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    Friday October 9, 2015
  • VIDEO: Teaser Trailer for New "Gamera" Film Directed by Katsuhito Ishii

    New project celebrating 50th anniversary of "Gamera" series was unleashed at NYCC

    At the New York Comic Con 2015 convention, Kadokawa Daiei unveiled plans to reboot the Gamera giant monster movie series with a teaser trailer that heavily emphasizes CGI. Hit the jump to check out the official short version.

  • Tuesday March 20, 2012
  • Live-Action Adaptation of "Smuggler" Manga Licensed for North America

    One-volume manga was released in North America by Tokyopop

    Cinema Asia Releasing has acquired the North American rights to the live-action adaptation of Smuggler, a one-volume manga that had been localized by Tokyopop. The 2011 movie brought together Katsuhito Ishii, maker of the remarkably warped comedy Funky Forest, with an equally strange story by Shohei Manabe. More after the jump.

  • Tuesday July 26, 2011
  • Trailer for Live Action Smuggler Adaptation

    Anyone Else Thinking Durarara?

    Katsuhito Ishii's Smuggler looks a little wackier than Shohei Manabe's original manga. Check out the corpse smuggling wackiness after the jump.

  • Friday April 29, 2011
  • Teaser Arrives for Katsuhito Ishii's Smuggler

    New film from Party 7, The Taste of Tea director

    Director Katsuhito Ishii hasn't exactly strayed far from our minds of late, especially with his work on the screenplay for Takeshi Koike's Redline, which is currently blazing up what limited US theatrical screens it's been hitting. Now he's back in the director's chair with Smuggler, and you can hit the jump to view the very first teaser.