Master of screen action and crime cinema John Woo recently presented his new film "Hungt for Man" (Manhunt) at the 74th Venice Film Festival, and very soon the film will be released. On this occasion, we are publishing a trailer, albeit belatedly.
We have already wrote about this project cult director who returned to the crime film genre after working in Hollywood and producing major epic films "Battle of Red Cliff" (2008) and "Crossing" (2014-2015).
"Hungt for Man", being a remake of the classic 1976 Japanese thriller "Dangerous Pursuit", will tell the story of a prosecutor accused of crimes he did not commit. To prove his innocence and figure out who framed him, the prosecutor is forced to flee from the police, who are hot on his heels.
Character posters for the film "Man Hungt".
The cast of John Woo's new film includes the following actors: Zhang Hanyu ("Bodyguards and Assassins") Stephy Qi ("Return"), Masaharu Fukuyama (Vagabond Kenshin trilogy), Ha Ji-won ("Duelist"), Jun Kunimura ("Kill Bill"), Tao Okamoto ("Wolverine: Immortal") Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (“Ip Man”, “Railroad Tigers”), Yasuaki Kurata (“Shinjuku Incident”) and others.
It is not yet known when the film will be released into cinemas, but this should happen before the end of 2017.
The second trailer for the film “Man Hungt” has appeared online.
Despite the fact that the land of the rising sun often spoils us with films on the theme of showdowns between street teenage gangs ("Clans of Tokyo" and franchise "Ups and downs"), filmmakers from Japan do not stop exploiting this theme. Here comes the director Yoshitaka Yamaguchi (“Samurai and the Cat”) made a film based on this plot called "Demakin" or Popeyed Goldfish.
Script belongs to Shinu Odachi (“Night of the 14 Year Olds”) and is based on a comic book series, which in turn was written based on real events.
The film will tell the story of a young man named Masaki, who, due to a difficult childhood, raised a real fighter without fear or reproach. Masaki has a dream - to lead his own street biker gang. And he strives for this dream.
The main role in the film was played by a young Japanese actor Kentaro Ito (“Night of 14-year-olds”), and he was accompanied by: Yuki Yamada ("Ajin: Half-Man") Taketo Tanaka (“Vagabond Kenshin”) and other actors.
The film will premiere 2 декабря 2017 года. In the meantime, we offer you a teaser of the future film for viewing.
Full trailer for the film "Bug-Eyed Goldfish" ("Demakin").
We want to finish today’s selection with a sports drama, again from Japan, called "Ringside Story" (Ringside story) directed by Masaharu Take, which was noted for such films as drama "Cafe in Seoul" (2009), action comedy "Inside the Hero" (2014) and comedy "Love for 100 Yen" (2014), which was about boxing.
New film by Take, who has teamed up with producer again Bong Ou-Lee (“Eden”, “Inside the Hero”), the genre is more of a sports drama with elements of comedy. "Ringside Story" tells the story of a girl named Kanako, who gets a job at the wrestling association WRESTLE-1, her amazing boss Keiji, and Kanako's boyfriend, the failed actor Hideo. The latter loses his girlfriend due to jealousy, and in order to win her again, he decides to fight the WRESTLE-1 champion.
The main roles in the film were played by the actress Erika Sato (“Gaemon”) and Eita (“Harakiri 3D”), and they were accompanied by: Kimiko Yo (“Sushi girl”), Yoji Tanaka (“Zatoichi”), as well as a Japanese wrestling legend Keiji Muto ("The Mask of the Suburbs").
The film premiered at the Busan Film Festival this summer. And AyaPro opens full-fledged rental in Japan 14 2017 October, the.
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Tags: Manhunt, Popeyed Goldfish, Ringside story, John Woo, Jun Kunimura, Yoji Tanaka, Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Keiji Muto, Kentaro Ito, Masaharu Take, Masaharu Fukuyama, sports drama, Stephy Qi, Ha Ji-won, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Zhang Hanyu, Erika Sato, Yuki Yamada, Yasuaki Kurata
Tags: Manhunt, Popeyed Goldfish, Ringside story, John Woo, Jun Kunimura, Yoji Tanaka, Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Keiji Muto, Kentaro Ito, Masaharu Take, Masaharu Fukuyama, sports drama, Stephy Qi, Ha Ji-won, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Zhang Hanyu, Erika Sato, Yuki Yamada, Yasuaki Kurata
Added a full-fledged trailer for "Demakin".
Added character posters for "Hungt for Man".
Added the second trailer for “Manhunt.