The latest City Hunter live-action film made its worldwide debut on Netflix on April 25, 2024, and actor Suzuki Ryohei’s portrayal of the Saeba Ryo in the film has captured the hearts of the audiences worldwide, with many praising him for the accurate depiction of the iconic character.
Turns out Suzuki went above and beyond to prepare for the role of Ryo Saeba in the film, with the aim of preserving the essence of the original manga while infusing the adaptation with realism and entertainment fit for a live-action film.
One of the most demanding aspects of the role for Suzuki was mastering the intricacies of firearm combat.
During filming, Suzuki tackled six types of firearms, practicing extensively with model guns to ensure seamless handling on set. But his dedication didn’t stop there. To truly understand the nuances of gun handling and recoil, Suzuki underwent four to five days of intensive training abroad,...
Turns out Suzuki went above and beyond to prepare for the role of Ryo Saeba in the film, with the aim of preserving the essence of the original manga while infusing the adaptation with realism and entertainment fit for a live-action film.
One of the most demanding aspects of the role for Suzuki was mastering the intricacies of firearm combat.
During filming, Suzuki tackled six types of firearms, practicing extensively with model guns to ensure seamless handling on set. But his dedication didn’t stop there. To truly understand the nuances of gun handling and recoil, Suzuki underwent four to five days of intensive training abroad,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
The official Twitter account of Netflix revealed the main trailer of the upcoming City Hunter live-action film featuring the theme song Get Wild Continual by Tm Network on April 8, 2024.
Newly announced cast includes:
Tetta Sugimoto as Akitaka Ito Ayame Misaki as Tsukino Seta Takaya Sakoda as Kunio Konno
Other cast include:
Ryohei Suzuki as Ryo Saeba Misato Morita as Kaori Makimura Masanobu Ando as Hideyuki Makimura Fumino Kimura as Detective Saeko Nogami
City Hunter Live-Action Film is set to release worldwide on Netflix on April 25, 2024.
Netflix is producing this live-action and describes it as, “a modern-day updated version of the manga, set in the bustling streets of Shinjuku”.
The live-action will be directed by Yuichi Sato. Tatsuro Mishima will be in charge of the script, and Yoshihide Otomo will be composing the music for the film.
The franchise had spawned a media franchise consisting of numerous adaptations and spin-offs from several countries.
Newly announced cast includes:
Tetta Sugimoto as Akitaka Ito Ayame Misaki as Tsukino Seta Takaya Sakoda as Kunio Konno
Other cast include:
Ryohei Suzuki as Ryo Saeba Misato Morita as Kaori Makimura Masanobu Ando as Hideyuki Makimura Fumino Kimura as Detective Saeko Nogami
City Hunter Live-Action Film is set to release worldwide on Netflix on April 25, 2024.
Netflix is producing this live-action and describes it as, “a modern-day updated version of the manga, set in the bustling streets of Shinjuku”.
The live-action will be directed by Yuichi Sato. Tatsuro Mishima will be in charge of the script, and Yoshihide Otomo will be composing the music for the film.
The franchise had spawned a media franchise consisting of numerous adaptations and spin-offs from several countries.
- 4/8/2024
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
A “story about facing life” set in Miyagi prefecture, 10 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. A former musician who lost her boyfriend in an accident. A pro boxer who keeps fighting even after the age of 30 and his wife. A woman fighting terminal cancer, who wants to stay alive as long as she can to attend her daughter’s wedding. Young stage actors who play out the “story of a soul”, while feeling nervous about their future. And lastly, a middle school girl who lost family members in a disaster and now has thoughts of suicide.
Each of the characters has a different problem to deal with, but all of them are stories about facing life. A story about living and surviving, and a future that will resonate with viewers everywhere.
(Source: Japanese Film Database)
Directed and scripted by Toru Yamamoto (Until I Meet September’s Love) based...
Each of the characters has a different problem to deal with, but all of them are stories about facing life. A story about living and surviving, and a future that will resonate with viewers everywhere.
(Source: Japanese Film Database)
Directed and scripted by Toru Yamamoto (Until I Meet September’s Love) based...
- 2/28/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Nearly a decade after its debut in competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered alongside the likes of Goodbye to Language, Winter Sleep, Clouds of Sils Maria, Maps to the Stars, and Two Days, One Night, Naomi Kawase’s drama Still the Water is getting a North American home courtesy of Film Movement. Ahead of a March 3 digital release, we’re exclusively debuting the new trailer for the film starring Nijirô Murakami, Junko Abe, Miyuki Matsuda, Tetta Sugimoto, and Makiko Watanabe.
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. Following a typhoon and during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend, Kyoko (Junko Abe), will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life,...
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. Following a typhoon and during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend, Kyoko (Junko Abe), will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Combining a European director with an exclusively Japanese cast is not exactly the norm in international cinema, and therefore “Tokyo Eyes”, stands out from the beginning, which was probably the reason it was selected for the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard-category.
