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Reiko Kujirai (Riho Yoshioka), who works at a real estate company in Kowloon, Hong Kong, secretly has feelings for her senior at work, Hajime Kudō (Kōshi Mizukami). He knows the city inside out and takes Reiko out to his favourite places, but the distance between them never closes. Nevertheless, Reiko makes other new friends and is content with her daily life in Kowloon. One day, Reiko and Hajime stop by a coffee shop and Thao Nguyen (Shuntaro Yanagi), a waiter, mistakes her for Hajime’s girlfriend. Reiko then happens to find a photo of Hajime with his girlfriend who looked just like her. Is there a past memory she cannot recall, the identity of her other self, and a huge mystery hidden in the city of Kowloon? As the past and present intersect, love reveals the secrets… [Sources: Cinema Today and Crunchyroll]

A live-action adaptation of the manga by Jun Mayuzuki,...

The official website for the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Kowloon Generic Romance , a mystery romance manga series by Jun Mayuzuki ( After the Rain ), released a main trailer today. In the end of the clip, it is announced that the movie is set to open in Japan on August 29, 2025. Kowloon Generic Romance Main Trailer The trailer also features the film's theme song "Haze" performed by five-member Japanese rock band Kroi , known for their theme song works for Bucchigiri?! and Sakamoto Days among anime fans. "We created the music while keeping in mind the 'nostalgia' and 'oriental atmosphere' that we felt when we checked the original manga and live-action footage," said the band. "We especially like the streets of Kowloon in this film and imagined the smell and humidity of the city, and decided on the sound and lyrics with the feeling of being in the city. We hope you enjoy...

The official website for the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Kowloon Generic Romance , a mystery romance manga series by Jun Mayuzuki ( After the Rain ), released a teaser trailer and visual today. The site also confirmed that the movie is set to open in Japan in August 2025. Kowloon Generic Romance Live-Action Movie Teaser Trailer The teaser visual shows the movie's two main characters, Reiko Kujirai played by Riho Yoshioka (Hitomi Saito in Anime Supremacy! ) and Hajime Kudou by Koshi Mizukami (Akira Sakuma in Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill ), standing on a rooftop. The taglines read: "Love reveals the secrets—." and "A mystery love romance where the past and present intersect." Teaser visual Related: Kowloon Generic Romance Manga Gets TV Anime, Live-Action Movie in 2025 Chihiro Ikeda, who recently worked on a live-action film adaptation of Makoto Ojiro's Insomniacs after school manga in 2023, serves as director on a screenplay...

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...

Golden Kamuy Streaming Release Date: How and When to Watch the Live-Action Film Adaptation of the Manga Series ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

After impressing Japanese audiences, Golden Kamuy, the live-action adaptation of the manga series by the same name, is headed for a global release on Netflix. Akin to the manga, the film is set in the early 20th century and follows a Russo-Japanese War hero who sets on a quest to find a treasure hidden in the Hokkaido region of Japan.

The film hit the Japan theaters on January 19th, 2024, opening at the first spot at the box office. Ever since, worldwide audiences have been waiting for its release in the international markets. The wait is almost over, as Golden Kamuy will be streaming on Netflix soon.

Golden Kamuy Streaming Release Date

Golden Kamuy is going to premiere on Netflix on Sunday, May 19th, 2024, exactly four months after its Japanese release.

The highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamuy had its opening day stage greeting on Jan 19, 2024, at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.

The cast, including Hiroshi Tamaki, Asuka Kudo, Shuntaro Yanagi, and Ryohei Otani shared their behind-the-scenes experiences and shed light on the challenges encountered during filming.

Since Golden Kamuy is set in the late Meiji era in Hokkaido, revolving around a battle for a substantial Ainu treasure, the filmmakers took on the challenge of capturing the authentic winter atmosphere of Hokkaido, leading to extreme conditions during the shoot.

