Update: Makoto Tezuka's BLACK KISS (BURAKKU KISU), w/ Reika Hashimoto, Kaori Kawamura, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Masanobu Andô, Hijiri Kojima, Seri Iwahori, Angie, Hideo Sakaki, Joe Odagiri, Masao Kusakari, Eiji Okuda, et al.

Ooh, I'll have to keep an eye on this one!

Interesting - this is a new retitling of Synchronicity, the giallo-esque thriller starring "halfie" Japanese-American models that played Tokyo Film Festival way back in 2004. Didn't realise it hadnt been released in Japan yet, but I can see why it has been sitting on the shelf for so long. Don't hold oyur breath - It's bloody awful.
The director, Makoto Tezuka, is the son of legendary animator/manga artist and creator of Astroboy, Osamu Tezuka, as can be read in my review on Midnight Eye last year.

http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/round-up_009.shtml#synchronicity

We did a new draft of the original English subtitles for Synchronicity's showing at TIFF 2004 (after they switched from Shibuya to Virgin Cinemas, Roppingi Hills as the main venue).

Jasper and I often like the same films, but not in this case! In my opinion, the movie has an excellent, Argento-esque atmosphere and features some truly disturbing giallo-style murders (even the fashion shoot credit sequence is very Italy of the 70s). Things get ridiculous at the end, but up until then, solid. The HD visuals were wonderful I thought, and looked great on the big screen. My friend Moriyoshi Haruyo was one of the film's screenwriters -- her first big-screen credit.

Uplink are working on the release now. Foreign sales have proven a bit difficult, precisely because the movie isn't Japanese enough -- and doesn't fit the now established J-horror mold. Tezka shoots his locations and cast (several of who are only part-Japanese) in a way that suggests a nameless European/Asian megacity. Real Tokyo is often closer to this than is usually depicted.

By the way, Tezuka always writes his name as "Macoto Tezka." We should respect how a person chooses to officially publicize their own name in English, regardless of transliteration rules.