“You sneaky bastard.” “Let’s kill him.” Another sneaky look at this. Tokyo Theater Nikkatsu has debuted a “full” 60-second official trailer for the Japanese film titled Cloud, which is getting a grand premiere at the 2024 Venice Film Fesitval in a week. It’s one of three (!!) brand new films from prolific Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa due out in 2024. He also has another one Chime and yet another French one called Le chemin du serpent (or Path of the Snake) in post already. The tile Cloud is a reference to the digital space known as the cloud, as it’s a peculiar horror story about how hatred spreads online. Yoshii, a young man who resells goods online by flipping cheap products for high prices, finds himself at the center of a series of mysterious events that put his life at risk. Online threats against him start to become real. The film stars Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa, Daikan Okudaira, Okayama Amane, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Masataka Kubota. The film is less of a horror, more of an action thriller, with some mysterious elements that build up as it goes on. This should be a big hit at Venice and beyond – keep an eye out for it in your area. // Continue Reading ›