Yanagi revealed the harsh conditions, stating, “It was a tough shoot; we even had icicles forming in our ears. We used to check with each other, wondering, ‘Are our ears frozen?‘”. Asuka Kudo too added to this, highlighting the persistence of the icy challenge, especially during extended takes.

“With scenes that couldn’t be wrapped up in a single take,...

The modern landscape of Japanese cinema features no shortage of genre fare taking their inspiration and/or origins from the world of anime. Most of those adaptations, though, arrived several years after their series premiere or original broadcast, which makes the new effort from director Yusuke Ishida quite curious, with his latest venture being a live-action version of “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead” now screening on Netflix the same year as a series adaptation appears on Crunchyroll.

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Surviving a zombie apocalypse beats being a wage slave any day. After spending years slaving away for a soul-crushing company, Akira's (Eij Akaso) life has lost its luster. He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to a beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town,...

Despite the success of the first film, a sequel for Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has not been confirmed by Netflix yet. The cast for a potential sequel would likely include the three main characters, as well as other survivors from the first film. With a sprawling manga series to draw from, there is plenty of content left for a potential Zom 100 sequel to explore, and it could continue the story of Akira and his friends in the post-apocalyptic world.

Netflix's adaptation of Haro Aso's manga series Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead turned out to be a surprise hit for the streaming giant, so is there any Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead 2 news coming down the pipeline? While Aso's sprawling series has been canonized in 14 tankōbon volumes, the Netflix movie tells a more succinct story in its roughly 2-hour runtime. With a...

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Warning: This article contains Spoilers for the Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead live-action movie and the manga.

Netflix's Zom 100 movie covers the first 11 chapters of the manga and features several key differences in the story, including changes to the opening sequence and Akira's backstory. The live-action adaptation changes Zom 100's chronology. For example, it introduces Kencho earlier in the story, before the zombie outbreak. Akira's bucket list has fewer items in the movie compared to the manga, and the items themselves differ between the two versions.

There are several differences between Netflix’s Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead live-action movie and the Zom 100 manga, which recently received an anime adaptation as well. Less than a month after the Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead anime premiered, the 2018 manga by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata now has a live-action adaptation.

Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is a live-action film adaptation of Haro Aso's manga series, known for its unique take on the zombie genre. The story follows the optimistic Akira Tendo, who creates a bucket list in the midst of a zombie outbreak. The cast is filled with talented actors, including Eiji Akaso, Shuntarô Yanagi, Mai Shiraishi, and Kazuki Kitamura, who bring their characters to life in this post-apocalyptic world.

Haro Aso's manga series Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead got a live-action film adaptation courtesy of Netflix, and the Zom 100 live-action cast is full of talented actors and a few familiar faces. Aso's manga first was published and serialized in the magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-x in 2018 and soon became a hit thanks to its interesting spin on the zombie genre, quirky humor, and relatable characters. Immortalized in 14 volumes, an anime adaptation of Zom 100 soon followed,...

As unrealistic as zombie apocalypses are, the main character in Netflix’s movie 100 Zom: Bucket List of the Dead is easy to relate to. At the start of this live-action adaptation of Haro Asō’s manga, Akira Tendō (Eiji Akaso) is annoyingly chipper as he starts his new job. Soon enough, though, reality hits Akira like a bullet train, and he becomes yet another exploited employee at his workplace. While his misery appears to be eternal, Akira is eventually given a second chance at life as a zombie virus overwhelms the world.

Upon learning of mankind’s fate, one caused by a mysterious and contagious virus, Akira is ecstatic. He doesn’t have to go to work anymore now that most everyone is either dead or zombified. As inappropriate as his first reaction seems, the story prefaces the chaos with enough evidence of why someone like Akira would rejoice in such a dire situation.

