From Rekuru: Kanjani8 member Maruyama Ryuhei is set to make an appearance in the upcoming movie, Wild 7. Maruyama Ryuhei made his stage debut earlier this year and will now be appearing in the movie scene. The movie, Wild 7, was originally a manga based on seven police officers selected among villains to combat criminals. Maruyama Ryuhei will be playing as one of the seven members in the movie, Pairou, a specialist in mechanics and demolition with several motorcycle action scenes. Maruyama Ryuhei was excited to take on the challenge of a movie experience and learn from his co-stars. More »

From Rekuru: The Incite Mill is a movie project by Horipro management and only casted actors under their management. It was to commemorate 50 years. Sadly, it didn’t do the 50 years justice, but I’ll get to that later. Asianmediawiki shared this synopsis: “Ten people gather together at a complex named “Ankikan” after hearing of a short term job paying 112,000 Yen ($1,236 USD) per hour. The ten people are informed that they will be monitored 24 hours a day for 7 days straight in a psychological experiment. They are then sent to individual rooms with a different weapon located in each room. Once they are locked in they learn the rules of the psychological experiment. 1.) Each person must return to their room by 10 PM. 2.) At the end of 7 days or when there are only two surviving members left alive the experiment will end. The next day a person is found shot to death. Now, what looked like a dream job will turn into a nightmare… “ More »

From Rekuru: Tokyo Koen, also known as Tokyo Park, stars Haruma Miura as a college student hired by an old man to take pictures of a woman and her child when they walk through the park. This strange job makes changes in his relationships of the women in his life. It sounds very interesting especially that he doesn’t know why he’s taking the pictures. Plus, Haruma is a definite cutie! Check out the trailer below. More »

From Rekuru: Do you guys remember all those speculations that heartthrob Zac Efron will be playing as Shotaro Kaneda in the upcoming Hollywood live-action adaption of the classic anime, “Akira“? Well, those rumors are already confirmed to be false. But some new names have popped up as possibilities. More »

From Rekuru: At a press release from Universal Pictures, they announced more details regarding the film 47 Ronin directed by Carl Erik Rinsch. The film will begin filming on the 14th March, with the lead actor Keanu Reeves and four Japanses actors who are Sanada Hiroyuki, Asano Tadanobu, Shibasaki Kou and Kikuchi Rinko. More »

From Reelwire: In this list that was found online, Spirited Away is one of the movies that the Oscars made famous. Do you agree with them? Slumdog Millionaire is also another. Both are really popular movies. In fact, I probably watch Spirited Away at least once a month because I love it so much (and it’s also in my iPod). Winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar in 2001 was apparently a shock. It is said that no one really expected it to win? Hmmm, maybe. I wasn’t really paying attention when I was younger. More »

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DreamWorks are currently in the process of developing the English-language of ‘The Ring 3D‘. Now Kadokawa Pictures has made an announcement that the Sadako 3D will be hitting Japanese theaters in 2012. More »

From Rekuru: Finally, a teaser has been released for Shun Oguri’s new film, Gaku: Minna no Yama. Masami Nagasawa also stars, and she also cut off all her hair for a boy cut to fit the part. Oguri also had to overcome his fear of heights for the film. More »

So many movies, so little time. I believe 2010 was a great year for movies with so many different kinds from different countries. The nominees are…. More »

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From Rekuru: Spaceship Battle Yamato, starring Kimura Takuya, has top the weekend box office. The movie earned a whopping 943,995,550 yen (about US$11.4 million) in five days. Although the conversion into US dollars doesn’t seem like much, it’s quite a lot in Japan. TOHO, the film’s distributor, made the announcement Monday that the film was seen 412,129 times and made 528,215,150 yen (US$6.4 million) during the December 4-5 weekend alone, which put the film at #1 on the weekend box office chart. I just want to say “WOW.” I’m very excited for this movie, which I just know will get distribution in the US, and hopefully all over the world for others to enjoy. Please enjoy the clip of the first two minutes of the movie below. More »

From Rekuru: “Evangelion 02: You can not advance” was a mega hit in Japan when it was released back in June 2009, earning more than 4,000,000,000 Yen. Like their other Evangelion movies, this one will also be exported to North America and will hit US theaters starting January 2011. More »

From Rekuru: “Ashita no Joe” was originally a manga series by Tetsuya Chiba and Asao Takamori which ran from 1968 to 1973. It was later made into anime series and movie. This boxing movie stars Yamashita Tomohisa from NEWS, Teruyuki Kagawa, and Yusuke Iseya. More »

From Rekuru: The makers of the recently released film, ‘Ghost Mouichido Dakishimetai‘, a Japanese remake of Hollywood’s Ghost, has announced that the film will be shown in five other countries apart from Japan. Ghost Mouichido Dakishimetai features actress Matsushima Nanako and actor Song Seung Heon. More »

From Rekuru: Japanese horror film, Battle Royale 3D is set to release in Japan on November 20th, and it has also been announced that they will be bringing this film to the United States next year. You can view the trailer below, but I will add a Warning: Graphic Violence before you watch this, viewer discretion is advised. More »

From Rekuru: There’s been more news on the casting of the Live-action film of Akira. While trying to attempt to confirm last week’s rumor of Zac Efron being casted, this rumor has also appeared. It’s been said that Morgan Freeman is interested in playing the role of Colonel Shikishima. More »

From Rekuru: A huge rumor has been either scaring anime fans or fluttering the hearts of females. The rumor is that Zac Efron has been offered the lead role in the live-action adaption of Akira. If rumors are true, then Efron is most likely to play Shotaro Kaneda, young leader of a motorcycle gang called The Capsules. More »

From Rekuru: The announcement of Paranormal Activity Tokyo Nights, Japanese version of Paranormal Activity, has caused great anticipation as it stars Japanese actor Nakamura Aoi. A preview of the thriller has been released and it gives cold chills. More »

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Upcoming movie ‘SPACE BATTLESHIP Yamato‘ featuring Kimura Takuya has had great anticipation and there was already a private screening of the film on November 1st. It was announced that the private screening had more than 100,000 requests for a seat but unfortunately there were only 3,800 seats available. More »

From Rekuru: You might have heard about “Paradise Kiss” (one of the popular manga series) being made into a live action film, starring Kitagawa Keiko and Mukai Osamu. The movie will hit the theaters in May 2011, and the promotional poster of the movie was finally shown to the world! More »

From Rekuru: It’s official! One of the popular manga series Fruits Basket is going to get a Hollywood makeover. Nothing has been said yet, but it is at its planning stage currently. However, it has been revealed that it would be produced by Joshua Long (1212 Entertainment), who is most known for his work in live-action Cowboy Bebop movie. More »