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    Photo courtesy of Film Movement. Source: Film Movement, Foundry Communications press release Special Thanks to Michael Krause Photo courtesy of Film Movement. Film Movement is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a DVD of Park Kang's Terrifying SEIRE (세이레, 2021). Heralding the arrival of a fresh new voice in Korean genre cinema, SEIRE was an Official Selection in the Fantasia New Flesh Competition, was nominated for Best Film and captured the New Currents FIPRESCI Prize at the Busan International Film Festival, and also received a nomination for a Golden Eye Best International Feature at the 2022 Zurich Film Festival. In Korean folk traditions, "seire" is the twenty-one days after a baby is born in which they're uniquely vulnerable to bad luck, curses - even evil spirits. Many superstitions surround these first three weeks in a baby's life, and new mother Hae-mi carefully follows

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    Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. Source: Well Go USA, ddPR Special Thanks to Leif Helland Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray of the action-packed South Korean adventure NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN (살수, Salsu, 2023). Set in Korea’s Joseon-era and featuring spectacular swordplay, the film follows a deadly assassin who comes out of retirement to exact revenge on a group waging a brutal campaign of terror against local villagers. NIGHT OF THE ASSASSIN is written and directed by first-time auteur Kwak Jeong-deok and stars Shin Hyun-joon (GUNS & TALKS, SON OF A GENERAL II & III), Lee Mun-sik (NIGHT IN PARADISE), and Kim Min-kyung (PIPELINE, SPIRITWALKER). Synopsis:        After a deadly, long-dormant health condition surfaces during a mission, Joseon’s most lethal assassin goes into hiding to seek

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    Photo courtesy of Film Movement. Source: Film Movement, Foundry Communications press release Special Thanks to Michael Krause Photo courtesy of Film Movement. Film Movement is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a DVD of the bone-chilling Thai horror film, CRACKED (ภาพหวาด, P̣hāph h̄wād, 2022). They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this movie an inherited painting may be worth a thousand screams, Ruja (actress/model Chayanit Chansangavej) returns to Thailand from New York with her young daughter Rachel to settle her late father's estate. Included in her inheritance are two mysterious portraits of a bewitching woman that she is told are worth a fortune, if only they weren't damaged. Desperate to sell the paintings, Ruja hires Tim (K-pop star Nichkhun), an art restorer, to prepare the canvases for sale. But the cracks in the paint have begun to reveal

    A mysterious girl lurks in the shadows in SANA, the new J-Horror movie from Takashi Shimizu. Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 SANA Film Partners

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    A mysterious girl lurks in the shadows in SANA, the new J-Horror movie from Takashi Shimizu. Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 SANA Film Partners Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://movies.shochiku.co.jp/minnanouta/ (Japan)   Shochiku has provided information and images for SANA (ミンナのウタ, Minna no Uta), the new J-Horror movie from Takashi Shimizu, creator of the internationally acclaimed JU-ON franchise. The movie opens in Japan on August 11.   Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 SANA Film Partners Introduction You'll be humming along with the music...   In 2004, Takashi Shimizu directed THE GRUDGE, the Hollywood remake of his hit horror film series JU-ON. It became the first film by a Japanese director to rank first at the U.S. box office! In recent years Shimizu has directed the much-talked-about "Terror Village" series, including

    TOKYO GHOUL's Hiyori Sakurada and KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE's Fumiya Takahashi star in the romantic drama OUR SECRET DIARY. Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 OUR SECRET DIARY Film Partners

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    TOKYO GHOUL's Hiyori Sakurada and KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE's Fumiya Takahashi star in the romantic drama OUR SECRET DIARY. Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 OUR SECRET DIARY Film Partners Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://movies.shochiku.co.jp/koukan-usonikki/ (Japan)   Shochiku has provided information and images for their new romantic drama OUR SECRET DIARY (交換ウソ日記, Kōkan Uso Nikki). The film stars Fumiya Takahashi (KAMEN RIDER ZERO-ONE, KAGUYA-SAMA FINAL: LOVE IS WAR) and Hiyori Sakurada (TOKYO GHOUL, SILENT).   Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 OUR SECRET DIARY Film Partners OUR SECRET DIARY opens in Japanese cinemas on Friday, July 7th.   Introduction The hit teen novel, which has a total of over 500,000 copies sold, is now being made into a live-action movie!   This summer, join us on a journey of true love that starts with