The story revolves around two rather unusual characters. K is a young Japanese programmer who collects Techno LP. However, the unique thing about him is that he is also a vigilante who shoots people who behave badly, when he encounters them, although he always misses purposefully. Before each shooting, he wears a pair of glasses, with the media quickly naming him “Four Eyes”. Hinano is a 17-year-old girl who works part time at a beauty salon and lives with her older brother, Roy, who is assigned the Four Eyes-case. One day, Hinano recognizes K on the subway, from a police sketch her brother brought home, and finds herself fascinated by him,...
The story revolves around two rather unusual characters. K is a young Japanese programmer who collects Techno LP. However, the unique thing about him is that he is also a vigilante who shoots people who behave badly, when he encounters them, although he always misses purposefully. Before each shooting, he wears a pair of glasses, with the media quickly naming him “Four Eyes”. Hinano is a 17-year-old girl who works part time at a beauty salon and lives with her older brother, Roy, who is assigned the Four Eyes-case. One day, Hinano recognizes K on the subway, from a police sketch her brother brought home, and finds herself fascinated by him,...
- 7/25/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
At the Cannes Film Festival last year, our Nikola Grozdanovic called Naomi Kawase's "Still The Water" "an enthralling coming of age story," and one that he thought might walk away from the Croisette with some kind of prize to put on the mantel. That didn't happen, but the picture is still one to keep an eye on as this lovely new trailer reveals. Starring Nijiro Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga, Miyuki Matsuda, and Tetta Sugimoto, the story kicks off when a teenager finds a dead body floating in the sea. Here's the official synopsis: Read More: Review: Naomi Kawase's 'Still The Water' Is A Spectacle For The Senses On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami-Oshima, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery.
- 6/20/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Coverage of International Sales Agents (ISAs) has resumed for the Toronto International Film Festival. This segment covers inspirational companies that have officially selected films in the festival. SydneysBuzz features ISAs, as they play an instrumental and necessary role in helping filmmakers to share their visions and voices with the world.
Paris based sales agent MK2 has the following films premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival this year:
"Still The Water", by Naomi Kawase
Cast: Nijiro Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga, Tetta Sugimoto, Miyuki Matsuda, Fujio Tokita, Drama – 116 min – Japan/France – 2014 – Japanese
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full–moon night of traditional dances in August, 14–year–old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.
From the award–winning director of "The Mourning Forest" (Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 2007) and "Suzaku" (Camera d'Or, Cannes Film Festival 1997).
"Clouds Of Sils Maria", by Olivier Assayas Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger, Johnny Flynn, Brady CorbetDrama – 123 min – France/Germany/Switzerland – 2014 – English
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena.
She departs with her assistant (Kristen Stewart) to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal (Chloë Grace Moretz) is to take on the role of Sigrid, and Maria finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an ambiguously charming woman who is, in essence, an unsettling reflection of herself.
Learn about the MK2 slate here.
More about MK2:
MK2 is the first independent group of the French cinema industry (production, international distribution, exhibition, DVD publishing).More than 400 titles make up the MK2 library, which includes famous titles by international directors like David Lynch, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Michael Haneke or Abbas Kiarostami as well as films by the best French authors: Claude Chabrol, Alain Resnais, François Truffaut, Jacques Doillon. MK2 also handles the rights of recent films by famous talents (Gus Van Sant) or emerging directors such as Xavier Dolan and Gela Babluani. In addition to that, MK2 restores in HD whole collections of classic films (Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton , Stan Laurel, H. Lloyd).
Paris based sales agent MK2 has the following films premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival this year:
"Still The Water", by Naomi Kawase
Cast: Nijiro Murakami, Jun Yoshinaga, Tetta Sugimoto, Miyuki Matsuda, Fujio Tokita, Drama – 116 min – Japan/France – 2014 – Japanese
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. During the full–moon night of traditional dances in August, 14–year–old Kaito discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend Kyoko will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.
From the award–winning director of "The Mourning Forest" (Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival 2007) and "Suzaku" (Camera d'Or, Cannes Film Festival 1997).
"Clouds Of Sils Maria", by Olivier Assayas Cast: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace Moretz, Lars Eidinger, Johnny Flynn, Brady CorbetDrama – 123 min – France/Germany/Switzerland – 2014 – English
At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena.
She departs with her assistant (Kristen Stewart) to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal (Chloë Grace Moretz) is to take on the role of Sigrid, and Maria finds herself on the other side of the mirror, face to face with an ambiguously charming woman who is, in essence, an unsettling reflection of herself.
Learn about the MK2 slate here.
