JAPANESE
GHOST CAT RHAPSODY
3Y Film, makers of THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL and NEZURA 1964, have anniunced their next project...GHOST CAT RHAPSODY (怪猫狂騒曲, Kaibyō Kyōsō Kyoku). Directed by Hiroto Yokokawa (THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL, NEZURA 1964), the film will be a musica/film collaboration with living icon Chumei Michiaki Watanabe, the composer for such classic series as KIKAIDA, GREAT MAZINGER and GORENGER.GHOST CAT RHAPSODY is a fresh take on the classic legend of the ghost cat. The popular horror tale was once popular with Japoanese studios, who released dozens of movies such as THE GHOST CAT AND THE MYSTERIOUS SHAMISEN (1938), GHOST CAT OF NABESHIME (1949), THE GHOST CAT OF OUMA CROSSING (1954), BLACK CAT MANSION (1958) and THE GHOST CAT OF OTAMA POND (1960). As with their previous projects, 3Y Film is looking to revive a long-lost tokusatsu genre for the modern age.
GHOST CAT RHAPSODY will star Masanori Kikuzawa (NEZURA 1964), Mai Saito (ULTRAMAN GAIA: THE BATTLE IN HYPERSPACE), Yukari Taki (SPACE SHERIFF GAVAN: THE MOVIE), Daisuke Ban (KIKAIDA), and Takeshi Tsuruno (ULTRAMAN DYNA). with more cast members to be announced. The movie will be released in Japan in 2022.
CREDITS
Title：Ghost Cat Rhapsody
Release Date: 2022
Run Time: 60 Minutes (Tentative)
Starring: Masanori Kikuzawa/Mai Saito/Yukari Taki/Noboru Sato/Daisuke Ban
and Takeshi Tsuruno
Directed by: Hiroto Yokokawa
Music by: Chumei Watanabe
Produced by: Hiroto Yokokawa/Kazuma Yoneyama
Cinematographer: Daisuke Sato
Production Design by: Hiroto Yokokawa/Takuma Asai/Karin Yamada
Ghost Cat Design: Keisuke Yoneyama
Ghost Cat Modelling: Katsuhiro Kurosawatsu/Tomoya Ayaki
Special effects art director: Naoki Ishii
Suit actor: Akira Ohashi
Theme Song Performance: Orchestra Triptyque
Theme Song Lyrics: Kenji Tanokura
Special Thanks (Cast): Takashi Yasuda/Noumaru Abe/Momi Fushigi
Brain: Kensaku Sakai
Music Producer: Koichi Nishi
Consulting Producer/Publicist: Avery Guerra
Production Company: 3Y Film
▲Chumei Watanabe
▲Masanori Kikuzawa, Mai Saito, Takeshi Tsuruno
About 3Y Film
3Y Film is part of the video production company 3Y Co., Ltd. Founded in 2015 by Hiroto Yokokawa, 3Y has been involved with the production, filming, photography, editing and CG effects for commercials, movies, stage productions and corporate videos. The company has recently branched out into their original productions such as the feature film THE GREAT BUDDHA ARRIVAL & NEZURA 1964.
▲GHOST CAT RHAPSODY(2022) IMAGE | 3Y Film
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