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The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Masakazu Ishiguro's slice-of-life manga Nemurubaka released a main trailer and visual today. The site also confirmed that the film is set to release in Japan on March 20, 2025 . Nemurubaka Live-Action Movie Main Trailer (via: Cinema Today official YouTube channel ) Main Visual Ishiguro's original Nemurubaka manga ran in Tokuma Shoten's Monthly Comic Ryu from 2006 to 2008, then was compiled in one tankobon volume. The story focused on Yumi Irisu and Ruka Kujirai, who live in the same room in a women's dormitory during college. Irisu has nothing to devote herself to and spends her days working part-time at a used bookstore. Ruka is always broke, but pursues his dream as the guitarist and vocalist of an indie band called "Pete Moss." The two spent their days drinking at cheap izakaya, and watch old foreign dramas to pass the time. Their days are slow but somehow comfortable.

South Korea’s Lyd is aiming to expand its global reach by moving into sales and distribution of non-Korean features.

The company, known for handling hit K-drama series including Mr. Queen and My Love From The Star, has assembled a slate of four Japanese features with plans to release in 2025.

Set for release in Japan and Korea on February 7 is Hold Me, a romantic drama about a picture book author whose crippling germophobia keeps him from touching the woman he loves.

Based on a novel by Fuyuki Shindo and directed by Eiji Uchida, the cast includes Japanese pop stars Royki...

Time loop movies add a special twist to the sci-fi genre, with diverse genres showcasing the versatility of this concept. The best time loop movies feature action, horror, and drama, with characters facing their flaws to break the loop. From romantic comedies to thrillers, time loop movies offer intriguing narratives that keep audiences engaged and entertained.

Time travel movies are always interesting, but the truly best time loop movies add an extra special aspect to the genre and do it with style. Time loop movies are defined as when a character, for one reason or another, relives a day or experience over and over again and must figure out what they need to do to escape it. Hollywood has used this concept numerous times for different genres with varying success. So many notable movies have employed a time loop premise, and its influence in sci-fi movies shows no signs of fading away anytime soon.

Win River on Blu-Ray! Third Window Films are pleased to present Junta Yamaguchi’s River. Out on DVD, Blu-Ray & digital Feb 12th. We have 2 Blu-Ray copies to give away to lucky winners!

The latest 2 minute time adventure from the entire team behind

Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes

The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!

River Cast: Riko Fujitani, Shiori Kubo, Yuki Torigoe, Director: Junta Yamaguchi

Bonus Features

• Interview with director Junta Yamaguchi

• 1 hour long Making Of

• Trailer

• All region DVD & Bluray

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If you are looking for a room in the coastal town of Onomichi, you better not check in at the Ohashi apartments. Except if you want your very own meet-and-greet with J-Pop Idol Shiori Kubo, who happens to play the ghost trapped inside room 101 in Natsuki Takahashi's “A Girl in My Room”.

A Girl in My Room is streaming as part of Jff+ Independent Cinema

Based on the popular manga by Chugaku Yamamoto, the story revolves around the heartbroken Yohei, who gets dumped by his girlfriend and is left behind in the former love nest. Out of nowhere, a curious girl ghost appears and wants to experience a feeling she never felt during her life as a human, love. Yohei is annoyed by her curiosity and even tries to exorcise her, but slowly realises that she is more human than he thought.

The fantasy romantic comedy was filmed on...

Eiji Uchida and Shinzo Katayama are two of the most interesting voices active in Japanese cinema nowadays, with titles like “Lowlife Love” and “Midnight Swan” of the former and “Missing” of the latter being some of the best we have seen in recent years. Now the two combine their forces for “Life of Mariko in Kabukicho”, a movie that shares a lot of similarities with another work of Uchida, “Love and other Cults”.

“Life of Mariko in Kabukicho” is screening at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

Mariko, a girl with a rather dramatic past, runs a small bar in Kabukicho filled with eccentric but loyal patrons which also doubles as a detective agency. Meanwhile, a missing scientist is running amok in the streets of the area, carrying with him an alien in a wooden box. The FBI are searching for both, and in their efforts to find someone who can...