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The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of an episode from Hirohiko Araki's Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe manga series, " At a Confessional ," today released a behind-the-scenes clip , titled "Venice Making Pv." In addition to comments from the main cast members including Issei Takahashi (Rohan Kishibe), Marie Iitoyo (Kyoka Izumi), Arata Iura (Tamiya), and Tina Tamashiro (Maria), the clip also introduces scenes from the shooting of the film, which was the first Japanese film to be shot entirely on location in Venice, including Ng takes. Additionally, famous Italian landmarks such as the iconic Piazza San Marco, which Napoleon once called “the most beautiful square in Europe,” and the Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, which also appeared in the original manga, are featured in the clip. "Venice Making Pv" Related: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional Live-Action Movie Releases New Trailer Introducing Main Characters Thus Spoke Kishibe...

With the latest Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe live-action film, At a Confessional , set to release in Japan on May 23, Japanese men’s magazine Men’S Non-no is featuring Rohan and his companion Kyoka Izumi on the cover, drawn by JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure creator Hirohiko Araki, of the June special edition. The magazine goes on sale on May 9 and comes with a poster of the cover illustration without the text. Men's Non-no June Cover Issey Takahashi (Rohan) and Marie Iitoyo (Izumi) The magazine also features an interview with Rohan and Izumi actors Issey Takahashi and Marie Iitoyo, who are both married after meeting on the set of the TV drama of the series, and will discuss the highlights the latest film and what it’s like working with each other under the interview title “The Strange Relationship Between a Manga Artist and an Editor.” Related: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At...

The upcoming live-action film adaptation of an episode from Hirohiko Araki's Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe manga series, " At a Confessional ," released a new trailer to introduce its main characters. In addition to the protagonist Rohan Kishibe (Issei Takahashi), the clip also introduces Kyoka Izumi (Marie Iitoyo), the editor in charge of Rohan, Tamiya (Arata Iura), a mysterious man who makes a terrible confession to Rohan in the confessional, Maria (Tina Tamashiro), a mask maker who is at the mercy of destiny, Sotoba (Shigeyuki Totsugi), a vagabond who utters curses with an unusual expression, and Mizuo (Shunsuke Daito), a man who challenges a trial using popcorn because of a curse. Related: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional Live-Action Movie Reveals Main Trailer, Visual Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional is set to release in Japan on May 23, 2025. As the first episode of the spin-off series to Araki's representative work,...

The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of an episode from Hirohiko Araki's Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe manga series, " At a Confessional ," released a main trailer and visual today. For the first time in the history of Japanese cinema, the entire film was shot in Venice, Italy, and the clip includes a scene where the protagonist Rohan Kishibe, played by Issei Takahashi, uses his Stand ability "Heaven's Door" in Italian. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional Main Trailer The main visual features Rohan standing in front of the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, Italy. The tagline reads: "The greatest happiness brings the biggest despair." Main Visual Related: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional Live-Action Movie Releases New Teaser Trailer Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional is set to release in Japan on May 23, 2025. As the first episode of the spin-off series to Araki's representative work,...

The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of an episode from Hirohiko Araki's Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe manga series, " At a Confessional ," released a new teaser trailer today. The clip introduces four additional cast members of the film — Arata Iura as Tamiya, Tina Tamashiro as Maria, Shigeyuki Totsugi as Sotoba, and Shunsuke Daito as Mizuo. Related : Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional Live-Action Film Set for Release in May 2025 Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional is set to release in Japan on May 23, 2025. As the first episode of the spin-off series to Araki's representative work, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , " At a Confessional" was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997, then was included in the manga's first tankobon volume released in 2013. The series centers on Rohan Kishibe, one of the main characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable . Rohan, a manga artist,...

A live-action film adaptation of an episode from Hirohiko Araki's Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe manga series, " At a Confessional ," will open in Japanese theaters on May 23, 2025. The film's official website and X (formerly Twitter) opened, releasing a teaser trailer and two teaser visuals. Teaser visual 1 Teaser visual 2 As the first episode of the spin-off series to Araki's representative work, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure , " At a Confessional" was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997, then was included in the manga's first tankobon volume released in 2013. The series centers on Rohan Kishibe, one of the main characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable . Rohan, a manga artist, encounters a series of strange happenings at his research sites. The live-action drama series featuring Issei Takahashi as Rohan was broadcast on Nhk in 2020, 2021, 202, and 2024. A feature film Rohan at the Louvre ( Rohan au Louvre ) released in Japan in May 2023, making...