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    Photo courtesy of Film Movement. Source: Film Movement, Foundry Communications press release Special Thanks to Michael Krause Photo courtesy of Film Movement. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in CRACKED (ภาพหวาด, P̣hāph h̄wād, 2022) a terrifying new Thai horror film, an inherited painting may be worth a thousand screams, The movie comes to DVD and Digital July 18, 2023 from Film Movement. Ruja (actress/model Chayanit Chansangavej) returns to Thailand from New York with her young daughter Rachel to settle her late father's estate. Included in her inheritance are two mysterious portraits of a bewitching woman that she is told are worth a fortune, if only they weren't damaged. Desperate to sell the paintings, Ruja hires Tim (K-pop star Nichkhun), an art restorer, to prepare the canvases for sale. But the cracks in the paint have begun to reveal long-hidden secrets,

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    Photo courtesy of Fantasia. © Fantasia Source: Fantasia International Film Festival press releaseSpecial Thanks to Jacob Klemmer The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 27th edition with a large and varied program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 20 through August 9, 2023, taking place at the Concordia Hall Cinema, with additional screens at the Cinémathèque Québécoise and Cinéma du Musée. The festival’s complete lineup will be announced in early July. In the meantime, Fantasia is proud to reveal a selected wave of titles, along with a very special event.    BRIGHT SPOTLIGHTS ON SOUTH KOREAN CINEMA ILLUMINATE FANTASIA’s 27th EDITION   Photo courtesy of Fantasia. © Fantasia Since the selection of Kang Je-gyu’s GINGKO BED at Fantasia’s 1998 edition, the festival has become one of the premiere destinations for South Korean cinema. Over the years, Fantasia’s

    Yusaku Matsuda stars in three rare Japanese gangster films, available outside Japan for the first time ever. Photo courtesy of Arrow Films. © Toei Co., Ltd.

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    Yusaku Matsuda stars in three rare Japanese gangster films, available outside Japan for the first time ever. Photo courtesy of Arrow Films. © Toei Co., Ltd. Source: Arrow Films, MVD Entertainment Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Photo courtesy of Arrow Films. © Toei Co., Ltd. Made at the end of the 1970s, Tōru Murakawa's GAME TRILOGY launched actor Yusaku Matsuda as the Toei tough guy for a new generation. Matsuda was the definitive screen icon of 1980s until his career was tragically cut short by cancer at the age of 40, following his Hollywood debut in Ridley Scott’s BLACK RAIN. In this career-defining triptych, Matsuda is Shohei Narumi, an ice cool hitman of few words, a steely trigger finger, and a heart of stone, hired in THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (最も危険な遊戯, Mottomo Kiken na Yūgi, 1978) by a company bidding for a lucrative government

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    Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2023 EMERGENCY INTERROGATION ROOM: THE FINAL Movie Production Committee Source: Toho Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://kintori-movie.jp/ (Japan)   Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2023 EMERGENCY INTERROGATION ROOM: THE FINAL Movie Production Committee The "interrogation room" - detectives fight for the truth, criminals cover up their crimes. It is their final battlefield. Toho has provided information and images for the feature film EMERGENCY INTERROGATION ROOM: THE FINAL (劇場版「緊急取調室 THE FINAL」, Gekijōban “Kinkyū Torishirabe Shitsu THE FINAL ”). It is a continuation of the TV Asahi drama series, EMERGENCY INTERROGATION ROOM, which aired for four seasons from 2014 to 2021. The movie opens in Japanese cinemas on Friday, June 16h. The series and film follow the explots of a special interrogation team of Investigation Division 1, the Emergency Case Response Interrogation Team that confronts

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    Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! Film Partners Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://movies.shochiku.co.jp/daimyo-tosan/ (Japan)   Shochiku has provided information and images for their new historical comedy drama WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! (大名倒産, Daimyō Tōsan). The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki (THE GREAT YOKAI WAR, THE KIRISHIMA THING, YOUR NAME), Hana Sugisaki  (BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, HER LOVE BOILS BATHWATER) and Kenichi Matsuyama  (DEATH NOTE, GANTZ series).   Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! Film Partners WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! opens in Japanese cinemas on June 23rd.   Introduction Best-selling author Jiro Asadac’s seminal historical fiction novel is finally coming to theaters! A man suddenly becomes the head of a domain, only to discover a debt of 10 billion yen?! Money has been intertwined

