The 8 Show is a South Korean dark comedy thriller series created by Han Jae-rim. Based on a Naver webtoon titled Money Game and Pie Game by Bae Jin-soo, the Netflix series follows the story of eight cash-strapped people as they participate in a mysterious game that gives them money just to be present but as time progresses things start to go a bit crazy. The 8 Show stars Ryu Jun-yeol, Chun Woo-hee, Park Jeong-min, Lee Yul-em, Park Hae-joon, Lee Zoo-young, Moon Jeong-hee, and Bae Seong-woo. So, if you love psychological drama and dark comedy with brilliant performances in The 8 Show here are some similar shows you could watch next.
Alice in Borderland (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Alice in Borderland is a Japanese sci-fi survival thriller series created by Yoshiki Watabe, Yasuko Kuramitsu, and Shinsuke Sato. Based on a graphic novel of the same name by Haro Aso, the Netflix...
Alice in Borderland (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Alice in Borderland is a Japanese sci-fi survival thriller series created by Yoshiki Watabe, Yasuko Kuramitsu, and Shinsuke Sato. Based on a graphic novel of the same name by Haro Aso, the Netflix...
- 5/21/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The official YouTube channel for Japanese rock band Bump Of Chicken has posted a collaboration music video for "Kaikou" ( Encounter ), the theme song for Onmyoji 0 , a new live-action film inspired by Baku Yumemakura's historical fantasy novel series. As their 21st digital single, the song released on April 15, ranking #1 in Oricon's daily digital single charts on its first day. The clip is composed of scenes from the film selected by Shimako Sato , who wrote and directed the film, and includes plenty of VFX scenes by the renowned video production company Shirogumi ( Godzilla Minus One ). Bump Of Chicken "Kaikou" × "Onmyoji 0" Collaboration Music Video Bump Of Chicken profile photo Related: Onmyoji 0 Live-Action Film Releases Full Trailer Featuring Bump Of Chicken Theme Song The film opens in Japan today on April 19, 2024. The novel series features Abe no Seimei, a real-life sorcerer/leading specialist of Onmyodo from the Heian period (a Japanese sorcery.
- 4/19/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Voice actor Megumi Ogata (Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion ) announced on her official Twitter that she served as the narrator for a special trailer for Onmyoji 0 , a new live-action film inspired by Baku Yumemakura's historical fantasy novel series Onmyoji . "Awesome visuals...in a word, super cool!" Ogata said on Twitter. "Please check out the trailer and the movie!" The new clip features sorcery scenes by young Abe no Seimei, played by Kento Yamazaki, and visual effects created by Shirogumi ( Godzilla Minus One ). Ogata narrates the four abilities of Seimei: to cut through space, seal the enemy's spells, make a spiritual barrier, and summon hidden, powerful forces. Related: Onmyoji 0 Live-Action Film Releases Full Trailer Featuring Bump Of Chicken Theme Song Onmyoji 0 Main trailer The main cast for the movie includes: Abe no Seimei played by Kento Yamazaki Minamoto no Hiromasa played by Shota Sometani Queen Yoshiko played by Nao...
- 4/4/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
The official website for Onmyoji 0 , a new live-action film inspired by Baku Yumemakura's historical fantasy novel series Onmyoji , released a full trailer today featuring its theme song "Kaikou" ( Encounter ) performed by Japanese rock band Bump Of Chicken. The film is set to release in Japan on April 19, 2024. Poster visual Related: Onmyoji 0 Live-Action Film Posts New Teaser Trailer for April 2024 Release The main cast for the movie includes: Abe no Seimei played by Kento Yamazaki Minamoto no Hiromasa played by Shota Sometani Queen Yoshiko played by Nao Hegurino Sadafumi played by Masanobu Ando Tachibana no Yasuie played by Nijiro Murakami Emperor played by Rihito Itagaki Kamono Tadayuki played by Jun Sonomura Koremune no Korekuni played by Kazuki Kitamura Fujiwara no Yoshisuke played by Kaoru Kobayashi Bump Of Chicken band photo Bump Of Chicken made their major debut in 2000 and have provided theme songs for many popular anime franchises, such as...
