Former Toei producer Muneyuki Kim has launched K2 Pictures, which will work with major directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda and aim to create a new funding ecosystem for Japanese animated and live-action features.
The plan is to return profits that would traditionally go to film companies to investors and creators, which its founder says closely follows approaches used in Hollywood and elsewhere. Creators who team with K2 will be able to participate on projects as shareholders.
Kii, who will be K2’s CEO, says most Japanese films are produced through a system of ‘production committees’ with industry know-how formed through film companies, TV networks and publishers, which it believes makes entry into the market difficult and limits returns to producers and creators.
To this end, company has launched the K2P Film Fund I, which will provide support for animated and live-action features and enable to “investors, creators and crew...
The plan is to return profits that would traditionally go to film companies to investors and creators, which its founder says closely follows approaches used in Hollywood and elsewhere. Creators who team with K2 will be able to participate on projects as shareholders.
Kii, who will be K2’s CEO, says most Japanese films are produced through a system of ‘production committees’ with industry know-how formed through film companies, TV networks and publishers, which it believes makes entry into the market difficult and limits returns to producers and creators.
To this end, company has launched the K2P Film Fund I, which will provide support for animated and live-action features and enable to “investors, creators and crew...
- 5/9/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
From Takashi Shimizu, the visionary creator of The Grudge franchise comes the new supernatural horror film Ox-Head Village, which is now streaming on Screambox!
In the horror movie, “After watching a viral video, a woman, who believes that she’s the twin of one of the participants, decides to investigate the town where the video was shot.”
A Screambox Original, Ox-Head Village screened at numerous international festivals including the New York Asian Film Festival and Fantaspoa Film Festival. It stars Kôki (Touch), Riku Hagiwara (Three Sisters of Tenmasou) and Haruka Imô (Kamen Rider Black Sun).
Directed by Shimizu, who also co-wrote the dark and gritty film along with Daisuke Hosaka, the film presents a sinister mystery with a supernatural twist. Creative partners for many years, Shimizu and Hosaka previously worked together on Howling Village and The Shock Labyrinth 3D.
You can also watch Takashi Shimizu’s awesome Suicide Forest Village,...
In the horror movie, “After watching a viral video, a woman, who believes that she’s the twin of one of the participants, decides to investigate the town where the video was shot.”
A Screambox Original, Ox-Head Village screened at numerous international festivals including the New York Asian Film Festival and Fantaspoa Film Festival. It stars Kôki (Touch), Riku Hagiwara (Three Sisters of Tenmasou) and Haruka Imô (Kamen Rider Black Sun).
Directed by Shimizu, who also co-wrote the dark and gritty film along with Daisuke Hosaka, the film presents a sinister mystery with a supernatural twist. Creative partners for many years, Shimizu and Hosaka previously worked together on Howling Village and The Shock Labyrinth 3D.
You can also watch Takashi Shimizu’s awesome Suicide Forest Village,...
- 2/14/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
From Takashi Shimizu, the visionary creator of The Grudge franchise, comes the new supernatural horror film Ox-Head Village.
In the horror movie, “After watching a viral video, a woman, who believes that she’s the twin of one of the participants, decides to investigate the town where the video was shot.”
A Screambox Original, Ox-Head Village screened at numerous international festivals including the New York Asian Film Festival and Fantaspoa Film Festival. It stars Kôki (Touch), Riku Hagiwara (Three Sisters of Tenmasou) and Haruka Imô (Kamen Rider Black Sun).
Directed by Shimizu, who also co-wrote the dark and gritty film along with Daisuke Hosaka, the film presents a sinister mystery with a supernatural twist. Creative partners for many years, Shimizu and Hosaka previously worked together on Howling Village and The Shock Labyrinth 3D.
Ox-Head Village will release on digital and stream exclusively on Screambox February 14.
In the meantime, you can...
In the horror movie, “After watching a viral video, a woman, who believes that she’s the twin of one of the participants, decides to investigate the town where the video was shot.”
A Screambox Original, Ox-Head Village screened at numerous international festivals including the New York Asian Film Festival and Fantaspoa Film Festival. It stars Kôki (Touch), Riku Hagiwara (Three Sisters of Tenmasou) and Haruka Imô (Kamen Rider Black Sun).
Directed by Shimizu, who also co-wrote the dark and gritty film along with Daisuke Hosaka, the film presents a sinister mystery with a supernatural twist. Creative partners for many years, Shimizu and Hosaka previously worked together on Howling Village and The Shock Labyrinth 3D.
Ox-Head Village will release on digital and stream exclusively on Screambox February 14.
In the meantime, you can...
- 2/8/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Rinka Otani, Anna Yamada, Mayu Yamaguch, Fuju Kamio, Haruka Kudo, Hideko Hara, Yumi Adachi | Written by Takashi Shimizu, Daisuke Hosaka | Directed by Takashi Shimizu
Suicide Forest Village is the latest film from Takashi Shimizu, best known as the writer and director of The Grudge, both the original Japanese film and its US remake. But he has contributed a lot more to the genre both before and since. That includes an episode in another popular franchise, Tomie: Re-birth as well as Flight 7500 and Howling Village.