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    Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 SANA Film Partners Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://movies.shochiku.co.jp/minnanouta/ (Japan)   Shochiku has announced a new J-Horror movie, SANA (ミンナのウタ, Minna no Uta) from Takashi Shimizu, creator of the internationally acclaimed JU-ON franchise.   Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©2023 SANA Film Partners Introduction The latest film by Japanese horror master Takashi Shimizu. It’s the birth of a new bloodcurdling horror queen, following in the footsteps of Sadako from RING and Kayako from JU-ON: THE GRUDGE. Prepare to be haunted by Sana, a young girl who delivers a cursed melody that infects all those who hear it. Shimizu’s JU-ON paved the way for Japanese horror films and even saw a Hollywood remake. In recent years, he has delighted audiences with original works like HOWLING VILLAGE from the smash-hit

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    Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2023 Touken Ranbu: the Movie Production Committee/NITRO PLUS, EXNOA LLC Source: Toho Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://touken-the-movie.jp/ (Japan)   Toho has provided information and images for TOUKEN RANBU: THE MOVIE 2 (映画刀剣乱舞-黎明-, Eiga Tōken Ranbu -Reimei-), the second live-action film based on the collectible card video game TOUKEN RANBU ONLINE (Sword Dance Online) from Nitroplus and DMM Games. The movie opens in Japoanese cinemas on March 31st.   Introduction Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2023 Touken Ranbu: the Movie Production Committee/NITRO PLUS, EXNOA LLC   Four years have passed since the release of TOUKEN RANBU: THE MOVIE (映画刀剣乱舞-継承-, Eiga Tōken Ranbu -Keishō-, 2019), a blockbuster hit that depicted a shocking conclusion to the "Honnoji Incident" in which swordsmen and the Sengoku warlords such as Nobunaga Oda and Hideyoshi

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    Photo courtesy of Film Movement. © Nikkatsu Corporation, Imamura Production, Vap Inc., Shochiku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Source: Film Movement press releaseOfficial Site: https://www.filmmovement.com/warm-water-under-a-red-bridgeSpecial Thanks to Michael Krause Photo courtesy of Film Movement. © Nikkatsu Corporation, Imamura Production, Vap Inc., Shochiku Broadcasting Co., Ltd. A down-and-out Salaryman travels to a seaside town where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers in WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE (赤い橋の下のぬるい水, Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu, 2001), the final film from revered filmmaker Shohei Imamura. The Digitally restored, Palme d'Or-nominated classic opens theatrically at Bam Rose Cinemas on March 31; additional markets to follow. Visit the official website for screening updates. Film Movement Classics / 119 Minutes / Japanese Comedy, Fantasy, Drama / Japanese with English Subtitles /  Not Rated   SYNOPSIS Brimming with magical realism, sensuality,

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      © 2018 Youku Information Technology (Beijing) Company Source: ITN Distribution, Inc.Special Thanks to Avery Guerra   The independent film company ITN Distribution has released the Chinese giant monster movie SNOW MONSTER VS. ICE SHARK (大雪怪, Dàxuě guài, 2019) on DVD in North America. Directed by Huang He (UNDERGROUND MONSTER) and starring Juncheng Wu (UNKNOWN CONTROL), Yongxian Zhang (RESTART THE EARTH) and Tang Xin (LAND SHARK), the film follows representatives of a genetic research corporation who are attacked by giant creatures while on an expedition to an unknown area on the edge of the Arctic. © 2018 Youku Information Technology (Beijing) Company SNOW MONSTER VS. ICE SHARK is now available from Amazon and other major retailers (Walmart, Best Buy, etc) nationwide. The movie is presented in English and 2.35:1 widescreen, has a runtime of 82 minutes and a SRP of $15.99 .