- 2/8/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Nearly a decade after its debut in competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered alongside the likes of Goodbye to Language, Winter Sleep, Clouds of Sils Maria, Maps to the Stars, and Two Days, One Night, Naomi Kawase’s drama Still the Water is getting a North American home courtesy of Film Movement. Ahead of a March 3 digital release, we’re exclusively debuting the new trailer for the film starring Nijirô Murakami, Junko Abe, Miyuki Matsuda, Tetta Sugimoto, and Makiko Watanabe.
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. Following a typhoon and during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend, Kyoko (Junko Abe), will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life,...
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. Following a typhoon and during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend, Kyoko (Junko Abe), will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life,...
- 2/13/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Synopsis
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. Following a typhoon and during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend, Kyoko (Junko Abe), will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.
Kawase, one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary directors and the youngest filmmaker to be awarded the Cannes Camera d’Or for her debut film “Suzaku” in 1987, was nominated for a Palme d’Or for Still The Water; the film also captured awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography at the 2015 RiverRun International Film Festival.
Director’S Bio: Naomi Kawase
Born and raised in Nara, Kawase graduated from Visual Arts Osaka in 1989. Her films, “Embracing” (1992) and “Katatsumori” (1994) received international...
On the subtropical Japanese island of Amami, traditions about nature remain eternal. Following a typhoon and during the full-moon night of traditional dances in August, 16-year-old Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) discovers a dead body floating in the sea. His girlfriend, Kyoko (Junko Abe), will attempt to help him understand this mysterious discovery. Together, Kaito and Kyoko will learn to become adults by experiencing the interwoven cycles of life, death and love.
Kawase, one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary directors and the youngest filmmaker to be awarded the Cannes Camera d’Or for her debut film “Suzaku” in 1987, was nominated for a Palme d’Or for Still The Water; the film also captured awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography at the 2015 RiverRun International Film Festival.
Director’S Bio: Naomi Kawase
Born and raised in Nara, Kawase graduated from Visual Arts Osaka in 1989. Her films, “Embracing” (1992) and “Katatsumori” (1994) received international...
- 2/10/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
The Tokyo Revengers live-action movie franchise returns in 2023 with a two-part sequel: Chi no Halloween -Unmei- (Bloody Halloween -Fate-) will be released in Japan on April 21, while Chi no Halloween -Kessen- (Bloody Halloween -Decisive Battle-) will be released on June 30. All movies are based on the manga series by Ken Wakui published from March 1, 2017 to November 16, 2022 in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
Continuing after events from the first movie, Takemichi (Takumi Kitamura) returns to the present timeline, meets Hinata but soon discovers the even more vicious Tokyo Manji Gang has murdered her again. In order to save Hinata, Takemichi has to travel ten years back in time to investigate and change a “sad incident” that affected six men, who happen to be the founding members of the Tokyo Manji Gang.
Cast members from the first movie including Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada and Ryo Yoshizawa will once again reprise their roles. New cast...
Continuing after events from the first movie, Takemichi (Takumi Kitamura) returns to the present timeline, meets Hinata but soon discovers the even more vicious Tokyo Manji Gang has murdered her again. In order to save Hinata, Takemichi has to travel ten years back in time to investigate and change a “sad incident” that affected six men, who happen to be the founding members of the Tokyo Manji Gang.
Cast members from the first movie including Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada and Ryo Yoshizawa will once again reprise their roles. New cast...
- 2/9/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
Alice in Borderland is a Japanese series created by Yoshiki Watanabe and Yasuko Kuramitsu starring Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tsuchiya.
Set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo life takes place in a video game, the virtual mashup of imagery borrowed from Lewis Caroll, and of course, Matrix (1999) and an assortment of video games. All these elements blend well in this series that has become a hit among the younger audience.
Premise
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.
If you want to “immerse” yourself in an alt reality Netflix is now streaming the second season of ‘Alice in Borderland’, all set to defy in design and imagination the first season.
