On Wednesday in Japan, the official website for Shinji Higuchi's live-action movie adaptation of Attack on Titan (out 2015) was updated with a full cast list.
Back in April it was announced that Haruma Miura will star in the film. Today's new additions include Hiroki Hasegawa, Kiko Mizuhara, Kanata Hongo, Takahiro Miura, Nanami Sakuraba, Satoru Matsuo, Satomi Ishihara, Pierre Taki, Jun Kunimura, Shu Watanabe, Ayame Misaki, and Rina Takeda. Unfortunately, their specific roles were not revealed in the announcement.
A few days ago the main cast of Solomon's Perjury, Izuru Narushima's upcoming 2-part film adaptation of Miyuki Miyabe's best-selling book trilogy, was announced on the film's official website with the promise that the lead actress would be revealed on Friday. This morning the site was updated with a photo of the rookie actress who was hand-picked from about 10,000 candidates after a year-long selection process. Unfortunately, her name wasn't included in...
Sota Fukushi and Kasumi Arimura have been cast in a live-action movie adaptation of Io Sakisaka's manga Strobe Edge directed by Ryuichi Hiroki. This marks the fourth time they've worked together, having both recently appeared in the TV dramas Amachan, Starman: Kono Hoshi no Koi, and Yowakutemo Katemasu.
Sakisaka's Strobe Edge manga was originally serialized in Bessatsu Margaret from 2007-2009 and has sold over 4.5 million copies. It's classified...
On Tuesday it was revealed that actor Toma Ikuta has been cast in the lead role of Yoshihiro Nakamura's upcoming live-action adaptation of Tetsuya Tsutsui's manga Yokokuhan.
Ikuta will play a man named Gates who hides his face with a mask made of newspaper and heads an organization called "Shinbunshi". Shinbunshi is responsible for a series of internet videos giving the public advance notice of crimes in which people the group deems...
Actor Yo Oizumi is set to star in Masato Harada's upcoming film Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko, marking the first time the two have worked together. Actresses Erika Toda and Hikari Mitsushima have also been cast as the film's two heroines.
The movie is based on a historical novel by late author Hisashi Inoue titled "Tōkei-ji Hanadayori". Oizumi will play a rookie physician named Nakamura Shinjiro who aspires to become a novelist.
The story is...
It's been announced that Ryosuke Yamada of the Johnny & Associates managed male idol group Hey! Say! JUMP will star in Eiichiro Hasumi's live-action movie adaptation of Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyōshitsu).
Just a few months ago, it was revealed that Yamada would make his silver screen debut in Tomoyuki Takimoto's Grasshopper, but this will mark his first starring role.
Based on a manga by Yusei Matsui which reached a...
Singer-songwriter Naoto Inti Raymi will make his acting debut in Toshio Lee's Kamisama wa Bali ni Iru, joining the film's previously annouunced stars Shinichi Tsutsumi, Machiko Ono, and Hiroshi Tamaki.
The film revolves around a woman named Sachiko (Ono) who's saddled with massive debt after the failure of her konkatsu (lit. "marriage hunting") business. She travels to Bali where she meets a Japanese-born multimillionaire in the area called...
