The new film, entitled Ousama ni Nare ("Become the King"), features music and an original story by Sawao Yamanaka (guitar and vocals for The Pillows) as well as a script and direction by Shûji Okui. The film stars actor Amane Okayama as Yuusuke, a young man who works in a ramen shop frequented by numerous Japanese rock bands. Yuusuke dreams of being a photographer, and he decides to follow his dreams by becoming a cameraman for live concert events. (Source: Crunchyroll News)
Tomi Osawa
Set towards the end of World War II, Kaede Itakura, who leads kindergartners, and Mitsue Nonomiya, who enjoys music, persuades the parents at the school to take their children out of Tokyo. They seek shelter at an abandoned temple in Saitama while Tokyo is bombed.
When his brother is taken hostage, loan shark Ginjiro must face his heartless past while attempting to shake the shadowy force threatening his life.
Feared loan shark Ginjiro Manda investigates a group of fraudsters when a struggling student and a widow with links to the group ask him for money.
北海道・旭川を舞台に、孤独を抱えた男の模索を描いた戸次重幸（TEAM NACS）初主演作。松野が高校卒業以来の帰郷で旭川に戻ってきた。久しぶりに再会した同窓生たちに「東京でアーティストとして活躍してきた」と自称する松野は、市が募集する木工モニュメント製作のチラシを目にし、「これこそ自分のための企画だ」と豪語する。しかし、まったく進展を見せないモニュメント製作に、同窓生たちからは「松野は本当にアーティストなのか？」という疑問が飛び出す。時間だけが過ぎ、追いつめられていく松野は、自分を取り戻すために改めてモニュメント製作と向かい合う。監督は医療機器会社のサラリーマンとという異色の経歴も持つ、「ある夜のできごと」の鈴木聖史。
