Today's selection concerns exclusively films from the Land of the Rising Sun. Sometimes we get some good hand-to-hand action from there.
A movie called "Colored Crows" (Color Crow) directed by first-time screenwriter and director Jun Yoriko based on the theatrical show of the same name, which became popular in Japan.
Set at the end of World War III in 2045, an elite member of a secret Japanese defense agency is sent on a counter-terrorism mission. The main character needs to save the real prince, but the mysterious organization Raven intervenes in the matter.
Starring theater actors from the original production: Manabu Takamoto, Sho Hinata и Ginga Sitara ("Black Butler: Noah's Ark Circus"). Also "Colored Crows" was the last film for the Japanese character actor Hiroyuki Watanabe (“Samurai”, “Motive”, “Pitchy Trick”, “Garo and the Crying Dragon”, series “Tokyo Police”), who died in May of this year at the age of 66.
The film will have a limited release 23 September 2022 years.
Martial artist, stunt girl and simply beautiful Japanese woman Saori Izawa, being a student of himself Taka Sakaguchi, worked as a stuntwoman on the sets of such films as "Rebirth" (2016) "Hungt for Man" (2017) "Kingdom" (2019) "GI Joe: Rise of Cobra" Snake Aes" (2021) and the franchise "Vagabond Kenshin".
For the first time we saw Izawa in the leading role in last year's action movie "Killer Kids", and now Saori can be seen in two new projects. The first of them is a horror action game called "Mr. Okumoto" (Mr. Okamuro) by debutant director Yuki Matsuno, which wowed everyone at the Kanazawa Film Festival with its short film "Criminal in full growth" (2021), taking the Audience Award.
Synopsis: Imagine a franchise "Candyman" meets the franchise "Halloween" the story of the only survivor of a series of brutal murders in college. She vows revenge on an evil entity that appears when a certain name is spoken, driving Japan into madness...
The main role went to the actress Reike Yoshida (TV series “That’s why I’ll do makeup”), and in addition Saori Izawa (“Killer Children”), the thriller featured: Rio Yoshida (TV series "She Was Beautiful") Seirai Anzai, Shorin Ishikawa and others.
The film's limited release will begin from 14 2022 October, the.
Let's finish today's selection with a film from the director Hugo Sakamoto, who gave us "Killer Kids".
Drama Action "Cleaner" (A Janitor) was also released in 2021, but will reach a wider audience only this year.
Synopsis: as a young man, Akira Fukami survived the murder of his father and as a child was looked after by his uncle, who turned out to be a magnate of the underworld. Years later, Fukami has grown up and works as a janitor at a remote high school, quietly serving his uncle as an assassin and secret bodyguard for his daughter Yui. One day, professional killers appear at school, wanting Yui dead. Then Akira must not only protect her, but also understand his past.
Played the main role in the film Seiji Fukushi (TV series “Unnatural Death”), Saori Izawa (“Rebirth”) plays one of the killers here, and the other roles are: Akari Takaishi ("Killer Kids") Wataru Ichinose ("Vagabond Kenshin: The Beginning") Haruka Imo ("Ushikubi Village"), Takashi Kitadai (TV series "Alice in the Borderlands"), Kazuki Namioka (The Crows franchise) and other actors.
"Cleaner" just recently appeared on the action movie streaming channel Hi-YEAH!.
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Tags: A Janitor, Color Crow, Mr. Okumoto, Akari Takaishi, Wataru Ichinose, Kazuki Namioka, Reika Yoshida, Saori Izawa, Seiji Fukushi, Takashi Kitadai, Haruka Imo, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Yugo Sakamoto
Tags: A Janitor, Color Crow, Mr. Okumoto, Akari Takaishi, Wataru Ichinose, Kazuki Namioka, Reika Yoshida, Saori Izawa, Seiji Fukushi, Takashi Kitadai, Haruka Imo, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Yugo Sakamoto
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