Fukuyama Masaharu sheds tears at the Cannes Film Festival

On May 18th, ‘Soshite Chichi ni Naru‘, starring Fukuyama Masaharu, was screened at “the 66th Cannes International Film Festival”. Main cast members, including Fukuyama, Ono Machiko, Maki Yoko, Lily Franky, Ninomiya Keita, Hwang Shogen, and the director Koreeda Hirokazu walked on the red carpet.

On the red carpet, all male cast members including two child actors appeared in black tuxedos, while Ono …


Fukuyama Masaharu to play his first role as a father in upcoming movie

Actor/singer-songwriter Fukuyama Masaharu will be teaming up with director Koreeda Hirokazu for a new movie called ‘Soshite Chichi ni Naru‘.

In the film, Fukuyama will play his first father role and his wife will be played by actress Ono Machiko. The second couple will be played by Maki Yoko, who has co-starred with Fukuyama in ‘Ryomaden‘, and Lily Franky.

The story of …


Supporting cast revealed for Miyazaki Aoi and Mukai Osamu’s upcoming movie ‘Kiiroi Zou’

On September 7th, the supporting cast of Hiroki Ryuichi’s upcoming movie ‘Kiiroi Zou‘, starring Miyazaki Aoi and Mukai Osamu as a married couple, was released.

As tokyohive reported in May, the movie is based on a popular novel of the same name by Nishi Kanako. It tells the story of the great bond of love between a married couple who …


‘BUNGO ~Sasayaka na Yokubo~’ releases full trailer revealing its great ensemble cast

On August 23rd, a full trailer for the upcoming omnibus movie ‘BUNGO ~Sasayaka na Yokubo~‘ (literally: ‘Meager Desire’) was released online.

Similar to the ‘BUNGO‘ drama series back in 2010, it features a live-action adaptation of short stories written by some of Japan’s finest authors from the Showa era. They are brought to life by six well-known scriptwriters and …


First trailer of Matsuda Shota as “Afro Tanaka” revealed

The live-action adaption of the popular manga ‘Afro Tanaka‘, starring Matsuda Shota and Sasaki Nozomi, finally has its first trailer.

The “Afro Tanaka” story revolves around Tanaka Hiroshi (Matsuda), a twenty-four year old high school drop-out who works as a tunnel digger in Tokyo.  His  trademark is a big fluffy afro. One day, a beautiful woman named Kato (Sasaki) moves into the …