In “Trespassers”, we get a quirky and entertaining television movie from screenwriter Bakarhythm and director Itaru Mizuno, the same tandem behind the critically acclaimed 2023 comedy series “Brush Up Life.”
They introduce us to three middle-aged women who decide to break into the house of the owner of a housekeeping company where two of them work. Tanaka (Rinko Kikuchi) and Ogawa (Kami Hiraiwa) learn about a rumor that their boss commits tax fraud. Thinking of their low salaries and their boss’s false branding as an ally for women, they decide to steal the tax money which they assume is hidden in her mansion. They justify this act among themselves as fair, since they are lowballed in terms of compensation and benefits and they plan to donate two thirds of the money to charity. The two seek the assistance of Eto (Yo Yoshida), Ogawa’s friend who claims she’s an...
They introduce us to three middle-aged women who decide to break into the house of the owner of a housekeeping company where two of them work. Tanaka (Rinko Kikuchi) and Ogawa (Kami Hiraiwa) learn about a rumor that their boss commits tax fraud. Thinking of their low salaries and their boss’s false branding as an ally for women, they decide to steal the tax money which they assume is hidden in her mansion. They justify this act among themselves as fair, since they are lowballed in terms of compensation and benefits and they plan to donate two thirds of the money to charity. The two seek the assistance of Eto (Yo Yoshida), Ogawa’s friend who claims she’s an...
- 1/13/2025
- by Danica QP
- AsianMoviePulse
As we have mentioned many times before, the main concept of the shonen anime mostly follows the rule of the following image
What would happen, though, if this style was transferred to the corporate world, where female employees are the brawlers, the gang members, and essentially the ultimate fighters of this world? And what if the humor was even more slapstick than in anime, but also meta and self-deprecating? And what if some of the female fighters were actually male crossdressers? Seki Kazuaki and writer Bakarhythm provide the answer in a film that manages to be both “Crows Zero” and white-collar drama at the same time.
“Office Royale” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
26-year-old Naoko, who also happens to be a hard-core otaku, has just gotten herself a good job in a Tokyo company, and is enjoying the laid-back and friendly atmosphere. However, beneath the seemingly normal setting,...
What would happen, though, if this style was transferred to the corporate world, where female employees are the brawlers, the gang members, and essentially the ultimate fighters of this world? And what if the humor was even more slapstick than in anime, but also meta and self-deprecating? And what if some of the female fighters were actually male crossdressers? Seki Kazuaki and writer Bakarhythm provide the answer in a film that manages to be both “Crows Zero” and white-collar drama at the same time.
“Office Royale” is screening at New York Asian Film Festival
26-year-old Naoko, who also happens to be a hard-core otaku, has just gotten herself a good job in a Tokyo company, and is enjoying the laid-back and friendly atmosphere. However, beneath the seemingly normal setting,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Sales agency Pony Canyon is bringing some of the biggest upcoming Japanese live-action films to FilMart, including genre titles with global ambitions.
One is “Office Royale,” whose title references the 2000 Fukasaku Kinji classic “Battle Royale,” but is an action comedy scripted by popular funnyman Bakarhythm and directed by TV drama veteran Seki Kazuaki. Nakano Mei (“Park”) stars as an ordinary “office lady” (Ol or clerk) in a humdrum company. But when a punkish new hire (Alice Hirose) appears on the scene, the heroine’s company become a target for tough-as-nails OLs from all Japan, who bring a new meaning to the term corporate infighting. Warner Bros. Japan will release in May.
Another is “Tokyo Revengers,” a manga adaptation that also features martial arts action albeit with a time-traveling twist. A 26-year-old part-timer (Kitamura Takumi is stunned to hear that his middle-school flame Hinata (Mio Imada) and her brother were killed by gangsters.
One is “Office Royale,” whose title references the 2000 Fukasaku Kinji classic “Battle Royale,” but is an action comedy scripted by popular funnyman Bakarhythm and directed by TV drama veteran Seki Kazuaki. Nakano Mei (“Park”) stars as an ordinary “office lady” (Ol or clerk) in a humdrum company. But when a punkish new hire (Alice Hirose) appears on the scene, the heroine’s company become a target for tough-as-nails OLs from all Japan, who bring a new meaning to the term corporate infighting. Warner Bros. Japan will release in May.
Another is “Tokyo Revengers,” a manga adaptation that also features martial arts action albeit with a time-traveling twist. A 26-year-old part-timer (Kitamura Takumi is stunned to hear that his middle-school flame Hinata (Mio Imada) and her brother were killed by gangsters.
- 3/15/2021
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
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