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    Photo courtesy of Nikkatsu. ©2025 NIGHT FLOWER Film Partners Source: Nikkatsu CorporationOfficial Site: https://movies.shochiku.co.jp/nightflower/ (Japan)Special Thanks to Mai Mino   Nikkatsu Corp. and Shochiku have provided information and photos from their new crime drama NIGHT FLOWER (ナイトフワラー, Naito Fuwarā). The film was written and directed by Eiji Uchida, director of the Japan Academy Award-winning MIDNIGHT SWAN (ミッドナイトスワン, Middonaito Suwan, 2020), and stars Keiko Kitagawa (THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT, THE PROMISED NEVERLAND, STOLEN IDENTITY).  NIGHT FLOWER had its World Premiere at the 2025 Tokyo International Film Festival, Gala Selection. Shochiku will release the film in Japanese cinemas on Friday, November 28th. Nikkatsu is handling international sales.   Photo courtesy of Shochiku. ©2025 NIGHT FLOWER Film Partners Photo courtesy of Shochiku. ©2025 NIGHT FLOWER Film Partners STORY By day, a devoted mother; by

    Jiro Sato and Yuki Yamada star in the thriller, SUZUKI=BAKUDAN. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan.©Katsuhiro Go/KODANSHA Ltd. All Rights Reserved. ©2025 BAKUDAN Film Partners. All Rights Reserved.

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    Jiro Sato and Yuki Yamada star in the thriller, SUZUKI=BAKUDAN. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan.©Katsuhiro Go/KODANSHA Ltd. All Rights Reserved. ©2025 BAKUDAN Film Partners. All Rights Reserved. Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan Official Site: https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/bakudan-movie/ (Japan)   Warner Bros. Pictures Japan has provided press notes and photos for their new thriller,  BAKUDAN (爆弾, meaning "bomb"), which opens in Japanese cinemas this Friday, October 31st.  International sales agents Fuji Television Network and Pony Canyon are marketing the film outside Japan with the title SUZUKI=BAKUDAN.   Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan.©Katsuhiro Go/KODANSHA Ltd. All Rights Reserved. ©2025 BAKUDAN Film Partners. All Rights Reserved. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan.©Katsuhiro Go/KODANSHA Ltd. All Rights Reserved. ©2025 BAKUDAN Film Partners. All Rights Reserved. Introduction    2025—The greatest shock of the Reiwa era is

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    Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co., Ltd. ©️2025 THE FINAL PIECE Film Partners Source: Shochiku Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://movies.shochiku.co.jp/banjyo-movie/ (Japan)   What is it that enables us to say we are truly alive? This mystery begins with a man's corpse found on a mountain, holding a bag of valuable shogi pieces. What gradually unravels is a startling truth and a painful and sad ‘life choice’.   Shochiku has provided information and photos for their new film, THE FINAL PIECE (盤上の向日葵, Banjo no Himawari), based on the 2017 bestseller The Sunflower on the Shogi Board by author Yuko Yuzuki. The films stars Kentaro Sakaguchi (SIGNAL THE MOVIE, PARADES) and Ken Watanabe (THE LAST SAMURAI, INCEPTION , GODZILLA, KOKUHO).    THE FINAL PIECE opens in Japan this Friday, October 31st.   Japanese poster. Photo courtesy of Shochiku Co.,

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    Photo courtesy of Nikkatsu. ©2025 HOKUSAI'S DAUGHTER Production Committee Source: Nikkatsu CorporationOfficial Site: https://oioui.com (Japan)Special Thanks to Mai Mino Theatrical poster. Photo courtesy of Nikkatsu. ©2025 HOKUSAI'S DAUGHTER Production Committee Nikkatsu Corp. has provided information and photos from the historical drama HOKUSAI’S DAUGHTER (おーい、応為, O ̄ i, ōi). The movie "Hokusai's Daughter" is the first Japan film to depict the life of O-Ei (Katsushika Oi), the daughter of Katsushika Hokusai, the legendary painter who created "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" and "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa".  It was released theatrically in Japan on October, 17th, 2025. Nikkatsu Corporation is now handling international sales. HOKUSAI’S DAUGHTER was written and directed by Tatsushi Omori (THE WHISPERING OF THE GODS, MOTHER), and is based on the biography The Life of Katsushika Hokusai by Koshin Iijima and the manga Miss Hokusai by Hinako Sugiura. The latter was previously adapted as the anime film SARUSUBERI: MISS HOKUSAI 

