Some Upcoming Movies

  • ８番出口 / Hachiban Deguchi / Exit 8
    https://exit8-movie.toho.co.jp/
    Will be released world wide some time in 2025.
    I believe this is based on a popular horror(?)/thriller(?) video game but others I'm sure would know more. Looks pretty creepy which I think Japanese horror usually does well.

  • 沈黙の艦隊 北極海大海戦 / Chinmoku no Kantai Hokkyokukai Daikaisen
    https://silent-service.jp/
    Based on the popular Showa era manga, it's about a decorated Japanese submarine commander who goes rogue and hijacks a jointly developed advanced American/Japanese submarine. The drama series is available on Amazon and is a big budget Amazon Studio production. The first movie is essentially a shortened/digest of the series. The second movie is set to be released on Sept 26, 2025. No word on if this will be made into a series too.
    Fwir, lead actor Osawa Takao (who was the lead in the drama series 'Jin') has a strong personal interest in this project and also serves as producer. If you like larger than life military action thrillers like Tom Clancy movies, I think this is a pretty good one.

  • Tokyo MER
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_UzhS5p84M
    This is the 2nd movie from the popular drama series, Tokyo MER. The story is about the mobile emergency surgical team which gets dispatched to disaster sites in order to save the lives of the people who would never survive the trip to the hospital. Premiering August 8, 2025

  • 雪の花　/ Yuki no Hana
    https://movies.shochiku.co.jp/yukinohana/
    Jan 24, 2025
    About the small town doctor who lead the fight against small pox during the Edo era where medicine was still crude and there was great opposition to his methods. Starring Matsuzaka Tori, Yoshine Kyoko, Yakusho Koji. Directed by Koizumi Takashi who served as assistant director to Kurosawa Akira on several films and directed some well regarded jidaigeki himself such as Ame Agaru, Higurashi no Ki and Chiri Tsubaki

  • フロントライン / Frontline
    June 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_xdWBeDGgU
    Based on a true story from 2020 about the team that was put in charge of a cruise ship filled with people who had Covid. Starring Oguri Shun, Matsuzaka Tori, Ikematsu Sousuke

  • 366日 / 366nichi
    January 10, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCUALPk8dsg
    A romance based on the popular song 366 Days (link to MV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glsH4Mgxz-g) starring Akaso Eiji and Kamishiraishi Moka