Minoru Kawasaki's KANI GOALKEEPER (KANI GÔRUKÎPÂ), w/ Mikisuke Haruyama, Saaya, Sayaka Tashiro, Naoto Takenaka, Hiroshi Fujioka, Hitoshi Ozawa, Aya Koizumi, Akihiro Shimizu, Michiko Shimizu, Yakan Nabe, et al.

The official website for Minoru Kawasaki's Kani Goalkeeper (Kani gôrukîpâ) is now online.

The screenplay for Kani Goalkeeper was written by Kawasaki and Masakazu Migita, based on a story by the former. The movie's principal cast is as follows (listed order corresponds to website order): Mikisuke Haruyama, Saaya (on the left), Sayaka Tashiro, Naoto Takenaka, Hiroshi Fujioka, Hitoshi Ozawa, Aya Koizumi, Akihiro Shimizu, Michiko Shimizu, Yakan Nabe, Nao Oikawa, Arthur Kuroda (Kuroda Âsâ), and football (a.k.a. soccer) player Hiroaki Morishima.

BBMC K.K. (K.K. BBMC) is scheduled to release Kani Goalkeeper on sale DVD (MCSD-30043) in Japan on May 26th, and theatrically there on the following day.

Kawasaki's previous directing credits include Jissha-ban: Maicchingu Machiko sensei: Tôdai o-juken daisakusen!!, Executive Koala (Koara kachô), Kabuto-O Beetle (Kabuto-Ô Bîtoru), and The Calamari Wrestler (Ika resurâ).

Thanks to Twitch's own logboy for some of the links below.

Kani Goalkeeper official website
Yûfuku bakademia: Kani Goalkeeper production stills
EigaTirashi.com: Kani Goalkeeper flyer (see above left - 32 KB JPEG version)
Jissha-ban: Maicchingu Machiko sensei: Tôdai o-juken daisakusen!! trailer (downloadable 13.5 MB WMV file - viewer discretion is advised)
Jissha-ban: Maicchingu Machiko sensei: Tôdai o-juken daisakusen!! official webpage
Executive Koala trailer (streaming Windows Media)
Executive Koala official website
Kabuto-O Beetle trailer (downloadable 4.1 MB WMV file)
Kabuto-O Beetle official website
The Calamari Wrestler trailer (downloadable 6.5 MB WMV file)
Twitch: Review of The Calamari Wrestler