More about MK2:
MK2 is the first independent group of the French cinema industry (production, international distribution, exhibition, DVD publishing).More than 400 titles make up the MK2 library, which includes famous titles by international directors like David Lynch, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Michael Haneke or Abbas Kiarostami as well as films by the best French authors: Claude Chabrol, Alain Resnais, François Truffaut, Jacques Doillon. MK2 also handles the rights of recent films by famous talents (Gus Van Sant) or emerging directors such as Xavier Dolan and Gela Babluani. In addition to that, MK2 restores in HD whole collections of classic films (Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton , Stan Laurel, H. Lloyd).
- 9/12/2014
- by Erin Grover
- Sydney's Buzz
Welcome back to Cannes Check, In Contention's annual preview of the films in Competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on May 14. Taking on different selections every day, we'll be examining what they're about, who's involved and what their chances are of snagging an award from Jane Campion's jury. Next up, the first of two female directors in the lineup: Naomi Kawase's "Still the Water." The director: Naomi Kawase (Japanese, 44 years old). It's possible for certain filmmakers to become prominent, celebrated figures within the festival circuit without making much of a dent in the real world, even in the art-house sphere. Naomi Kawase is a good example. Favored by selectors and juries alike, even her most generously awarded films have secured minimal international distribution -- making her at once a familiar and unfamiliar presence in the lineup. Born and raised in Japan's rural Nara district,...
- 5/9/2014
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Still the Water
Director: Naomi Kawase
Writer: Naomi Kawase
Producers: Commes des Cinemas, Kumie Inc., Arte France Cinema & Eddie Saeta.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Makiko Watanabe, Hideo Sakaki, Tetta Sugimoto, Miyuki Matsuda
In the midst of a creative spike, Kawase who is already in prep and finance mode for An – sweet red bean paste (presented at Rotterdam’s Cinemart last month) will once again make a filmic case for the intimate rapport between our natural backdrop and person to person relationships. Look for Still the Water to be coated with plenty of green, ocean blues and blood line reds – as the basis for the project came about when the filmmaker learned of her grandmother’s backtory.
Gist: Taking place during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August and set on the Japanese island of Amami-Oshima, the drama centers on a 14-year-old boy who finds a dead body floating in the sea.
Director: Naomi Kawase
Writer: Naomi Kawase
Producers: Commes des Cinemas, Kumie Inc., Arte France Cinema & Eddie Saeta.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Makiko Watanabe, Hideo Sakaki, Tetta Sugimoto, Miyuki Matsuda
In the midst of a creative spike, Kawase who is already in prep and finance mode for An – sweet red bean paste (presented at Rotterdam’s Cinemart last month) will once again make a filmic case for the intimate rapport between our natural backdrop and person to person relationships. Look for Still the Water to be coated with plenty of green, ocean blues and blood line reds – as the basis for the project came about when the filmmaker learned of her grandmother’s backtory.
Gist: Taking place during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August and set on the Japanese island of Amami-Oshima, the drama centers on a 14-year-old boy who finds a dead body floating in the sea.
- 2/3/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Directed by Takeshi Kitano
Featuring Beat Takeshi, Kippei Shiina, Soichiro Kitamura, Tetta Sugimoto, Renji Ishibashi, Jun Kunimura and Ryo Kase
Takeshi Kitano returns to his yakuza-themed roots with a rollicking, violent, entertaining black comedy about gangster family values.
Gangsters are, and always have been, part of international cinematic language. From The Public Enemy to The Departed, via the likes of Rififi, Tokyo Drifter, Foxy Brown, and Two Hands, audiences over the decades have engaged enthusiastically with criminal anti-heroes whose goals don’t get any more complicated than blowing each other up. Bloody, internecine warfare unleashed across a cityscape is guaranteed to fill seats. Kitano’s specific goal with Outrage was this brand of genre entertainment – he started the script process by outlining a series of violent kills, then figured out how to weave them into the plot – and from the start this is a tale of action, not redemption. Don’t expect any moral framework,...
Featuring Beat Takeshi, Kippei Shiina, Soichiro Kitamura, Tetta Sugimoto, Renji Ishibashi, Jun Kunimura and Ryo Kase
Takeshi Kitano returns to his yakuza-themed roots with a rollicking, violent, entertaining black comedy about gangster family values.
Gangsters are, and always have been, part of international cinematic language. From The Public Enemy to The Departed, via the likes of Rififi, Tokyo Drifter, Foxy Brown, and Two Hands, audiences over the decades have engaged enthusiastically with criminal anti-heroes whose goals don’t get any more complicated than blowing each other up. Bloody, internecine warfare unleashed across a cityscape is guaranteed to fill seats. Kitano’s specific goal with Outrage was this brand of genre entertainment – he started the script process by outlining a series of violent kills, then figured out how to weave them into the plot – and from the start this is a tale of action, not redemption. Don’t expect any moral framework,...
- 11/20/2011
- by Karina Wilson
- Planet Fury
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