The world of stuntmen has always been a captivating one, even if, for the sake of the “legacy” of the movie stars these people double, their work is left in the background. Despite the fact, movies such as “The Stunt Woman” and “Uzumasa Limelight” explore the lives of these individuals and their role within the industry in the most captivating way. “Lone Wolf” (aka The Last Stunt Man” as its title is Japan) moves in the same direction, although focusing more on a fictional dramatic story than their work in the industry.
After his father, a stuntman, died during a stunt, Akira moved to LA with his mother. Growing up, he became a professional motocross racer, participating in the National Motocross Championship. When his mother dies, however, he decides to leave everything behind and return to Japan, to seek revenge against Gou, who, in his knowledge, was responsible for his father’s death.
After his father, a stuntman, died during a stunt, Akira moved to LA with his mother. Growing up, he became a professional motocross racer, participating in the National Motocross Championship. When his mother dies, however, he decides to leave everything behind and return to Japan, to seek revenge against Gou, who, in his knowledge, was responsible for his father’s death.
- 2/19/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Japanese pop culture blog Gigazine has posted individual trailers for the trilogy of "Real Onigokko" movies being released in Japan this May.
All three movies are directed by Mari Asato (Ju-on: Black Ghost, Keitai Kanojo) and their events take place at the same time in different locations.
The Real Onigokko franchise is based on a novel by Yusuke Yamada about a parallel world where everyone with the last name "Sato" is hunted by masked men for some mysterious reason. "Onigokko" is the Japanese equivalent of the children's game "tag". The person designated "oni" (demon) tries to catch any of the other players. Appropriately, these movies generally stick to the basic theme of people being chased. Fighting back is rarely an option due to the single-minded determination of the "oni", so survivors end up running for their lives in a series of nonstop action scenes. In a similar vein to Battle Royale,...
All three movies are directed by Mari Asato (Ju-on: Black Ghost, Keitai Kanojo) and their events take place at the same time in different locations.
The Real Onigokko franchise is based on a novel by Yusuke Yamada about a parallel world where everyone with the last name "Sato" is hunted by masked men for some mysterious reason. "Onigokko" is the Japanese equivalent of the children's game "tag". The person designated "oni" (demon) tries to catch any of the other players. Appropriately, these movies generally stick to the basic theme of people being chased. Fighting back is rarely an option due to the single-minded determination of the "oni", so survivors end up running for their lives in a series of nonstop action scenes. In a similar vein to Battle Royale,...
- 4/7/2012
- Nippon Cinema
A new trilogy of Real Onigokko movies is set for release in Japan this May. A combined trailer for all three movies was released earlier today.
In 2008, Yusuke Yamada’s popular Real Onigokko novel was adapted as a relatively low budget movie starring Takuya Ishida, Shunsuke Daito, and Mitsuki Tanimura (international English title: The Chasing World). In the story, a teenager named Tsubasa Sato is pulled into a parallel world where anyone with the surname Sato is hunted relentlessly by creepy masked men under orders from a mysterious king. Anyone who dies in the parallel world also dies in Tsubasa’s original world, so he spends the majority of the story protecting the alternate version of his sister.
The movie did surprisingly well with teens and tweens due to repeat after-school viewings, and a sequel followed in 2010.
In the new movies, people with type B blood are victims of the game.
In 2008, Yusuke Yamada’s popular Real Onigokko novel was adapted as a relatively low budget movie starring Takuya Ishida, Shunsuke Daito, and Mitsuki Tanimura (international English title: The Chasing World). In the story, a teenager named Tsubasa Sato is pulled into a parallel world where anyone with the surname Sato is hunted relentlessly by creepy masked men under orders from a mysterious king. Anyone who dies in the parallel world also dies in Tsubasa’s original world, so he spends the majority of the story protecting the alternate version of his sister.
The movie did surprisingly well with teens and tweens due to repeat after-school viewings, and a sequel followed in 2010.
In the new movies, people with type B blood are victims of the game.
- 3/21/2012
- Nippon Cinema
The official website for King Game, the latest live-action film by manga artist Tatsuya Egawa (Golden Boy, Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari), has been updated with a new trailer.
Unlike Egawa’s last film, 2006’s “Tokyo University Story”, this is not based on one of his manga, but an entirely original story. Takuya Ishida (The Chasing World) and Sei Ashina (Nanase Futatabi: The Movie) star as two of 10 people gathered together in a room to play a mysterious game. In fact, they’ve each been brought there under a secret contract, and are not allowed to reveal any details about their true identities to each other. The film is said to highlight dark aspects of the human psyche, illustrating people’s potential for lust and violence when trapped somewhere and controlled.
“King Game” will be released at Shinjuku K’s Cinema on August 28, 2010.
Thanks to logboy for the heads up.
Unlike Egawa’s last film, 2006’s “Tokyo University Story”, this is not based on one of his manga, but an entirely original story. Takuya Ishida (The Chasing World) and Sei Ashina (Nanase Futatabi: The Movie) star as two of 10 people gathered together in a room to play a mysterious game. In fact, they’ve each been brought there under a secret contract, and are not allowed to reveal any details about their true identities to each other. The film is said to highlight dark aspects of the human psyche, illustrating people’s potential for lust and violence when trapped somewhere and controlled.
“King Game” will be released at Shinjuku K’s Cinema on August 28, 2010.
Thanks to logboy for the heads up.
- 6/30/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Yesterday it was announced that manga artist Tatsuya Egawa (Golden Boy, Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari) has completed work on his second live-action film as a director and that it will be released this summer. Unlike his last film, 2006’s “Tokyo University Story”, this is not based on one of his manga, but an entirely original story.
