December 15, 2005

Trailers for Tatsushi Ômori's THE WHISPERING OF THE GODS (GERUMANIUMU NO YORU), w/ Hirofumi Arai, Leona Hirota, Megumi Sawara, Nao Ômori, Genta Dairaku, Akifumi Miura, Akaji Maro, Renji Ishibashi, Kei Satô, et al.

(Posted In Asia Drama Film News Random Festival News Trailer Alert )

whispering_gods_still.jpgA theatrical trailer and two teaser trailers for Tatsushi Ômori's The Whispering of the Gods (Gerumaniumu no yoru - or "Germanium no yoru", if you prefer back-transliterations) have been added to the website of Neoplex Inc. (K.K. Neopurekkusu).

As was previously reported here and there on Twitch, the screenplay for The Whispering of the Gods (Gerumaniumu no yoru) was written by Yoshio Urasawa, based on the eponymous novel Gerumaniumu no yoru by Mangetsu Hanamura. The movie's principal cast is as follows: Hirofumi Arai, Leona Hirota (Hirota Reona), Megumi Sawara, Keita Kimura, Nao Ômori, Takayuki Tsuwa, Genta Dairaku, Masashi Yamamoto, Akifumi Miura, Akaji Maro, Renji Ishibashi, and Kei Satô.

The Whispering of the Gods was in competition at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival (Dai-18-kai Tôkyô Kokusai Eigasai). Arato Film Inc. (K.K. Arato Eiga Jimusho) is scheduled to release it theatrically in Japan on December 17th.

"'The Whispering of the Gods' is, I believe, the most powerful Japanese film I have seen during 2005. Certainly, in it, director Omori Tatsushi makes the memorable debut." - world-renowned film critic Donald Richie, as quoted on the official subsite for The Whispering of the Gods

The Whispering of the Gods broadband theatrical trailer (streaming Windows Media)
The Whispering of the Gods narrowband theatrical trailer (streaming Windows Media)
The Whispering of the Gods teaser trailer #1 (streaming Windows Media)
The Whispering of the Gods teaser trailer #2 (streaming Windows Media)
The Whispering of the Gods official subsite
Tokyo International Film Festival: The Whispering of the Gods (English)
Tokyo International Film Festival: The Whispering of the Gods (Japanese)
Variety: Review of The Whispering of the Gods

» Posted by The Gomorrahizer at December 15, 2005 12:45 PM
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Reader Comments

bumped into the website for this recently. looks very bleak, very interesting. minimal, and emotional. nice.

» Posted by logboy at December 15, 2005 01:34 PM

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