Yasushi Yasuda, Kosuke Hoshi, Shinnosuke Abe, Arata Iura, Yuka Itaya,

Website Twitter: @mirrorliarfilms

Synopsis: This omnibus film features story of a long-absent man who suddenly appears at his father’s funeral and meets his half-sister who had no idea that he existed, one about two hoodlums and a strange man clutching a golf club standing by a deserted riverbank, and a stop-motion film depicting a mysterious story with zombie samurai, flightless birds, and gods, this one having been directed by Asano. You can see a teaser to that one below:

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Movie  Cherry Magic Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard Movie Film Poster

30歳まで童貞だと魔法使いになれるらしい 特別編集版 「30-sai Dotei da to Maho Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii Tokubetsu Henshū-ban

Release Date: December 13th, 2024

Duration: 97 mins

Director: Yoshiko Okuda

Writer: Tomoko Konparu (Screenplay/Series Composition), Yu Toyota (Original Creator),

Starring: Chiaki Kobayasji (Kiyoshi Adachi). Ryota Suzuki (Yuichi Kurosawa). Gen Sato (Minato Wataya), Makoto Furukawa (Masato Tsuge)

Animation Production: Satelight

Website Twitter: @cherimahoanime ANN MAL

This feature looks like a compilation film that adaptats the 12 episodes TV anime that aired from January to March 2024. The film features newly recorded narration by Kiyoshi Adachi and Yuichi Kurosawa, and scenes that were not depicted in the TV anime.

Synopsis: Kiyoshi Adachi has hit thirty and has a stable job but he is still a virgin. It seems this virginal status has allowed him to develop the power to read people’s minds by touching them and that helps him in his work. However, when he brushes up against handsome colleague Kurosawa, the ace of the sales department, Adachi detects a raging love for him…


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