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One day before the start of the show in Tokyo, the Blue Miburo stage play adaptation, based on Tsuyoshi Yasuda's historical manga, released a three-minute opening footage on Weekly Shonen Magazine's official YouTube channel . The clip shows how the main cast members perform their characters and how the sword fight scenes are recreated on stage. Blue Miburo Stage Play Opening Footage Related: Blue Miburo Stage Play Unveils Key Visual Featuring 7 Main Cast Members The stage play is set to perform at Ex Theater Roppongi in Tokyo from April 11 to 20, 2025, then at the Kyoto Theater in Kyoto from April 25 to 27, 2025. According to Ticket Pia , the tickets for the first four day in Tokyo (seven performances) have already been sold out. Daisuke Nishida, known for his directorial works for the stage play adaptations of Sengoku Basara (2009-2014), Blood Blockade Battlefront (2019-2021), and Hakuoki (2018-2021), serves as scriptwriter and director. Main...

A classic family drama in Koreeda’s style with a touch of thriller, “Light of My Lion” offers a thoughtful exploration of some challenging family dynamics. First broadcast in October 2024 on Japan’s TBS Television under a Japanese title meaning Lion’s Den, the series is now fully available on Netflix.

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Brothers Hiroto (Yuya Yagira) and Michito (Ryota Bando) form a small family unit or – better – a “pride” as Michito likes to remark. Michito, nicknamed Mi, is on the autism spectrum and although rather high-functioning, has been cared for by his older brother since their parents both passed away in an accident a few years earlier. In fact, Hiroto has been sacrificing most of his personal life to accommodate Michito’s needs since they were small children. However, there are no regrets, and the two live a seemingly happy life...

The official website and X (formerly Twitter) for the upcoming Blue Miburo stage play adaptation, based on Tsuyoshi Yasuda's historical manga, posted a new key visual that features the seven main cast members, including Kosei Tsubokura (Jun Wakasa in UniteUp! ) as the protagonist, Chirinu Nio. Key Visual The visual was inspired by the celebratory illustration drawn by the manga's author Yasuda below when the stage play project was announced in December 2024 . The stage play is set to perform at Ex Theater Roppongi in Tokyo from April 11 to 20, 2025, then at the Kyoto Theater in Kyoto from April 25 to 27, 2025. Advance ticket sales are open from December 18, 2024 to February 24, 2025, after which general ticket sales will begin on March 1, 2025. Daisuke Nishida, known for his directorial works for the stage play adaptations of Sengoku Basara (2009-2014), Blood Blockade Battlefront (2019-2021), and Hakuoki (2018-2021), serves as scriptwriter and director. Main cast members also include: Soji...

Tsuyoshi Yasuda's The Blue Wolves of Mibu is currently getting an anime adaptation in the form of Blue Miburo . This spring, it will also be adapted into a stage play starring UniteUp! actor Kosei Tsubokura. Tsubokura will play Nio Chirinu, the white-haired orphan who joins the group of samurai who would eventually become the Shinsengumi. A poster has been released showing the lead actor in full costume: Related: Blue Miburo TV Anime Reveals Two Additional Cast Members Also appearing in the play will be: Soji Okita played by Hayate Iijima (Super★Dragon) Hajime Saito played by Rita Aizawa Isami Kondo played by Naoya Iwaki Kamo Serizawa played by Shuya Sunagawa Sanosuke Harada played by Yuki Sakurai (Gekidan Exile) Taro Tanaka played by Hikaru Takihara (Nord) Kikuchiyo played by Haruki Naruse Seto played by Seiji Shinya Granny played by Megumi Wakabayashi Ayame played by Takuya Yashiro Kyoshiro played by Daiya...

The official website for the the live-action film adaptation of Satoru Noda's adventure manga, Golden Kamuy , announced today that its first serial drama series, which will tell a sequel story to the film, will broadcast on the Japanese satellite broadcasting station Wowow's Serial Drama W programming block in the fall of 2024. Its title is Golden Kamuy: Hokkaido Irezumi Shuzin Soudatsu-hen (Hokkaido Tattooed Prisoners Scramble Arc) , and a 60-second teaser trailer is now online. While all of the 13 main cast and staff members from the film will return, four additional cat members have been confirmed — Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Kiroranke, Maryjun Takahashi as Inkarmat, Yuki Sakurai as Kano Ienaga, and Akihisa Shino as Kantaro Okuyama. In addition to the film's Shigeaki Kubo, Kenji Katagiri, Ken Ochiai, and Youske Sato will newly join as directors. Kento Yamazaki will reprise his role as the protagonist, Saichi Sugimoto, alongside Anna Yamada as the main heroine,...

