NEWS

Finally, "BARAGAKI - Unbroken Samurai" directed and written by Masato Harada will be released today, October 15th!
KAIJU INC. has cast Mr. Jonas Bloquet as JULES BRUNET, an officer in the French army.
Jonas is an actor who was nominated for the "Most Promising Actor" at the French Academy Awards in 2017.

"Cottontail"(released in 2022) , a Japan-UK co-production filmed in Japan and the UK, starring Lily Franky, was selected as an example of Japan-UK exchange by the British government's GREAT campaign. The poster was displayed on the wall outside the British Embassy in Tokyo and the visual was posted on the official Twitter page.

Official Twitter: @UKinJapan

Season 4 of "Bachelor Japan" will begin streaming exclusively on Thursday, November 25, 2021 at 10:00pm! The Bachelor Japan" is a marriage survival show in which several women with different personalities and backgrounds compete to become the only partner of a successful bachelor.

An additional cast member has been announced for HBO max TV Series "TOKYO VICE"!

Hideaki Ito as DETECTIVE MIYAMOTO, Show Kasamatsu as SATO, and Tomohisa Yamashita as AKIRA.

The following cast members have also been announced:
Shun Sugata, Ayumi Yata, Masato Hagiwara, Kosuke Toyohara, Ayumi Ito, Makiko Watanabe, Yuka Itaya, Miyuki Matsuda.

***TOKYO VICE, co-produced by WOWOW and HBO max, is an eight-episode drama series about Jake, a rookie police reporter in Tokyo, who delves into the dangerous underworld in his relentless pursuit of special news.

Ko Iwagami officially has joined to the Casting Society of America!

The online even "How to film the best Self-tape" that KAIJU INC held last year has been taken up by The Asahi Shimbun.

[The Asahi Shimbun's online article]:
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASP4J5HHLP4DULFA02G.html
[The Asahi Shimbun's podcast]:
https://omny.fm/.../0e4bbea0-7c30-4d07-967b-ad0c00c7fdf8
[Youtube link "How to film the best Self-tape"]:
https://youtu.be/tAgxxNBZWyI

The new Uber Eats commercial staring Yuriyan Retriever and Kazuki Enari has been on air!!

Netflix has announced guest stars who will appear in "Creator's File GOLD" streaming on June 3rd.

Netflix Original Series "The Naked Director 2" will be back for a 2nd season on 24th June 2021!

Lily Franky, Ryô Nishikido, Tae Kimura, Rin Takanashi have joined the cast of Oscar-nominated “Philomena” producer Gabrielle Tana’s forthcoming film “Cottontail” directed by Patrick Dickinson.

Netflix has announced "The Naked Director: Season 2"'s new cast members!

"Seishun Sick" by Fujii Kaze (directed by Tomokazu Yamada) has won "BEST CONCEPTUAL VIDEO" and "BEST BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST for SPACE SHOWER MUSIC AWARDS 2021!!!

Ko Iwagami has been selected a CASTING JURY member for 2021 D&AD Awards Casting Category!!!

Sony brand massage video has been released!
The theme of this work is "Overcoming the current situation and reality, and creating a future beyond it”.

Fujii Kaze's new single "Seishun Sick" has been released!

KAYTRANADA's new music video "LOOK EASY" collaborating with Lucky Daye received four nominations at the 62nd Grammy Awards including one for Best R&B Album for his debut Painted has come out on Youtube!

MITSUBISHI MOTORS's new global commercial, ECLIPSE CROSS is now on air!

IKEA’s new commercials have been on air!

"Casting director likes to do things the nonstandard way"
the article of the interview with KAIJU INC. CEO, Ko Iwagami has been published in the japantimes alpha!!!

Article by Matthew Hernon
Photo by Ken Hirama / @kenhirama (Instagram)

Apple TV, "Pachinko", an upcoming based on the critically-acclaimed novel is set to begin October 26 on multiple continents on the anticipated series. The story is a Korean family who eventually immigrates to Japan, The character-driven tale features a large ensemble of characters who become subjected to issues of racism and stereotypes, among other events with historical origins in the 20th-century Korean experiences with Japan.

DeLonghi Coffee Machine commercial has come out!

A Japanese famous comedian, Ryuji Akiyama's original mockumentary series "Creators' File" will be on Netflix as "Creator's File GOLD" in 2021!

"Darkness of Otherwhere" by Ayoub Qanir was selected for Venice Film Week 2020!!

The short film“One Night Two Threads”, produced by KAIJU FILMS was officially selected to Brisbane International Film Festival !!

Audi's new commercial for Q3 Sportback is now on air for only web.
It will be broadcasted on TV on 24th of September!

Uber Eats Japan's New Commercial has been on air!
Hiroshi Abe and Takayuki Yamada co-star in the commercial.

The third film in killer shark franchise, Deep Blue Sea 3 will be coming straight to a home release from Warner Bros! Reina Aoi, a Japanese actress who had survived highly competitive auditions is portraying Miya, one of the main characters.

- Synopsis -
Dr. Emma Collins and her team are spending their summer on the island of Little Happy studying the effect of climate change on the great white sharks who come to the nearby nursery every year to give birth. Along with the last two inhabitants of this former fishing village, their peaceful life is disrupted when a "scientific" team led by her ex-boyfriend and marine biologist Richard show up looking for three bull sharks who we soon learn aren't just any bull sharks.

"The Bachelor Japan" will be back as a new season!

"The Bachelor Japan", which has been made for 3 seasons so far and it is to find his true love and life partner, a bachelor dates a group of women, over several weeks, who compete in a series of challenges that are meant to prove their compatibility with him.

Amazon has announced that “The bachelorette Japan” will be streaming on Amazon Prime on 9th of October!
The woman who were selected for the first Japanese bachelorette is Moeko Fukuda who has been active as a model and also sport traveler. How exciting to see their emotional conflicts and “love” battles between male contestants through romantic dates and travels!

Netflix Japan Original Horror Series, JU-ON: Origins based on the famous JU-ON franchise is now on Netflix and has been streamed in 190 countries!

- Synopsis -
“JU-ON: Origins” will focus on the true events of which is the inspiring base of the story. Those are the beginning of the “curse” and give a raw look at the chain of terror that befalls all of those who come into contact with the house.