The anime film, The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes, starts its US theatrical run this November.

As detailed on Crunchyroll, Studio Clap's animated drama film will arrive in American theaters on Nov. 3. New York Comic Con 2023 will also host the world premiere of the film's English version, as well as a special panel featuring the voice cast, at Room 405 of the Javitz Convention Center on Oct. 12. Prospective movie-goers will be able to purchase tickets for the film's US theatrical screenings starting Oct. 10.

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Released in September 2022, The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes has received critical praise and accolades since its debut. At the film's international premiere at France's prestigious Annecy Film Festival, it was awarded the Paul Grimault Award, an honor bestowed in tribute to the acclaimed French animator. Grimault is lauded by animators...

Features the voices of: Marie Iitoyo, Oji Suzuka | Written and Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi

If somebody asked me whether I liked anime, the answer would be a resounding yes! But, the truth is, outside of the amazing films of Studio Ghibli I haven’t watched a whole lot of anime. I’m not a complete novice but I would love to see many more anime movies and shows. And, with a title like The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, this seemed like a great movie to get on to that.

The tunnel here is the Urashima Tunnel, and the rumour that Kaoru Tono has heard is that the laws of time and space mean nothing there. If you can find it, and walk through it, you’ll find your heart’s desire there, in exchange for a year of your own life.

But what you don’t get...

Two classmates navigate their relationship – along with a magical tunnel where time gets dilated – in Tomohisa Taguchi’s elegant animation

The Planet of the Apes and the waterworld in Interstellar aren’t the only places in cinema where the time dilation phenomenon can be observed. A few metres down the railway track from a smalltown station in Tomohisa Taguchi’s anime romance, downtrodden hero Kaoru (Oji Suzuka) slips down a bank to find a cleft in a rockface; it gives on to the Urashima tunnel, a magical passageway capable of granting your greatest wish. But mere seconds spent in this molten-canopied alley chasing after your heart’s desire equate to hours on the outside; minutes mean years.

Kaoru wants to bring his younger sister, Karen, back to life; his alcoholic father blames him for her death. And he finds an unexpected ally in Anzu (Marie Iitoyo), the new girl in...

Stars: Marie Iitoyo, Yu Inaba, Shota Sometani | Written and Directed by Hirotaka Adachi

The first film I watched from this year’s Fantasia Festival was a J-Horror sequel in the form of Sadako. My latest viewing is a movie that is heavily influenced by the best crop of J-horror in the late nineties and early two thousands, Stare.

In the same style as those J-Horror movies, we follow a couple of friends who are linked through some gruesome and surprising deaths. People’s eyeballs are exploding from them and autopsies are showing that the victims had heart attacks. But even when the murdered had someone standing right next to them at the point of death, no-one is exactly sure how they are happening. But we join a few main characters who start to investigate the deaths.

Stare wears its obvious influences on its sleeve. There’s no hiding the fact...

Ever since the release of Hideo Nagata’s landmark effort “Ringu” in 1998, the term ‘J-Horror’ has been bandied about and adopted for numerous films and influenced efforts from other countries until a slight downturn of releases several years ago. Now that it seems that the style is amid a rebirth, the new film from director Hirotaka ‘Otsuichi’ Adachi, ‘Stare,’ aims to help reinvigorate the genre with its North American premiere screening at the 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival

Following several strange deaths, reporter Mizuki Yamamura (Marie Iitoyo) discovers a connection between the victims when her friend is the latest victim. Eventually, she also learns that all of the killed individuals had earlier invoked a sinister spirit known as Shirai-san, which her husband Haruo (Yo Inaba) also gets involved with. Slowly investigating the strange encounters alongside her friend Mamiya (Shota Sometani) a researcher on local folklore, they find themselves cursed by the...