YouTuber Akina (Rinka Otani) livestreamed her trip into Aokigahara, the so-called Suicide Forest to prove that you can enter it and leave again. Needless to say things don’t go as planned. Hibiki watches it, both horrified and fascinated by what she sees.
The next day while she and her sister Mei (Mayu Yamaguch; Last Ninja-Red Shadow) are helping Akira and Miyu move they...
Suicide Forest Village is the latest film from Takashi Shimizu, best known as the writer and director of The Grudge, both the original Japanese film and its US remake. But he has contributed a lot more to the genre both before and since. That includes an episode in another popular franchise, Tomie: Re-birth as well as Flight 7500 and Howling Village.
YouTuber Akina (Rinka Otani) livestreamed her trip into Aokigahara, the so-called Suicide Forest to prove that you can enter it and leave again. Needless to say things don’t go as planned. Hibiki watches it, both horrified and fascinated by what she sees.
The next day while she and her sister Mei (Mayu Yamaguch; Last Ninja-Red Shadow) are helping Akira and Miyu move they...
- 3/15/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to Suicide Forest Village, Takashi Shimizu’s supernatural horror inspired by a real forest in Japan known for its frequent suicides and disappearances.
Shimizu previously helmed the Ju-On (The Grudge) franchise, directing the 2004 originals and three sequels. His latest stars Jun Kunimura (Kill Bill: Vol. 1), Yumi Adachi (Tokyo Vampire Hotel) and Asuka Kurosawa (Silence) in a story following a group who come across a mysterious box with a deadly secret: the item holds a curse that quickly spreads to those around them. The source of the box is the ‘Jukai Village,’ a rumored location deep within the Jukai Forest.
Shimizu co-wrote the film with Daisuke Hosaka, who previously worked together on Howling Village and The Shock Labyrinth 3D. The film is produced by Muneyuki Kii, Harue Miyake, Chikako Nakabayashi and Daisuke Takahashi.
The deal was negotiated by Brandon Hill, Manager of Acquisitions,...
Shimizu previously helmed the Ju-On (The Grudge) franchise, directing the 2004 originals and three sequels. His latest stars Jun Kunimura (Kill Bill: Vol. 1), Yumi Adachi (Tokyo Vampire Hotel) and Asuka Kurosawa (Silence) in a story following a group who come across a mysterious box with a deadly secret: the item holds a curse that quickly spreads to those around them. The source of the box is the ‘Jukai Village,’ a rumored location deep within the Jukai Forest.
Shimizu co-wrote the film with Daisuke Hosaka, who previously worked together on Howling Village and The Shock Labyrinth 3D. The film is produced by Muneyuki Kii, Harue Miyake, Chikako Nakabayashi and Daisuke Takahashi.
The deal was negotiated by Brandon Hill, Manager of Acquisitions,...
- 12/13/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the most venerated names in the J-Horror scene in the late 90s and early 2000s, Takashi Shimizu became one of the biggest genre directors in the world for creating the classic “Ju-On” series among many others, even finding himself heading to America to shoot an official remake of the film. While his projects since haven’t reached the level of unquenching fear as the original entries in the Grudge franchise, his latest effort “Howling Village” is a step in the right direction.
on Amazon
The legend and fright of the Inunaki village comes back to life. Everything there is cursed and morbid. Moreover, the village actually exists. Enter Kanae (Miyoshi Ayaka), a licensed and practicing psychologist who not only is curious vocationally, but can communicate with the spirits herself. She finds herself personally involved when her brother Yuma (Ryota Bando) and his girlfriend Akina (Rinka...
on Amazon
The legend and fright of the Inunaki village comes back to life. Everything there is cursed and morbid. Moreover, the village actually exists. Enter Kanae (Miyoshi Ayaka), a licensed and practicing psychologist who not only is curious vocationally, but can communicate with the spirits herself. She finds herself personally involved when her brother Yuma (Ryota Bando) and his girlfriend Akina (Rinka...
- 11/1/2021
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Hello, everyone! We’re back with our round-up of this week’s horror and sci-fi home entertainment offerings, and we have some really fun titles headed home tomorrow. Leading the pack is Jack Sholder’s feature film debut Alone in the Dark, which is getting the Collector’s Edition treatment from Scream Factory. Arrow Video is showing love to a quartet of films from Sam Katzman in their Cold War Creatures Limited Edition set. As far as recent horror goes, both Censor and Howling Village are being released on Tuesday, and if you need to catch up with the most recent season of Eli Roth’s History of Horror, season two is headed to Blu-ray as well.
Other releases for September 14th include Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K, The Shawshank Redemption 4K, and Stinger.
Alone in the Dark: Collector’s Edition
At a secluded mental institution, Dr. Bain...