As we have mentioned many times before, the manga/anime adaptation is one of the nucleus of Japanese cinema, with a plethora of titles finding their way to the big screen.”Insomniacs After School”, based on the slice-of-life homonymous manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Ojiro, also follows the same path.

Insomniacs After School is screening at Fantasia International Film Festival

The story takes place In the small city of Nanao in Ishikawa Prefecture, where Ganta Nakami, a highschool student, is suffering from chronic insomnia, that has led him to a number of issues in his life, particularly a constant crankiness and a series of dozing-offs that frequently lead to injuries, usually treated by the school nurse, Ms Kurashiki. One day, the class rep asks him to fetch a step-ladder from the supposedly abandoned observatory, where he stumbles upon Isaki Magari, a cheerful student suffering from the same nocturnal condition as himself.

Even though J-horror will probably never reach the heights it achieved during the “Ringu” era, the Japanese movie industry still continues to produce films of the genre, although in a much lesser frequency. Shoh Kataoka tries his hand in the category, through a film that doubles as a family drama, and definitely thrives on its atmosphere.

The Good Father is screening at Busan International Film Festival

5 years ago, during the summer, a family of 4 got into a car accident on their way back home from an amusement park. The mother, Mayuko Kubo, fell into a vegative state and has stayed in a psychiatrist facility from then on, the father, Shiro, a psychologist specializing in hypnotism, injured his leg, young sister Luna received a severe burn on her face that later on forced her to wear a mask all the time to hide the wounds, and elder sister Hana, suffered mostly psychologically,...

Although “Chiwawa” was the film that truly cemented the artfulness of his slightly disorienting, filled with (neon) colors and music, sexually charged style, it is interesting to examine the path Ken Ninomiya followed to reach that level, with his previous movie providing a great opportunity.

The story revolves around Aki Oria, a young girl who came to Tokyo ten years ago to become an actress, but eventually ended up staying in a circus of sorts, having a relationship with Kaito, the young man who introduced her, and acting as the magician’s assistant, with her role being pretending to be hypnotized. Eventually, she manages to land a part after a successful audition, even becoming a star, before a scandal takes a significant toll to her reputation. Is that the reality though? And who is this clown-like figure she calls Butch that seems to always be with her?...

In a cinema as the Japanese, where erotic scenes seem almost forbidden, it feels quite reinvigorating to watch a movie that is fairly graphic in its portrayal of sex. “Call Boy” does just that, but probably its biggest trait is that it avoids becoming crude, almost completely. Let us take things from the beginning though.

Call Boy is screening at Camera Japan

The script is based on Ira Ishida’s homonymous erotic romance novel, which was nominated for a Naoki Award in 2001, earning widespread attention and support from women readers before being adapted to the stage in August 2016, directed by Daisuke Miura and starring Tori Matsuzaka. Selling out every show, the play garnered massive attention due in particular to the actors performing completely nude in front of the audience. Now, the same Miura-Matsuzaka duo has risen to steeper challenges by bringing the story to the silver screen.

The film revolves around Ryo,...

In a cinema as the Japanese, where erotic scenes seem almost forbidden, it feels quite reinvigorating to watch a movie that is fairly graphic in its portrayal of sex. “Call Boy” does just that, but probably its biggest trait is that it avoids becoming crude, almost completely. Let us take things from the beginning though.

Call Boy is screening at Japan Cuts 2018

The script is based on Ira Ishida’s homonymous erotic romance novel, which was nominated for a Naoki Award in 2001, earning widespread attention and support from women readers before being adapted to the stage in August 2016, directed by Daisuke Miura and starring Tori Matsuzaka. Selling out every show, the play garnered massive attention due in particular to the actors performing completely nude in front of the audience. Now, the same Miura-Matsuzaka duo has risen to steeper challenges by bringing the story to the silver screen.

The film revolves around Ryo,...

After being hospitalized, a young student named Yo becomes infatuated with her nurse Yayoi; however after Yo is released, she learns that the nurse had quit her job. Still never far in her memory about a year later Yo, wandering the streets at night to escape her abusive family, comes across Yayoi who is now working as a prostitute. With a strong desire to save the woman she once admired, Yo forces herself into Yayoi’s life crashing at her place and trying to force her to change.

The result of Yo’s pressure forces an awkward romance as Yayoi is trying to fill a void left by a miscarriage and Yo is coming to terms with her sexuality after suffering abuse from her mother’s boyfriend for years. The pair’s interactions become more intense and involved as they both fight for the happiness of the other while trying to find their own peace.