A trailer for a Japanese long-term construction project called "Blacksmith Samurai" (Tatara Samurai), which, after going to festivals, is still being released this year.
The director of this samurai action movie Yoshinori Nishikori (“Railroad”) has already presented the film both in its homeland (the festival screening took place back in 25 August 2016 year), and in the USA at a film festival Ozark Foothills Film Fest in Arkansas.
The plot of the film will tell the story of a young blacksmith Gosuke in the setting of 16th century Japan. Gosuke decides to give up his job as a master gunsmith and join the ranks of Oda Nabunaga's army. After the first battle, Gosuke understands that the future of the army does not lie in swords and halberds, but in muskets and cannons.
The following actors starred in the film: Shun Sugata ("The Last Samurai"), Anna Isiy ("If cats disappear all over the world"), Kosuke Toyohara (“Zatoichi: The Last”) and others.
It remains to be said that Nishikori’s film was received very warmly by the audience and the jury, awarding him with various victories at various film festivals.
In Japan, “The Blacksmith Samurai” opened in wide release 20 May, and the film will be released internationally 2 June 2017 year.
The next film we want to talk about is a film adaptation of a famous writer in Japan Shiba Ryotaro, who specialized in historical novels. We are talking about a samurai drama called "Battle of Sekigahara" (Sekigahara).
The director of the film is a classic of Japanese cinema Masato Harada, who has such films as "Gunhead: Robot War" (1989) "Les Misérables" (1997) "Suicide Song" (2001) "The Emperor in August" (2015) and others.
The film will focus on one of the most significant battles in Japanese history, which took place on October 21, 1600. A fight broke out between Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern Alliance and the Western Army of the heirs of the Toyotomi clan, deciding the fate of the new united Japan. As usual, the plot will unfold around several historical figures located within military events.
Famous Japanese actors starred in the film: Koji Yakusho ("Harakiri 3D"), Junichi Okada (Library Warriors franchise) Kasumi Arimura (TV series "Predator"), Ken Yamamura (“Wolverine: Immortal”) and others.
“The Battle of Sekigahara” is released in Japan 26 August 2017 year. In the meantime, we invite you to enjoy the film's trailer.
From harsh samurai films and from Japan in general, let's move to China, where filmmakers have shared the trailer for the upcoming wuxia epic called "The Legend of the Naga Pearls" (Legend of the Naga Pearls).
At the director's helm of this project is a certain Leon Yang, for whom “Nagi” is his directorial debut.
Synopsis of the film: the story tells us the adventures of three completely different people - a thief, a constable and a prince, who live in the fictional world of Novoland. Each of the key characters in the story has their own goal, and a chance meeting brings the trio together. Even though they don't trust each other, the heroes will have to learn to work together to stop a big evil.
The main role in the film is played by a rising star of Chinese cinema. Darren Wang (“Railroad Tigers”), and his company consists of: Zhang Tainai ("I belong to you"), Xing Yu (“Ip Man”) and others. Our brother may be attracted to the film by taking part in it and needs no introduction. Simon Yam ("SPL: Stars of Destiny") and Jiang Luxia (“Teacher vs. Vampires”).
The film's premiere is scheduled for 4 August 2017 year. Judging by the trailer, we are in for at least a beautiful wuxia film. All we have to do is wait.
The second trailer for the film “The Legend of the Naga Pearls” has appeared online.
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Added the second trailer for the film "The Legend of the Naga Pearls".