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    Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©SHUICHI YOSHIDA/ASP ©2025 KOKUHO Film Partners Japan’s Official Selection for Best International Feature Confirms One Week Special Engagements at AMC Universal CityWalk Hollywood In Los Angeles starting November 14 & Angelika Film Center in New York on November 21 Source: GKIDSOfficial Site: kokuhou-movie.com (Japan), https://gkids.com/films/kokuho/ (US) Special Thanks to Hannah Kim   Photo courtesy of GKIDS. ©SHUICHI YOSHIDA/ASP ©2025 KOKUHO Film Partners Academy Award-winning producer and distributor GKIDS announced today special one-week-only theatrical engagements of KOKUHO (国宝, 2025) in New York and Los Angeles, and revealed new poster artwork. The film is set to play at the AMC Universal CityWalk Hollywood in Los Angeles on November 14, 2025 and Angelika Film Center in New York City on November 21, 2025, with a nationwide release to come.  Previously announced as Japan’s official submission for Best International Feature at

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    Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. Source: Well Go USA, LBHpr  Special Thanks to Leif Helland Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. Famine and plague have decimated 15th century Japan, and the shogun watches as his country falls into chaos in the action-packed historical epic SAMURAI FURY (室町無頼, Muromachi Burai, 2025), debuting on Digital October 7, and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD October 28 from Well Go USA Entertainment. A rebellious wanderer gathers a small army of misfit warriors who are ready to fight back, but victory will be hard won. Adapted from the award-winning novel Muromachi Outsiders by Ryosuke Kakine and Directed by Irie Yu (A GIRL NAMED ANN, MEMOIRS OF A MURDERER)​, SAMURAI FURY stars Oizumo Yo (SPIRITED AWAY), Tsutsumi Shinichi (ALWAYS: SUNSET ON THIRD STREET), Nagao Kento (ROHAN AT THE LOUVRE), and Matsumoto Wakana (THE BLUE SKY AT YOUR FEET).

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    Photo courtesy of capelight pictures. Source: capelight pictures press releaseOfficial Site: https://www.capelight.de/project-genesisSpecial Thanks to Richard Stafford   Photo courtesy of capelight pictures. Today capelight pictures announced the U.S. release of the visually stunning, genre-bending Thai sci-fi fantasy adventure PROJECT GENESIS (ตาคลี เจเนซิส, Taklee Genesis, 2024), available on digital platforms and in physical formats (UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD) on October 21, 2025. Directed by visionary Thai filmmaker Chookiat Sakveerakul (13 BELOVED, LOVE OF SIAM), the film is a breathtaking, high-concept journey that fuses time-travel science fiction with kaiju monsters, dinosaurs, cavemen, and zombies—a bold cinematic mashup that spans over 7,000 years of history. Project Genesis stars Paula Taylor (THE PARALLEL), Peter Corp Dyrendal (FABULOUS 30), Wanarat Ratsameerat (JACK & JOKER), and Nutthacha Jessica Padovan (DEATH WHISPERER 2). It was written by Chookiat Sakveerakul, Thanamas Dhalerngsuk, and Sorawit Muangkaew, and produced by Monaiya Tharasak, Nakorn