Japanese movies can do it all; they could be thought-provoking and real-life-inspired films like Plan 75, which addresses the growing older population in Japan, as well as mindless anime adaptations like Assassination Classroom. In short, Japanese cinema boasts some of the most fantastic actors and talented directors in the world today, and Yusuke Ishida’s Zom 100 is no exception to the rule. Adapted from a manga by Haro Aso, this live-action movie is a young man’s journey towards freedom from corporate slavery and learning to follow his heart amidst a world infested by zombies. Starring Eiji Akaso, Mai Shiraishi, and Shuntaro Yanagi, among others, the movie shines as a horror comedy with a tinge of slice-of-life mixed into it, as Akira Tendo (Akaso) rediscovers himself when his surroundings are overrun by zombies. Read on for an exhaustive review of Zom 100, we hope this is right up your alley.

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A live-action film based on the Japanese manga Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead is set to be released through the Netflix streaming service on August 3rd, and with that date swiftly approaching a trailer for the film has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.

Directed by Yûsuke Ishida from a screenplay by Tatsuro Mishima, based on the manga written by Haro Aso and illustrated by Kotaro Takata, Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead has the following synopsis: Akira Tendo works at an exploitative company where he suffers endless hours and harassment from his boss. Spending more days feeling dead than alive, he awakes to discover his town has been devastated and overtaken by zombies and suddenly feels excited at the prospect of not needing to go to the office anymore. After witnessing an older co-worker he looked up to become a zombie,...

"It might just be people like you who can save everyone from a pandemic like this." Netflix has debuted the full-length official trailer for a live-action adaptation of a fun Japanese manga called Zom 100. The wacky zomcom film's full title is Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead and it's about a frustrated guy who decides to create his "bucket list" of dream activities when a zombie outbreak takes over Japan. A young man who has had life sucked out of him through his power-harassing boss wakes up one day to a zombie apocalypse and pursues his own "zombie apocalypse bucket list." When it begins - he lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. "A fresh and exciting zombie movie that brings laughter and thrills!" Starring Eiji Akaso as Akira, with Mai Shiraishi,...

Netflix is to release its Japanese live action film “Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead,” on Aug. 3.

The horror comedy film is based on the hit manga (comic book series) by Aso Haro and Takata Kotaro that debuted in the Shogakukan magazine Monthly Sunday Gene-x in October 2018. It has also spawned an animated series that plays on Hulu in North American and other territories.

The underlying comic is a wackily original melding of the salaryman gag manga – a popular genre in Japan seldom exported abroad – with the sort of zombie holocaust story that has become a Hollywood staple.

The story follows overworked office worker Akira (portrayed by Akaso Eiji) who, in the wake of a zombie apocalypse, is more excited at not having to go to work than worried about fending off the undead. He comes up with 100 things to do before turning into a zombie himself and embarks...

"I don't have to go to work anymore? Yatta!!!!" Netflix has revealed the first look teaser trailer for a live-action adaptation of a popular Japanese manga called Zom 100. The zomcom film's full title is Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead and it's about a corporate worker who gets caught up in finally living out his "bucket list" dreams during a zombie outbreak. A young man who has had life sucked out of him through his power-harassing boss wakes up one day to a zombie apocalypse and starts to pursue his "zombie apocalypse bucket list." He lives in a trash-filled apartment, his pay is abysmal, and he can't even muster up the nerve to confess his love to his beautiful co-worker. But when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town, it gives him the push he needs to live for himself. "A fresh and exciting zombie movie that brings laughter and thrills!

Re/Member (Karada Sagashi) is a horror movie directed by Eiichirô Hasumi starring Kanna Hashimoto, Gordon Maeda and Maika Yamamoto among. It is based on the manga by Katsutoshi Murase and Welzard.

Re/Member is a Japanese scary movie… Japanese fashion with all the elements of recent “scary” movie successes and some extra ones extracted from the most classic Hollywood ones.

Ringu was a success because it was a novelty, Re/Member does not have much chances in standing out, precisely because of its “originality” or lack of it.

It does offer horror movie fans a little more of what they expect in this guilty sin.

Storyline

In order to break a curse, six students in a strange space/time will need to restore the balance in Sofia, a child that was murdered years ago and whom they wish to avenge.

Movie Review

A movie about ghosts and apparitions that is well made...