Release Date
December 22, 2022
Where to Watch ‘Alice in Borderland’
Netflix
Alice in Borderland (2020-) Cast
Kento Yamazaki
Tao Tsuchiya
Nijiro Murakami
Yuki Morinaga Season 4. Episode List Episode 1
Arisu,...
Set in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo life takes place in a video game, the virtual mashup of imagery borrowed from Lewis Caroll, and of course, Matrix (1999) and an assortment of video games. All these elements blend well in this series that has become a hit among the younger audience.
Premise
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.
If you want to “immerse” yourself in an alt reality Netflix is now streaming the second season of ‘Alice in Borderland’, all set to defy in design and imagination the first season.
Release Date
December 22, 2022
Where to Watch ‘Alice in Borderland’
Netflix
Alice in Borderland (2020-) Cast
Kento Yamazaki
Tao Tsuchiya
Nijiro Murakami
Yuki Morinaga Season 4. Episode List Episode 1
Arisu,...
- 12/22/2022
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
The twisted competition at the center of "Alice in Borderland" is back, and it looks like the games aren't done just yet. A "super teaser trailer" for season 2 of the popular show, which is based on the manga series of the same name by Haro Aso, was revealed during Netflix's Tudum fan event, and it looks like we're in for another wild ride.
The teaser shows the return of protagonists Arisu (Kento Yamazaki) and Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya) after that massive cliffhanger at the end of the last season. After completing a number of increasingly deadly challenges, they learned to their dismay that there are even more coming as the games enter a second phase. We also get our first look at some of the other contestants roped into the games, as well as shots of the sadistic gamemaster Mira (Riisa Naka), who looks to be a more menacing presence this season.
The teaser shows the return of protagonists Arisu (Kento Yamazaki) and Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya) after that massive cliffhanger at the end of the last season. After completing a number of increasingly deadly challenges, they learned to their dismay that there are even more coming as the games enter a second phase. We also get our first look at some of the other contestants roped into the games, as well as shots of the sadistic gamemaster Mira (Riisa Naka), who looks to be a more menacing presence this season.
- 9/24/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Quick takes from the 25th Raindance Film Festival, with public screenings in London through October 1st, 2017.
Black Hollow Cage
Thirteen-year-old Alice (Lowena McDonell) lives alone with her father (Julian Nicholson) in a striking modernist house in the middle of the woods. She is getting used to her new bionic arm and believes that their dog is actually her dead mother, though Dad insists this is not the case. (What Dad actually believes about the voice synthesizer the dog wears around her neck, which appears to be speaking the dog’s thoughts [the voice of Lucy Tillett], is not something Alice ever asks him. Maybe in this apparently future world, people’s pets talk to them as a matter of course.) And then two very young strangers, siblings Erika (Haydée Lysander) and Paul (Marc Puiggener) — she is badly beaten up, and he is mute — appear out of nowhere and disrupt Alice’s existence. Oh, and there...
Black Hollow Cage
Thirteen-year-old Alice (Lowena McDonell) lives alone with her father (Julian Nicholson) in a striking modernist house in the middle of the woods. She is getting used to her new bionic arm and believes that their dog is actually her dead mother, though Dad insists this is not the case. (What Dad actually believes about the voice synthesizer the dog wears around her neck, which appears to be speaking the dog’s thoughts [the voice of Lucy Tillett], is not something Alice ever asks him. Maybe in this apparently future world, people’s pets talk to them as a matter of course.) And then two very young strangers, siblings Erika (Haydée Lysander) and Paul (Marc Puiggener) — she is badly beaten up, and he is mute — appear out of nowhere and disrupt Alice’s existence. Oh, and there...
- 9/28/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
If Sion Sono directed the “Pick a fight with a stranger” sequence from Fight Club without any fantastical flourish, it’d come out something like Destruction Babies. That one sentence might be enough to turn certain people off ever watching this film – and fair enough, since there’s a minimal chance they’d even remotely like it. Hell, even if that description intrigues you, this movie might still not be for you. It is willfully, aggressively unpleasant, a domino string of violent scenes that are deliberately anti-entertaining.
