The Japanese movie "Amalfi" is a special production by Fuji TV to commemorate its 50th anniversary. The movie film in Italy and set to be open in theater on July 17, 2009.



Plot
Kuroda Yuji Oda is a foreign diplomat working in the coastal town of Amalfi, Italy. He investigates the case of a young Japanese girl kidnapped off the streets of Rome at Christmas, eventually falling in love with the girl's mother (played by Yuki Amami).

Starring: Yuji Oda, Yuki Amami, Koichi Sato, Erika Toda, Masaharu Fukuyama, Atsushi Ito
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani
Writer: Yuichi Shinpo
Producer: Chihiro Kameyama, Toru Ota

Amalfi: Megami No 50-Byou Trailer

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The upcoming live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's suspenseful manga, 'MW'. The movie is directed by Hitoshi Iwamoto known director of several Japanese television dramas including Queen’s Classroom and Nobuta wo produce. The movie is set to open in theaters on July 4, 2009 .



Plot
16 years ago, an incident occurred and all inhabitants on an island were killed. The truth to this incident was covered up overnight by the authorities. Everything was supposedly blown over by fully prepared concealment. However, there were two boys who happened to survive by a twist of fate… One boy, Michio Yuki, became an incredibly beautiful and very clever evil person who plots revenge on the government. The other boy, Yutaro Garai became a priest who pursues peace and justice. Evil and justice. Darkness and light. They shared the same past, but it brought them to be completely opposites of each other.

Yuki finds about “MW”; the horrible chemical-weapon which caused the incident years ago, and finally obtains it. With “MW”, he tries to move his plan of terminating all mankind with himself…

Starring: Hiroshi Tamaki, Takayuki Yamada, Ryo Ishibashi, Yuriko Ishida, Kazuaki Hankai, Shingo Tsurumi, Ikuji Nakamura, Yusuke Yamamoto, Toru Kazama, Toru Shinagawa, Rio Yamashita, Michio Yuki

MW / M.W. Trailer

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From Producer of "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" comes "Blood: The Last Vampire," based on the cult hit series. Opens in theater in theater on July 2009.




Plot
Blood: The Last Vampire is about a girl Gianna Jun name Saya on the surface, Saya is a stunning 17-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old halfling. Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts.

When she is sent onto an American military base in Tokyo by the clandestine organization she works for, Saya immediately senses that this may be her opportunity to finally destroy Onigen (Koyuki), the evil matriarch of all vampires. Using her superhman strength and her sword, she begins to rid the base of its evil infestation in a series of spectacular and elaborate showdowns. However, it is not until she forms her first human friendship in centuries with the young daughter of the bases general that Saya learns that her greatest power over Onigen may well be her ability for human connection.


Starring: Jeon Ji-hyeon, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, Colin Salmon, Andrew Pleavin, Koyuki
Directed by: Chris Nahon

The popular Japanese Drama series Gokusen will a film adaptation this summer. According to Japanese sources, the movie will be set around a school or summer festival of sorts with 3-D and Yankumi attending. There are some incidences though and chaos ensues.


Reappearance of old students from season one and two such as Oguri Shun, Hiroki Narimiya, Ishigaki Yuma, Kamenashi Kazuya, Koike Teppei, Hayami Mokomichi, and Koide Keisuke. Filming for the movie finished on May 13. The picture opens in theaters on July 11.

Director: Toya Sato
Writer: Kozueko Morimoto (manga), Michiru Egashira, Yuuko Matsuda
Producer: Masatoshi Kato
Starring: Yukie Nakama, Katsuhisa Namase, Aya Hirayama, Aki Hoshino, Jiro Sato, Santaro Sakigake, Kota Ishii, Kyoko Enami, Kazuya Kamenashi, Yuya Takaki, Haruma Miura, Hideo Ishiguro, Junta Nakama, Akito Kiriyama, Shohei Miura, Tomohiro Waki, Ken Kaneko, Kenji Anan, Shinji Uchiyama, Hiroshi Ryogoku, Ken Utsui, Mokomichi Hayami, Teppei Koike, Keisuke Koide, Shun Oguri, Yuma Ishigaki, Hiroki Narimiya, Yuta Tamamori, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Riki Takeuchi, Ikki Sawamura, Kento Kaku

Synopsis

Yankumi (Yukie Nakama) has been assigned to oversee the toughest class in the whole school, Class 3D of Akado High School by the school principal. Being the 4th generation heir of the Oedo family, she always sacrifice herself for others and tough at fighting her opponents which include punks and gangsters. Her first priority is to tackle tough and bad students in her class.

One day, the class head of 3D Reita (Yuta Tamamori) beats up a street guy and the guy later complains with the school principal (Katsuhisa Namase). The principal later warns Yankumi to ensure her class students are not involved with anymore fights or else she would be sacked. Reita then asks her teacher not to interfere with his personal problem as he prefers to settle the problem by himself.

As a responsible and dedicated teacher Yankumi later gets involved with former student Ren (Haruma Miura) who is being sought by police for being a suspect in an illegal drug trade business. Further investigation reveals that Ren is connected to the powerful underworld drug and gangster gang. The shocked Yankumi then requests the whole class students to join her in this battle. Can they succeed and save Ren from this gang?

The official website of Gokusen: The Movie has been launched. A short movie clip can be seen on the site.

Gokusen: The Movie Trailer

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