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    Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. Source: Third Window Films, Terracotta Special Thanks to Adam Torel   Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. Third Window Films is pleased to announce the Blu-ray box set and Digital release of The Maiku Hama Trilogy, three films from director Kaizo Hayashi (CIRCUS BOYS, TO SLEEP AS TO DREAM), coming October 27th.   The Maiku Hama Trilogy Masatoshi Nagase stars as Yokohama private eye Maiku Hama—a Japanese approximation of Mike Hammer, in Kaizo Hayashi’s offbeat trilogy.  In THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE he gets embroiled in the disappearance of a Taiwanese immigrant’s brother, getting caught in the crosshairs of a gang war. In the 2nd film THE STAIRWAY TO THE DISTANT PAST he goes after a “Man in White” reigning over the embattled riverfront of Yokohama. The ominous final chapter THE TRAP straddles the line

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    Photo courtesy of the Criterion Collection. ©2024 CLOUD FILM PARTNERS Source: The Criterion Collection  Special Thanks to Courtney Ott  Japan’s master of psychological tension Kiyoshi Kurosawa (CURE, CHIME, PULSE) delivers one of his most audacious genre experiments to date with this dizzying revenge thriller. Hailed as “a hyper-lucid, fantastically kinetic, brilliant action movie” (IndieWire) that “shows the master filmmaker at his meanest and leanest” (The Film Stage), CLOUD (クラウド, Kuraudo, 2024) will make its exclusive streaming debut on the Criterion Channel on October 7, the same day it becomes available for TVOD rentals on Apple TV, Prime Video, and Fandango at Home.  Plus: A new interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, part of Criterion's Meet the Filmmakers series, will be available to stream on October 7. A home-video release will follow next February.  Yoshii (Masaki Suda) quits a factory job to pursue his side business reselling questionably

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    Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. © Shunichiro Miki Source: Third Window Films press release Special Thanks to Adam Torel Photo courtesy of Third Window Films. © Shunichiro Miki Third Window Films is pleased to announce the Blu-ray release of Toshiaki Toyoda’s THE WARPED FOREST (あさっての森 , Asatte no Mori , 2011) on September 29, 2025. Directed by Shunichiro Miki, the follow-up to the 2005 cult classic FUNKY FOREST: THE FIRST CONTACT (ナイスの森: The First Contact, Naisu no Mori: The First Contact) is also the lead actress debut of SHOGUN star Fumi Nikaido. Six years after directors Shunichiro Miki, Katsuhito Ishii and Hajime Ishimine teamed up to deliver FUNKY FOREST, Shunichiro Miki, flying solo this time, is back to deliver THE WARPED FOREST, a film full of nipple guitars, giant store owners, wiener guns and the Pinkie Pankie monster.   Running Time: 82 Minutes 

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    Photo courtesy of Iconic Releasing. © 2000 The Battle Royale Production Committee Source: Iconic Events Releasing Official Site: https://www.iconicreleasing.com/events/battle-royale/tickets/Special Thanks to Erik Jansen (MediaLab)   Photo courtesy of Iconic Releasing. © 2000 The Battle Royale Production Committee. Iconic Events Releasing, a company specializing in distributing limited-engagement theatrical events to movie theaters, in partnership with Lionsgate, celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the acclaimed Japanese horror-thriller BATTLE ROYALE ( バトル・ロワイアル, ,Batoru Rowaiaru, 2000) with a special series of 4K theatrical-cut screenings set for October across North America. A rare interview with Kenta Fukasaku, BATTLE ROYALE screenwriter and the son of the movie’s director Kinji Fukasaku, will also be presented. For the 25th anniversary, Battle Royale will be presented with a crisp new 4K restoration that delivers all the onscreen action with stunning updated resolution. Catch the BATTLE ROYALE trailer at: https://youtu.be/AbmmkiiqD5c Tickets are on sale

