A murder mystery starring Ken Watanabe, the latest from Plan 75 director Chie Hayakawa and a true story from Takashi Miike are showcased by Japanese sellers at Filmart.
Kazuhiro Taira This film is based on a true story from the Second World War about two soldiers in Okinawa who built a shelter in a large tree and waited for reinforcements for years, not knowing the war had already come to an end.
The story begins when a corpse is found holding a bag of valuable shogi Japanese chess pieces, leading a detective to a young shogi prodigy.
Contact: Hitomi Hosoda, Shochiku. Takashi Ono This comedy is about a young widow with a hidden talent for baseball and a coach who trains her in ways that spoof classic Japanese baseball films and manga such as Star Of The Giants. Contact: Ruka Okayama, Nikkatsu. Shun Nakagawa Young love is at the centre of this drama about five high-school students whose hidden feelings are slowly revealed as they learn more about each other. Director Nakagawa, who also wrote the screenplay, is known for Sayonara, Girls , which played Tokyo in Yurugu Matsumoto This film centres around a mysterious old woman who appears in a town and sets up a bar, casting a figurative spell on its townspeople.
The lead is played by year-old Mitsuko Kusabue, who has featured in films by Kon Ichikawa, Ishiro Honda and Mikio Naruse over a career spanning more than 70 years. The cast also includes Dean Fujioka Pure Japanese. The film is set for release at home on April 4. Her latest revolves around an year-old girl who peeks into the lives of adults around her, including her father who is battling cancer, while indulging in her own childlike fantasies. It is in post-production ahead of a local release on June Satoko Yokohama Fresh from its premiere at the Berlinale in February, where it won a special mention in the Generation section, this coming-of-age drama is set over a summer in a seaside town known to attract artists.