Takuya Ishida (The Chasing World) and Sei Ashina (Nanase Futatabi: The Movie) star as two of 10 people gathered together in a room to play a mysterious game. In fact, they’ve each been brought there under a secret contract, and are not allowed to reveal any details about their true identities to each other. The film is said to highlight dark aspects of the human psyche, illustrating people’s potential for lust and violence when trapped somewhere and controlled.
Other cast members include Shunsuke Kubozuka, Ai Maeda, Keisuke Horibe, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Nana Natsume, Jai West,...
Takuya Ishida (The Chasing World) and Sei Ashina (Nanase Futatabi: The Movie) star as two of 10 people gathered together in a room to play a mysterious game. In fact, they’ve each been brought there under a secret contract, and are not allowed to reveal any details about their true identities to each other. The film is said to highlight dark aspects of the human psyche, illustrating people’s potential for lust and violence when trapped somewhere and controlled.
Other cast members include Shunsuke Kubozuka, Ai Maeda, Keisuke Horibe, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Nana Natsume, Jai West,...
- 6/11/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Phantom Film has released the first five minutes of Real Onigokko 2, the slightly bigger budget followup to Issei Shibata‘s 2008 sleeper hit The Chasing World.
In the original film, Takuya Ishida played a high school kid named Tsubasa Sato who gets sucked into a parallel world where everyone named Sato are relentlessly hunted by soulless masked soldiers under orders from a malevolent king. Due to circumstances which are never really explained, a death in the parallel world would cause the same person to mysteriously drop dead in Tsubasa’s own world. Thus, he spends the entire film desperately trying to protect the alternate version of his sister, Ai (Mitsuki Tanimura).
In this film, Tsubasa finds himself stuck in yet another world where people named Sato are hunted, but this reality is ruled by a shogun named Suzuki. Tsubasa again tries to protect another version of his sister, this time played by Jun Yoshinaga,...
In the original film, Takuya Ishida played a high school kid named Tsubasa Sato who gets sucked into a parallel world where everyone named Sato are relentlessly hunted by soulless masked soldiers under orders from a malevolent king. Due to circumstances which are never really explained, a death in the parallel world would cause the same person to mysteriously drop dead in Tsubasa’s own world. Thus, he spends the entire film desperately trying to protect the alternate version of his sister, Ai (Mitsuki Tanimura).
In this film, Tsubasa finds himself stuck in yet another world where people named Sato are hunted, but this reality is ruled by a shogun named Suzuki. Tsubasa again tries to protect another version of his sister, this time played by Jun Yoshinaga,...
- 5/25/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Well it took a while, but here’s the trailer for Hideyuki Hirayama‘s “Shin-san: Tankou-machi no Serenade”, an adaptation of a novel by Tomoki Tsujiuchi.
This project has been a pretty tough one to follow. It was originally announced simply as “Shin-san” and filming took place throughout all of Kyushu back in the Fall of 2008. However, distributor Goldrush Pictures never came up with a release plan and the completed film sort of got trapped in limbo. In the meantime, the title was changed to “Boku no, Suki na Hito.”, then changed again to it’s current title.
Plot: In 1963, Michiyo Tsujiuchi (Koyuki) returns to her coal mining hometown in Fukuoka with her elementary school-aged son, Mamoru. One day, Mamoru is being harassed by a group of rowdy kids when he’s suddenly rescued by a notorious tough boy named Shinichi, aka Shin-san. Shin-san’s parents died when he was young,...
This project has been a pretty tough one to follow. It was originally announced simply as “Shin-san” and filming took place throughout all of Kyushu back in the Fall of 2008. However, distributor Goldrush Pictures never came up with a release plan and the completed film sort of got trapped in limbo. In the meantime, the title was changed to “Boku no, Suki na Hito.”, then changed again to it’s current title.
Plot: In 1963, Michiyo Tsujiuchi (Koyuki) returns to her coal mining hometown in Fukuoka with her elementary school-aged son, Mamoru. One day, Mamoru is being harassed by a group of rowdy kids when he’s suddenly rescued by a notorious tough boy named Shinichi, aka Shin-san. Shin-san’s parents died when he was young,...
- 4/2/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Back in January, the magazine Big Comic Original revealed that Shinichi Ishizuka's mountain-climbing manga "Gaku: Minna no Yama" would be turned into a live-action film to be released sometime in 2011. No further details had been available until earlier today, when Toho officially announced the project to the media.
Filming is currently underway under the direction of Osamu Katayama (Heat Island) and is expected to wrap in July. Actor Shun Oguri (Crows Zero) will play a mountain rescue team volunteer named Sanpo and Masami Nagasawa (Magare! Spoon) will co-star as a new team member named Kumi. The film's budget is said to be around 1 billion yen (~$10 million Usd).
Although shooting began only a few days ago, Oguri began training under a professional mountain guide way back in December -- in part, to overcome his fear of heights. Nagasawa, who had to sacrifice 12 inches of length from her hair for the role,...
Filming is currently underway under the direction of Osamu Katayama (Heat Island) and is expected to wrap in July. Actor Shun Oguri (Crows Zero) will play a mountain rescue team volunteer named Sanpo and Masami Nagasawa (Magare! Spoon) will co-star as a new team member named Kumi. The film's budget is said to be around 1 billion yen (~$10 million Usd).
Although shooting began only a few days ago, Oguri began training under a professional mountain guide way back in December -- in part, to overcome his fear of heights. Nagasawa, who had to sacrifice 12 inches of length from her hair for the role,...
- 3/19/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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