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    Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©SHUICHI YOSHIDA/ASP ©2025 Japan’s Oscars Entry for Best International Feature Source: GKIDSOfficial Site: kokuhou-movie.com (Japan), https://gkids.com/films/kokuho/ (US) Special Thanks to Hannah Kim   Academy Award-winning producer and distributor GKIDS announced today it has acquired all North American rights to KOKUHO (国宝, 2025). Recently announced as Japan’s official submission for Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards, the smash-hit live action feature is directed by Sang-Il Lee, and stars Ryo Yoshizawa (KINGDOM), Ryusei Yokohama (YOUR EYES TELL), and Ken Watanabe (THE LAST SAMURAI, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS). The film is produced by Aniplex Inc. in association with Myriagon Studio, Amuse Inc., Toho Co Ltd., Lawson Inc. and Credeus, and international sales are handled by Pyramide International. GKIDS will release KOKUHO in North American theaters early next year.  Upon its domestic release in Japan in June, KOKUHO has

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    Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. ©2025 RE/MEMBER: THE LAST NIGHT Film Partners Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan Official Site: https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/karadasagashijp/ (Japan)   Japanese theatrical poster. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. ©2025 RE/MEMBER: THE LAST NIGHT Film Partners You can't leave this amusement park, even if you die.  Warner Bros. Pictures Japan has provided press notes and photos for their live-action horror movie RE/MEMBER: THE LAST NIGHT (カラダ探し THE LAST NIGHT, Karada Sagashi The Last Night), which opens in Japanese cinemas this Friday, August 5th.    RE/MEMBER: THE LAST NIGHT is the sequel to the 2022 box office smash RE/MEMBER (カラダ探し, Karada Sagashi). Both films are based on the web novel Re/Member by Welzard, in which high school are trapped in a time loop and must find the scattered remains of an unknown victim to break the curse and

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    Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd.©Ammitsu / Kodansha ©2025 STELLA NEXT TO ME Movie Production Committee Source: Toho Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://stella-eiga.jp/ (Japan)    Toho has provided press notes and photos for their live-action adaptation of the shojo manga Gazing at the Star Next Door (隣のステラ, Tonari no Sutera), which is now playing in Japanese cinemas. The film is being marketed in Japan as STELLA NEXT TO ME and internationally as GAZING AT THE STAR NEXT DOOR.   Introduction The original work is the wildly popular manga Gazing at the Star Next Door by Ammitsu, currently serialized in Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend (別冊フレンド, Bessatsu Furendo), depicting the “close yet distant love” between two childhood friends who find themselves in the frustrating relationship of “a celebrity and an ordinary person.” Chiaki Amano, the high school girl with a crush on her childhood friend, is portrayed

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    Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2025 EXIT 8 Movie Production Committee Source: Toho Co., Ltd. Official Site: https://exit8-movie.toho.co.jp/ (Japan)   Photo courtesy of Toho Co., Ltd. ©2025 EXIT 8 Movie Production Committee Toho has provided information and images for EXIT 8 (８番出口, 8-Ban Deguchi). The psychological horror movie premiered May 19th at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and opens in Japanese cinemas this weekend. EXIT 8 has been licensed by Neon for a North American theatrical release. EXIT 8 is based on the concept of "liminal space," abandoned or empty places that create a growing feel of eeriness, discomfort and surreality.   Introduction The global hit infinite loop game where you search for anomalies is now a live-action movie! You exit the subway turnstile and walk down a white underground passageway. A sign for “Exit 8”

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    Photo courtesy of the Criterion Collection. © Golden Princess Film Source: The Criterion Collection press release Special Thanks to Courtney Ott  Starting in October, some of Hong Kong cinema’s most beloved, iconic, and essential classics are coming to the Criterion Channel. That month, a major selection of long-unavailable movies from the Golden Princess library will make their streaming debuts—including John Woo’s game-changing action spectaculars THE KILLER, A BETTER TOMORROW, and HARD BOILED—where they’ll be joining the streaming service's extensive Hong Kong library. “We’re thrilled to be able to gather such a wide offering of inventive genre classics,” says Aliza Ma, the Criterion Channel’s head of programming, “making the Criterion Channel your streaming home for Hong Kong cinema.” October’s Criterion Channel lineup will include a Hong Kong Action Classics program, including films by legendary directors like Woo, Tsui Hark, and Ringo Lam and featuring global stars like

