Welcome to the first trailer post of the week.
Two more will follow this one.
As stated in previous trailer posts, I’ve decided to cut short my Fire Emblem: Awakening playthrough. I was a couple of missions from the end and eager to get back to using non-film/writing time for Japanese practice. It’s a great TRPG and I loved the characters and their wholesome interactions but I need to level up my language skills.
What are the first set on trailers?
Sunset Sunrise 
サンセット・サンライズ 「Sansetto Sanraizu」
Release Date: January 17th, 2024
Duration: 139 mins.
Director: Yoshiyuki Kishi
Writer: Kankuro Kudo (Screenplay), Shuhei Nire (Original Novel)
Starring: Masaki Suda, Mao Inoue, Masatoshi Nakamura, Ken Miyake, Chizuru Ikewaki, Pistol Takehara, Sawako Fujima,
Website Twitter: @sunsunmovie2025 JFDB
Yoshiyuki Kishi (Double Life) assembles a strong team of actors, reuniting The Light Shines Only There cast Masaki Suda and Chizuru Ikewaki, for an entertainment film full of social issues as it is set in a rural part of Miyagi Prefecture during the COVID pandemic.
Synopsis: The year is 2020 and the pandemic has forced the world into lockdown. Tokyo salaryman Shinsaku is a fishing enthusiast and takes a remote job and move to a four room apartment with a rental fee of only 60,000 yen in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, a town close to the sea. He spends his days fishing and trying to get to know the local residents who initially regard him with suspicion since he is a stranger. Gradually, through his positive personality and energy, he integrates more and more.
How to Forget You 
君の忘れ方 「Kimi no wasurekata」
Release Date: January 17th, 2024
Duration: 107 mins.
Director: Yu Sakudo
Writer: Yu Sakudo, Motoharu Ito (Screenplay),
Starring: Ryota Bando, Nanase Nishino, Kaho Minami, Wan Marui, Kanji Tsuda, Yusaku Mori, Naomi Akimoto,
Website Twitter: @kimiwasu_eiga
Synopsis: After Subaru loses his fiancée Miki in a sudden accident, he is plunged into profound grief. His worried mother Yoko, who lost her own partner when Subaru was still a child, calls him back to his home in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, and it is there that he meets people a grief care group who try to help him deal with his grief. It’s no good, though, and when Subaru hears from a member of the group that there is a way to summon the lost loved ones…
Muromachi Burai 
室町無頼 「Muromachi Burai」
Release Date: January 17th, 2024
Duration: 135 mins.
Director: Yu Irie
Writer: Yu Irie (Screenplay), Ryosuke Kakine (Original Novel)
Starring: Yo Oizumi, Kento Nagao, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Wakana Matsumoto, Kazuki Kitamura, Rina Takeda, Maeno Tomoya, Akira Emoto, Tateto Serizawa, Miyu Yoshimoto,
Website Twitter: @muromachiburai IMDB
Yo Oizumi takes on his first full-fledged sword fighting action role as Hyoue Hasuda, the first samurai to break from his caste and lead an uprising in society in this adaptation of a historical novel brought to the screen by Yu Irie (Memoirs of a Murderer, Ninja Girl).
Synopsis: The year is 1461, the Muromachi Period, and a fierce conflict called the Onin War is about to kick off in Kyoto. The ordinary populace has been wracked by famine and plague, countless corpses are piled up on the streets, and human trafficking and slave labour are rampant. Meanwhile the elites live in luxury. Into this mix comes Hyoue Hasuda, an errant samurai who secretly plans to overthrow the shogunate. He takes on a fierce martial artist named Saizo as his servant and builds an army known as the “Muorin” (the “Relentless”) gather under the leadership of Hyoue and start an uprising against those in power.
Teki 
敵 「Teki」
Release Date: January 17th, 2024
Duration: 108 mins.
Director: Daihachi Yoshida
Writer: Yasutaka Tsutsui (Screenplay),
Starring: Kyozo Nagatsuka, Kumi Takiuchi, Asuka Kurosawa, Shinsuke Kato, Yumi Kawai, Takashi Matsuo, Satoru Matsuo,
Website Twitter: @teki_movie JFDB IMDB
Daihachi Yoshida (The Kirishima Thing, The Scythian Lamb) adapted Yasutaka Tsutsui’s novel into an award-winning film that won the Tokyo Grand Prix, Best Director and Best at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival. Taking the acting prize, Kyozo Nagatsuka plays the main character in his first starring role in a film in 12 years.
Synopsis: Gisuke Watanabe is 77 years old, a widower, and a retired university lecturer. He lives alone in a Japanese-style house that has been passed down from his grandfather’s generation and has a fixed routine with which he lives his life. Occasionally, he goes for a drink with friends or invites former students to his place for a meal but everything is fixed, especially because he has calculated how long his savings will last. His peaceful days begin to change when a disturbing message appears on the computer screen in his study: “The enemy is coming.”