This was the second Bancho Boys stage I’ve watched all the shows of, and although this was a completely different experience to the randomness of Amaku wa nai ze 2, I can still say that I enjoyed each and every show, even though the content was a lot more rigid than their other stages I’ve seen. Matsuda pulls off the look completely, and despite having an androgynous look that would fit in better in a jpop boyband, still looked believable as a punk rock bassist.From November 30th to December 3rd 2017, I stayed in Tokyo to watch all five shows of Bancho Boys 10th stage, Crows Zero. Matsuda plays Ren Honjo, who is a conflicted musician with a deep connection with one of the Nanas.
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He also showed impressive aptitude for action scenes – the sword fights in the movie did not rely on special effects or clever camera tricks, but his scenes looked realistic and brutal.īased on the manga of the same name, Nana follows two girls both named Nana, who live completely different lives – one is an aspiring punk rock musician and the other a normal girl who wants to live a new life with her partner. Matsuda in the film showed surprising range, with Kano’s portrayals ranging from innocent, naïve, manipulative, and cold-blooded during different parts of the story. Despite being a gifted swordsman, Kano’s beauty causes a rift among the group as many of the militia’s students and superiors developed a sexual attraction to him and started fighting over his affections.ĭespite being his first big screen project, Ryuhei Matsuda showed his talent and carried his scenes, including a disturbing one where he was sexually assaulted by a senior samurai.
Gohatto follows a handsome young boy named Kano Sozaburo, who joined the elite samurai militia group Shinsengumi.
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They soon develop an uneasy partnership as Dogu-Chan fights demons while Makoto helps her acclimate to modern life.Īs Makoto Sugihara, Masataka Kubota naturally stands out as he is one of the few male casts in the series (and its sequel.) Additionally, the role proves his acting range as he manages an effective turn in a comedic bumbling role, which is a far cry from the serious and dramatic roles under his resume. Upon touching the breastplate, he awakens a girl named Dogu-Chan – a hyperactive demon hunter from the Jomon period with large breasts. Kodai Shôjo Dogu-chan is an action comedy tokusatsu series that centers on the socially inept teenager Makoto Sugihara, who accidentally stumbles upon a magical breastplate buried in the woods. Ogura shows off his intense acting skill and athleticism as he takes part in various “one against many” fight scenes peppered throughout the film. Masataka Kubota plays Ogura Shoujiro, an inexperienced but determined young samurai disciple who tags along with his master.
Set in 1840s Japan, 13 Assassins follows the titular band of Samurais as they were discreetly hired by the Shogunate’s Justice Minister in order to kill the Shogun’s sociopathic and corrupt half-brother, Lord Matsudaira Naritsugu of Akashi. Throughout the course of the film, they get to learn deeper things about each other. The film starts with four anonymous men and four anonymous women from all walks of life meeting each other in the club. Love’s Whirlpool is about a secret sex club in an unspecified high rise residential building somewhere in Roppongi, where strangers can pay to enter and satiate their desires from 12 AM midnight until 5 AM in the morning without any consequences afterwards, provided that they follow simple rules that include respecting each other’s desires. Despite his young age and his inexperience (it is his first film,) Sosuke managed to hang with his American and Japanese co-stars.
In the film, the young Sosuke Ikematsu stood out as Higen, who is the young nephew of samurai leader Katsumoto and one of the few Japanese who readily accepted the gaijin Nathan Algren, played by Tom Cruise. The Last Samurai is a war film that follows a formerly retired officer of the United States 7 th Cavalry Regiment, who got into contact with samurai warriors still feeling the effects of the Meiji Restoration in 19 th Century Japan.
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He has since gone on to star in numerous feature length films locally and overseas, along with various TV dramas. Sosuke Ikematsu started out early, landing his first film role at the age of 13 in the Hollywood film The Last Samurai.