The Japanese manga and anime comes to life in this amazing live-action adaptation that is driven by the performances of lead stars Tatsuya Fujiwara and Kenichi Matsuyama. Aspiring law student Light Yagami hopes to one day follow in his father’s footsteps to become a detective. However, when Light learns that criminals are having their cases […]Read Post ›
2003, Toei Company/Fukusaku-Gumi/Toei Video Company/Toei Advertising K.K./Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co./Nippon Shuppan Hanbai K.K./GAGA Communications/WOWOW/Sega Directors: Kenji Fukusaku Kenta Fukusaku Producers: Kenta Fukusaku Kimio Kataoka Hikaru Kawase Masumi Okada Writers: Takami Koushun (original characters) Kenta Fukusaku (screenplay) Norio Kida (screenplay) Cinematography: Toshihiro Isomi Editing: Hirihide Abe Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara (Shuya Nanahara) Ai Maeda (Shiori Kitano) Shugo […]Read Post ›
2000, Toei Company/Fukusaku-Gumi/GAGA Communications/Nippon Shuppan Hanbei/Kobi Co./WOWOW/AM Associates/MF Pictures Director: Kinji Fukusaku Producers: Kinji Fukusaku Kenta Fukusaku Chie Kobayashi Toshio Nabeshima Masumi Okada Kimio Kataoka Writers: Takami Koushun (novel) Kenta Fukusaku (screenplay) Cinematography: Katsumi Yanagijima Editing: Hirohide Abe Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara (Shuya Nanahara) Aki Maeda (Noriko Nakagawa) Taro Yamamoto (Shogo Kawada) Takeshi Kitano (Kitano-Sensei) Chiaki […]Read Post ›
The saga based on Nobuhiro Watsuki’s manga and the anime comes to an end in this exciting final installment that features both character-driven performances and perhaps the best action of the entire trilogy. Picking up where Kyoto Inferno ends, Kenshin Himura has awaken in the home of Seijuro Hiko, the samurai who taught him […]Read Post ›
2014, Warner Brothers Japan The legend of Kenshin Himura, the red-haired ex-samurai continues with the beginning of a two-part saga that takes one of the manga and anime’s most famous storylines. Having brought peace to the local village, Kenshin Himura is now living a simple life. Once known as the assassin known as “Battosai”, […]Read Post ›
Coming this October in Japan, a new installment of the live action adaptation of the manga & anime Death Note will be arriving. Death Note: Light Up the New World or Death Note 2016 as it is also called, takes place ten years after the last installment Death Note: The Last Name and gives us an update on […]Read Post ›
