Tokyo Vice Season 2 will return to Max in February 2024 in the US and to WOWOW in spring 2024 in Japan. Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Rinko Kikuchi, and Masashi Kasamatsu will come back to the new series, and Yosuke Kubozuka and Miki Maya will also join from this season!

The film “Cottontail,” starring Lily Frankie, will be released on March 1, 2024.

The film is a Japanese-British co-production directed by Patrick Dickinson, winner of the British Academy Award for Best US Student Film.

Lily Franky, Ryo Nishikido, Tae Kimura, and and Rin Takanashi star in the film. Also, Ciaran Hinds of “Belfast” and Eefa Hinds of “Normal People”.

Lily and director Dickinson attended the official world premiere screening at the 18th Rome International Film Festival’s. Director Dickinson received the award for Best First Feature Film.

The world premiere of the Japanese-British co-production “Cottontail,” starring Lily Franky, Ryo Nishikido, Tae Kimura, Rin Takanashi and Ciaran Hinds (“First Man”), will be held at the Rome Film Festival on October 26.

Iori Abe will play the leading role in “Boku no Naka ni Saku Hanabi”. The film is directed by up-and-coming director Yusho Shimizu, who won the Best J.Horror Award at the Japan Film Festival Los Angeles 2022.

Panasonic Make New movie won Silver in the Achievement in Production category in the Crafts category at the 70th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity!

The featured film, Biohazard: Death Island directed by Eiichirô Hasumi has come out in theater since July 7th in Japan. KAIJU INC. was in charge of casting actors for motion capture.

[Synopsis]
D.S.O. agent Leon S. Kennedy is on a mission to rescue Dr. Antonio Taylor from kidnappers, when a mysterious woman thwarts his pursuit. Meanwhile, B.S.A.A. agent Chris Redfield is investigating a zombie outbreak in San Francisco, where the cause of the infection cannot be identified. The only thing the victims have in common is that they all visited Alcatraz Island recently. Following that clue, Chris and his team head to the island, where a new horror awaits them.

Towa Araki, Durian Lollobrigida, Hono Miyabe joined the premiere screening for the short film, Strange directed by Ken Ochiai.

The shot film, “Strange” directed by Ken Ochiai has been nominated for Asia International & Japan Program of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asian 2023.

Screening Information:
DATE/TIME: Sunday, June 25 @11:2- to 13:10
LOCATION: Omotesando Hils Space O

Online Screening:
TERM: June 26 to July 10 (Domestic streaming only)

***Please check the official site for your apply and more information.
https://shortshorts.org/2023/program/aj/aj-11/strange/

WELCOME TO NIKE JUKU has won SILVER SPIKE in Casting category and GOLD SPIKE in Direction category at Spikes Asia FESTIVAL OF CREATIVITY.

The teaser Trailer for “Strange,” a short film directed by Ken Ochiai x produced by Digital Hollywood University Graduate School / WOS, has been released‼︎

CAST: Toba Araki Durian Lollobrigida Miyabe Hono

Director/Screenplay: Ken Ochiai
Original story: “Strange” by Yuruko Tsuyuuki (Torch Comics, published by Lido)

Youtube link

The Bloat, written and directed by up-and-coming Tokyo-based horror filmmaker Pablo Absento, has been in post production now and expected to be completed by mid-2023. KAIJU INC. is honor to be a  part of this project!!

*Synopsis: “Bloat” tells the story of a mother (Novakovic) and two sons who are vacationing in Japan. The father of the family (McKenzie), who is a military officer, is away stationed in Turkey. During their stay outside Tokyo, their younger son almost drowns in a lake. Soon after the accident, the parents realize that something is wrong with their boy.