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    Photo courtesy of Arrow Films. © 1965 Toei Co., Ltd. This September Arrow Brings One of Japan’s Most Important Cinematic Works to Home Video for the First Time Source: Arrow Films, MVD Entertainment Special Thanks to Audrey Faine Photo courtesy of Arrow Films. © 1965 Toei Co., Ltd. Japanese director Tomu Uchida (BLOODY SPEAR AT MOUNT FUJI, THE MAD FOX) directed 70 films over a career that spanned nearly 50 years. The crowning moment of Uchida's legendary career would come in 1965 with the release of the epic crime drama, A FUGITIVE FROM THE PAST (飢餓海峡, Kiga Kaikyō, 1965). On September 27, Arrow brings this stunning masterpiece to home video outside of Japan for the first time. In 1947, a freak typhoon sends a passenger ferry running between Hokkaido and mainland Japan plunging to the ocean depths, with hundreds of lives lost. During the chaos, three men

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      Photo courtesy of Arrow Films. © KADOKAWA Source: Arrow Video US, MVD Entertainment Group Special Thanks to Clint Weiler Photo courtesy of Arrow Films. © KADOKAWA Arrow Video US and MVD Entertainment are offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win their new Blu-ray of Daiei's BLIND BEAST (盲獣, Mōjū, 1969), a grotesque portrait of the bizarre relationship between a blind sculptor and his captive muse, adapted from a short story from Japan's foremost master of the macabre, Edogawa Rampo (Horrors of Malformed Men, The Black Lizard, Caterpillar). An artist's model, Aki (Mako Midori), is abducted, and awakens in a dark warehouse studio whose walls are decorated with outsized women's body parts - eyes, lips, legs and breasts - and dominated by two recumbent giant statues of male and female nudes. Her kidnapper introduces himself as Michio (Eiji Funakoshi), a blind sculptor whom she

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    Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. Source: Well Go USA, ddPR Special Thanks to Leif Helland Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. Well Go USA Entertainment is offering SciFi Japan readers a chance to win a Blu-ray of the acomedy-drama MIDNIGHT DINER (深夜食堂,  Shēnyè shítáng, 2019). Based on the celebrated manga series Shin’ya Shokudo  by Yaro Abe and previously adapted into the critically-acclaimed TV series in Japan, Korea and China, the cinematic version of MIDNIGHT DINER is set in a little restaurant in an inconspicuous lane of Shanghai, Tony Leung Ka-Fai (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HONG KONG) makes his directorial debut and plays the leading role of a man who makes a set of special food for each guest who visits the restaurant and listens everyone's story.  MIDNIGHT DINER also stars Deng Chao (SHADOW), Eddie Peng (OPERATION MEKONG), and Vision Wei (LOST IN WHITE).

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    Photo courtesy of Japan Society NY. North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema presents a dynamic slate of 38 films streaming online throughout the U.S. and screening in-person at Japan Society in NYC, introduces New York Premiere of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s WIFE OF A SPY and offers annual CUT ABOVE Award to star Yu AoiSource: Japan Society NY press releaseOfficial Site: JAPAN CUTS 2021: Festival of New Japanese FilmSpecial Thanks to Allison Rodman ​Japan Society announces the full lineup for the 15th annual JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film​, the largest festival of its kind in North America, set for August 20-September 2 as a hybrid online and in-person event.  Continuing its annual mission of showcasing a diverse slate of the best and most exciting films coming out of Japan today, the summer festival will introduce a total of 27 features​ and 12 short films​ including

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    Photo courtesy of Film Movement. Source: Film Movement, Foundry Communications press release Special Thanks to Michael Krause Photo courtesy of Film Movement. Singular auteur Koji Fukada (A GIRL MISSING, HARMONIUM) makes his first foray into episodic drama, adapting Mochiru Hoshisato’s popular manga into a limited-run series replete with his patently idiosyncratic and lively take on human nature, fatalism, and true love.   THE REAL THING (本気のしるし, Honki no Shirushi, 2019) was an Official Selection at Cannes in 2020, and featured as part of a spotlight on Fukada’s career during last year’s Tokyo International Film Festival.   SYNOPSIS After Tsuji (Win Morisaki), a floundering toy salesman, rescues Ukiyo (Kaho Tsuchimura), a mysterious woman whose car stalls on the train tracks, she inadvertently whisks him into an epic series of misadventures involving gangsters, strange interlopers, kidnapping and other sundry crimes.  

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