Wed, February 6, 2008 (5:09pm EST)
mihimaru GT is providing the theme song for the Stephen Chow-produced "Shaolin Girl," which stars Kou Shibasaki. The song's title is "Girigiri HERO." No release date has been announced yet.
"Shaolin Girl" is scheduled to open during Golden Week.
"Shaolin Girl" is scheduled to open during Golden Week.
Wed, February 6, 2008 (5:33am EST)
Hideaki Ito and Masaaki Uchino are co-starring in a disaster film titled "252: Seizonsha Ari," directed by Nobuo Mizuta ("Maiko Haaaan!!!").
A series of earthquakes causes the biggest typhoon in history to hit Japan, submerging areas of Tokyo. From one underground mall in Shinbashi, a rescue squad receives a distress code of "252," signaling that there are survivors in need of help.
The code is sent by a former rescue squad officer (Ito) who is trapped in the mall along with his daughter. The signal is picked up by his older brother (Uchino), who currently commands the rescue team.
Filming already took place between October and December. To make the rescue scenes more realistic, producers worked together with the Tokyo Fire Department. Both actors also spent more than a week at the fire department's training facility. Ito has some additional experience for the part, as he played a rescue diver in the hit "Umizaru" series.
"252" is scheduled to open in theaters on December 6.
A series of earthquakes causes the biggest typhoon in history to hit Japan, submerging areas of Tokyo. From one underground mall in Shinbashi, a rescue squad receives a distress code of "252," signaling that there are survivors in need of help.
The code is sent by a former rescue squad officer (Ito) who is trapped in the mall along with his daughter. The signal is picked up by his older brother (Uchino), who currently commands the rescue team.
Filming already took place between October and December. To make the rescue scenes more realistic, producers worked together with the Tokyo Fire Department. Both actors also spent more than a week at the fire department's training facility. Ito has some additional experience for the part, as he played a rescue diver in the hit "Umizaru" series.
"252" is scheduled to open in theaters on December 6.
Wed, February 6, 2008 (4:36am EST)
Ken Watanabe's next overseas film will be Mikael Hafstrom's "Shanghai," produced by The Weinstein Company. The movie features John Cusack and Gong Li.
The story, set in the months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, follows an American (Cusack) who returns to Shanghai, which is occupied by the Japanese. He discovers that his friend has been killed, but his investigation of the death leads him to a government cover-up.
Filming begins in China next month.
The story, set in the months prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, follows an American (Cusack) who returns to Shanghai, which is occupied by the Japanese. He discovers that his friend has been killed, but his investigation of the death leads him to a government cover-up.
Filming begins in China next month.
Wed, February 6, 2008 (4:09am EST)
Kumi Koda had the best selling album of the week despite the problems caused by her "rotten womb" comment. "Kingdom" moved over 420,000 copies to easily take the #1 spot.
CHEMISTRY's "Face to Face" ranked 3rd with 45,000 in sales. Elephant Kashimashi (#7) and Yui Horie (#8) also had new releases in the top 10.
On the singles chart, Shoko Nakagawa sold 26,000 copies of "snow tears," but it landed one spot short of the top. #1 was taken instead by Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne," which sold 47,000 copies, a slight drop from last week.
mihimaru GT, Ikimono Gakari, Stephanie, and the pillows also entered the charts at #6 through #9.
CHEMISTRY's "Face to Face" ranked 3rd with 45,000 in sales. Elephant Kashimashi (#7) and Yui Horie (#8) also had new releases in the top 10.
On the singles chart, Shoko Nakagawa sold 26,000 copies of "snow tears," but it landed one spot short of the top. #1 was taken instead by Thelma Aoyama's "Soba ni Iru ne," which sold 47,000 copies, a slight drop from last week.
mihimaru GT, Ikimono Gakari, Stephanie, and the pillows also entered the charts at #6 through #9.