Other releases for September 14th include Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 4K, The Shawshank Redemption 4K, and Stinger.
Alone in the Dark: Collector’s Edition
At a secluded mental institution, Dr. Bain...
- 9/14/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: First Details on New Streaming Series Leave Quietly: "New streaming series Leave Quietly is set to deliver echoes of terror.
When a group of friends on an Audio-Chat App confront a mysterious stranger, they get more than they bargained for. That is the premise of Leave Quietly, a new suspense packed streaming series written and directed by Curt Wiser (Cam-Girl).
This chilling, limited series features an ensemble cast which includes genre favorites Victoria De Mare (the Killjoy franchise), Brooke Lewis Bellas (iMurders), Susan Lanier (The Hills Have Eyes) and Jackie Dallas (Stranger Things – TV Series), alongside Preston Butler III (The Face of Evil), Doug Penikas (Glee – TV Series), Michael Ruesga (Talons) and Elena Dizon (Shooter – TV Series). Close attention was paid to the group dynamic of these actors while casting.
Here is what Brooke Lewis Bellas had to say about working on this project:
"This pandemic has brought some challenging times for us creatives.
When a group of friends on an Audio-Chat App confront a mysterious stranger, they get more than they bargained for. That is the premise of Leave Quietly, a new suspense packed streaming series written and directed by Curt Wiser (Cam-Girl).
This chilling, limited series features an ensemble cast which includes genre favorites Victoria De Mare (the Killjoy franchise), Brooke Lewis Bellas (iMurders), Susan Lanier (The Hills Have Eyes) and Jackie Dallas (Stranger Things – TV Series), alongside Preston Butler III (The Face of Evil), Doug Penikas (Glee – TV Series), Michael Ruesga (Talons) and Elena Dizon (Shooter – TV Series). Close attention was paid to the group dynamic of these actors while casting.
Here is what Brooke Lewis Bellas had to say about working on this project:
"This pandemic has brought some challenging times for us creatives.
- 9/1/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Howling Village Review — Howling Village / Inunaki mura (2019) Film Review, a movie directed by Takashi Shimizu, and starring Ayaka Miyoshi, Ryota Bando, Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Renji Ishibashi, Takamasa Suga, Hina Mayano, Megumi Okina, Reiko Takashima, Rinka Otani, Masanobu Takashima, Minori Terada, Akira Sasamoto, and Ken Tanaka. Takashi Shimizu’s recent entry, Howling Village, draws its plot [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Howling Village (2019): Takashi Shimizu Takes on a Famous Urban Legend With a Solid Movie...
Continue reading: Film Review: Howling Village (2019): Takashi Shimizu Takes on a Famous Urban Legend With a Solid Movie...
- 8/17/2021
- by David McDonald
- Film-Book
Best known as the creator of the Japanese Ju-on series and The Grudge franchise, Takashi Shimizu returns this week with Howling Village, inspired by a Japanese urban legend. Dread will be releasing the film in Select Theaters August 13, followed by On Demand release August 17 and Blu-Ray release September 14. Check out a spooky clip below. In Howling Village, “After her brother goes missing, […]...
- 8/11/2021
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In the wake of last year’s Howling Village, the creator of the Japanese Ju-on series and The Grudge franchise, Takashi Shimizu, is back this year with new movie Suicide Forest Village. Shimizu’s new horror movie is the latest to draw inspiration from the dreaded Aokigahara Forest at the base of Mt. Fuji, notorious for a rash of suicides and alleged […]...
- 2/8/2021
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Iconic Japanese horror director Takashi Shimizu has completed production on his most recent film “Howling Village”. The movie marks the 21st film from the director who helped pioneer modern Asian horror cinema here in the west.
“Howling Village” is set to release on February 7, 2020. A trailer for the production was recently made available and can be viewed below.
Synopsis
Inunaki Village, located in Fukuoka Prefecture, also called ‘Howling Village’. A psychiatrist, Kanade Morita, has a sixth sense which has caused her constant suffering. One day, her older brother Yuma and his girlfriend Akina visit Inunaki for the purpose of testing their own courage. They end up almost killed, and Akina seems to have lost her sanity. Yuma consults with Kanade in an effort to find the reasons for Akina’s condition. Soon afterwards, Akina commits suicide. Yuma takes a few friends back to the village. Not only does Yuma end...
“Howling Village” is set to release on February 7, 2020. A trailer for the production was recently made available and can be viewed below.
Synopsis
Inunaki Village, located in Fukuoka Prefecture, also called ‘Howling Village’. A psychiatrist, Kanade Morita, has a sixth sense which has caused her constant suffering. One day, her older brother Yuma and his girlfriend Akina visit Inunaki for the purpose of testing their own courage. They end up almost killed, and Akina seems to have lost her sanity. Yuma consults with Kanade in an effort to find the reasons for Akina’s condition. Soon afterwards, Akina commits suicide. Yuma takes a few friends back to the village. Not only does Yuma end...
- 11/12/2019
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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