The first teaser is for Inoue Mao's newest movie "Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu" (I Give My First Love to You) with Okada Masaki as the male protagonist has been released. It's beeing directed by Shinjo Takehiko and an adaption of Kotomi Aoki's tear-jerking manga originally serialized in Sho-Comi in 2005. Toho will be releasing it in Japan on October 24, 2009.

Plot:
As a child Takuma is diagnosed with a heart condition that requires care from a cardiologist. He soon becomes friends with his doctor’s young daughter Mayu while being treated at the hospital. One day Mayu overhears her father saying that Takuma’s condition is serious enough that he most likely won’t live long beyond the age of 20. Takuma isn’t aware of this himself, however, so at 8-years-old he makes a promise to marry Mayu when they turn 20. Later in life, Takuma (now played by Okada) becomes aware that he won’t be able to keep this promise and he begins distancing himself from Mayu (Inoue) in hopes of protecting her.



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Last week various Korean sites posted the full Korean trailer for Young-nam Kim's "Boat" in anticipation of its domestic release on May 28th. Meanwhile an alternative Japanese teaser was posted on its official Japanese site. In Japan the movie will be called "No Boys, No Cry", but the Japanese release date hasn't been announced yet.

The movie stars Jung-woo Ha ("The Chaser", "My Dear Enemy"), Tsumabuki Satoshi (starring in NHK's current historical dorama "Tenchijin", also was in "Orange Days" and "IWGP"; several big movie roles like in "Pandemic", "Dororo" and "Spring Snow") and Kanjiya Shihori (23 years old; recent "Love Shuffle" dorama and movies like "Swing Girls" or "Survive Style 5+") in the leading roles.

In the film, Jung-woo Ha plays a low-level smuggler named Hyeong-ku who uses a small boat to transport drugs to his partner in Japan, Toru (Tsumabuki), 3 or 4 times a month. When their boss orders them to kidnap a girl name Jisu (Tokunaga Eri; 20 years old) and bring her to Japan, Toru sees an opportunity to steal $2 million of their organization's money. Hyeong-ku gets caught in the middle as things go really bad for the both of them in a hurry.

The script was penned by Aya Watanabe, who previously wrote screenplays for Maison de Himiko and A Gentle Breeze in the Village, among others.

Japanese teaser:


Korean trailer:


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Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com
Source: NipponCinema (Plot & Trailers)
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Here's the first teaser for "Gokusen: The Movie", which picks up a year after the events of the recent graduation special. Gokusen first aired in 2002 and involves a young teacher named Kumiko Yamaguchi (Nakama Yukie) who's put in charge of the notoriously misbehaved class 3-D. Yamaguchi isn't just any ordinary wide-eyed young teacher, though. She's actually the 4th-generation heir to the powerful Ooeda yakuza family. And while she's kind-hearted and would much rather teach than take over the family business, she has the unfortunate habit of incorporating yakuza slang and mannerisms into her daily work. Until now each new class 3-D has been introduced in a new season 3 years after the previous one. The movie will involve season 3's 3-D and the class that took their place after graduation.

Distributor Toho will be releasing Gokusen: The Movie in theaters sometime in July.



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Actress Nagasawa Masami (21) participated in the preview screening of her upcoming movie "Gunjou: Ai ga Shizunda Umi no Iro" (also known as "Cobalt Blue") that's going to open in cinemas on June 27. She appeared wearing a springlike and fresh one-piece dress.

The movie is an adaptation of a Miyagi Ayako's story about a young Okinawa woman (Nagasawa) whose fiancé dies in a diving accident. On stage she talked a bit about Sasaki Kuranosuke (41, right side in the picture) who plays her father in the movie. "He had an incredible suntan and looked really good, really dandy-like." Sasaki also only had high praises for her. "It would be incredible, if I had such an extremely pretty daughter."

I'll give you one of the first teasers as an extra.
Warning(!), the sound is somewhat loud!



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Some of you might think that news regarding "Blood: The Last Vampire" don't fit on this blog, since it's Jun Ji Hyun (My Sassy Girl), a Korean girl in the leading role, but I think it still deserves a place here. Why? Because the villain, or how you want to call her, is played by no other than the beautiful Koyuki, plus it's based on a Japanese anime made by Mamoru Oshii.

The teaser is hot off the Internet, so you better watch it before everyone knows!

The film is based on Hiroyuki Kitakubo’s anime and revolves around a 16-year-old demon-hunting human/vampire hybrid named Saya (Gianna Jun) who is part of a top-secret government agency. For her latest mission, she must infiltrate a military base in order to expose and destroy her powerful nemesis, Onigen (Koyuki).