    The hit horror novel ABOUT A PLACE IN THE KINKI REGION has been adapted into a live-action movie. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. ©2025 KINKI Film Partners

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    The hit horror novel ABOUT A PLACE IN THE KINKI REGION has been adapted into a live-action movie. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. ©2025 KINKI Film Partners Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan Official Site: https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/kinkimovie/ (Japan)   Japanese theatrical poster. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. ©2025 KINKI Film Partners My friend has vanished. Before he disappeared, he was collecting accounts of several mysterious events that reportedly occurred in a certain place in the Kinki region. I have collected the relevant articles, interviews, and other excerpts in this book. And once you have understood everything, I would like to ask for your cooperation. I hope you will get in touch. My friend has vanished. And something isn't right with this place.   Warner Bros. Pictures Japan has provided press

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    Photo courtesy of Cult Epics and MVD.© 1986 Kadokawa Corp. Source: Cult Epics, MVD Entertainment Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Kadokawa's HIS MOTORBIKE, HER ISLAND (彼のオートバイ、彼女の島, Kare no Otobai, Kanojo no Shima, 1986) will have its North American premiere on Blu-ray and DVD this month from Cult Epics. Thie film is based on the 1977 novel by Yoshio Kataoka and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, the genre master behind the cult classics HOUSE (ハウス, Hausu, 1977) and SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS (ねらわれた学園, Nerawareta Gakuen, 1981). Following a painful breakup, macho biker Koh (Riki Takeuchi, BATTLE ROYALE II, THERMAE ROMAE) skips town and hits the road on his beloved Kawasaki W3 650. On his countryside excursion, he encounters the free-spirited Miyo (Kiwako Harada, older sister of Obayashi favorite Tomoyo Harada) who quickly takes interest in both the leather-clad Koh and his motorbike. Koh and Miyo fall in love even as Miyo's

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    Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. Source: Well Go USA, LBHpr  Special Thanks to Leif Helland Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. A drug informant is framed by the ambitious prosecutor he serves and winds up crippled and in jail in the action-packed South Korean crime thriller YADANG: THE SNITCH (야당, 2025), debuting on Digital September 9 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Upon his release, the one-time informant is determined to get his life back by any means necessary. First-time director Hwang Byeong-gug helms this “fascinating tale of pervasive corruption in the Korean narcotic enforcement,” starring a trio of actors Horror Movies Uncut called  the “perfect trifecta of acting” -- Kang Ha-neul (SQUID GAME), Yoo Hae-jin (EXHUMA), and Park Hae-joon (EMERGENCY DECLARATION). YADANG: THE SNITCH also hits Blu-ray and DVD exclusively through Amazon on September 9.   Synopsis       Framed and left for

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    Photo courtesy of Cult Epics and MVD.© 1981 Kadokawa Corp. Source: Cult Epics, MVD Entertainment Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Kadokawa's SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS (ねらわれた学園, Nerawareta Gakuen, 1981) will have its North American premiere on Blu-ray and DVD this October from Cult Epics. This groundbreaking first teenage idol movie by genre master Nobuhiko Obayashi, director of Toho's bizarre horror classic HOUSE (ハウス, Hausu, 1977), stars Hiroko Yakushimaru, then the heart-throb of millions of Japanese fans. Photo courtesy of Cult Epics and MVD.© 1981 Kadokawa Corp. Released months before lead Yakushimaru's breakthrough hit SAILOR SUIT AND MACHINE GUN (セーラー服と機関銃, Sērā-Fuku to Kikanjū, 1981), Obayashi's  SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS is a dazzling mix of special effects and blue-screen artifice--a stylistic flair perfected in Obayashi's debut HOUSE, now utilized for the onset of an alien invasion.  Ordinary schoolgirl Yuka's (Yakushimaru) new term comes to an odd start when

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