Think about the usual mechanics of cinematic fight scenes, and Destruction Babies does the opposite. The camera spectates from a cold, steady remove. There’s zero feeling of choreography, as combatants flail about messily, missing their punches and kicks as often as they hit. There are few fancy moves – men dance around one another until one of them pins the other and then proceeds to pummel him mercilessly,...
Think about the usual mechanics of cinematic fight scenes, and Destruction Babies does the opposite. The camera spectates from a cold, steady remove. There’s zero feeling of choreography, as combatants flail about messily, missing their punches and kicks as often as they hit. There are few fancy moves – men dance around one another until one of them pins the other and then proceeds to pummel him mercilessly,...
- 4/26/2017
- by Daniel Schindel
- The Film Stage
Love, death and the raging sea are harmonised into a heady whole in this Japanese drama
Japanese director Naomi Kawase’s rambling rite-of-passage tale opens with a raging sea from which the tattooed body of a drowned man emerges; an accident or a crime? In the wake of this death, our attention turns to two teenagers standing uncertainly upon the shores of adulthood. Kyôko (Jun Yoshinaga) is the strong spirit who plunges into the ocean in her school clothes; Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) is a withdrawn boy who shuns the sea for fear of its “stickiness”. Both are dealing with separation anxieties about their mothers – hers is dying, his is “lecherous” – and both are gradually falling in love. This is a world in which a deathbed scene becomes a communal dance, and approaching storms are richly imbued with pathetic fallacy. At times it’s too schematic for its own good, but...
Japanese director Naomi Kawase’s rambling rite-of-passage tale opens with a raging sea from which the tattooed body of a drowned man emerges; an accident or a crime? In the wake of this death, our attention turns to two teenagers standing uncertainly upon the shores of adulthood. Kyôko (Jun Yoshinaga) is the strong spirit who plunges into the ocean in her school clothes; Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) is a withdrawn boy who shuns the sea for fear of its “stickiness”. Both are dealing with separation anxieties about their mothers – hers is dying, his is “lecherous” – and both are gradually falling in love. This is a world in which a deathbed scene becomes a communal dance, and approaching storms are richly imbued with pathetic fallacy. At times it’s too schematic for its own good, but...
- 7/5/2015
- by Mark Kermode, Observer film critic
- The Guardian - Film News
Still the Water
Written and directed by Naomi Kawase
Japan/Spain/France, 2014
Set on the Japanese tropical island Amami, Still the Water is a Zen-infused coming of age drama, exploring the personal revelations that come with life, death and love. Directed by the Caméra d’Or winner Naomi Kawase and selected to compete for last year’s Palme, it is a serene, contemplative film that comes alive in moments of harmony and rupture. Shot using primarily handheld cameras, Kawase casts a documentarian’s gaze over what develops into a quietly forceful narrative, allowing the exquisite setting to provide much of the visual flair.
When a heavily-tattooed naked body is washed up during the island’s traditional full moon celebrations, the budding relationship between teenagers Kyôko (Jun Yoshinaga) and Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) becomes closer but more complex. Kyôko, like the rest of the community, discuss the incident until it becomes old news,...
Written and directed by Naomi Kawase
Japan/Spain/France, 2014
Set on the Japanese tropical island Amami, Still the Water is a Zen-infused coming of age drama, exploring the personal revelations that come with life, death and love. Directed by the Caméra d’Or winner Naomi Kawase and selected to compete for last year’s Palme, it is a serene, contemplative film that comes alive in moments of harmony and rupture. Shot using primarily handheld cameras, Kawase casts a documentarian’s gaze over what develops into a quietly forceful narrative, allowing the exquisite setting to provide much of the visual flair.
When a heavily-tattooed naked body is washed up during the island’s traditional full moon celebrations, the budding relationship between teenagers Kyôko (Jun Yoshinaga) and Kaito (Nijirô Murakami) becomes closer but more complex. Kyôko, like the rest of the community, discuss the incident until it becomes old news,...
- 3/1/2015
- by Rob Dickie
- SoundOnSight
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