Winners of the 31st Nikkansports Movie Awards & Ishihara Yujiro Award (2018)

Best Movie: Manbiki Kazoku

Best Director: Shiraishi Kazuya (Sunny 32 / Korou no Chi / Tomerareruka, oretachi wo)

Best Leading Actor: Matsuzaka Toori (Funouhan / Shounen)

Best Leading Actress: Ando Sakura (Manbiki Kazoku)

Best Supporting Actor: Takahashi Issei (Uso wo aisuru onna / Soratobu Taiya / Oku Otoko)

Best Supporting Actress: Kiki Kirin (Manbiki Kazoku / Mori no iru basho / Nichinichi kore koujitsu)

Best Newcomer: Hirate Yurina (HIBIKI)

Best Foreign Movie: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Ishihara Yujiro Award: Camera wo tomeru na!

Ishihara Yujiro Newcomer Award: Iwata Takanori (Kyounen no fuyu, kimi to wakare / Vision / Perfect World Kimi to iru kiseki)

Source: Natalie

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 24th & 25th March 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) The Boss Baby (322)

2) Coco (371)

3) Eiga Doraemon Nobita no Takarajima (370)

4) Chihayafuru - Musubi - (307)

5) The Greatest Showman (374)

6) Eiga Puri Kyua Superstars! (213)

7) Tomb Raider First Mission (314)

8) Kita no Sakuramori (350)

9) Kyounen no fuyu, Kimi to wakare (329)

10) Black Panther (355)

Source: Eiga.com

Japan premiere event of new movie "Kyounen no Fuyu, Kimi to wakare"

The Japan premiere event of new movie "Kyounen no Fuyu, Kimi to wakare" was held at TOKYO DOME CITY HALL on 21 February which was attended by the director Takimoto Tomoyuki and cast members Iwata Takanori, Yamamoto Mizuki, Saito Takumi, Asami Reina and Kitamura Kazuki. m-flo who sings the theme song for the movie also made a special appearance to perform the song "live". The movie will be released in cinemas from 10 March.

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 17th & 18th March 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Eiga Doraemon Nobita no Takarajima (370)

2) Coco (371)

3) Chihayafuru - Musubi - (306)

4) Eiga Puri Kyua Superstars! (213)

5) The Greatest Showman (374)

6) Kita no Sakuramori (350)

7) Black Panther (355)

8) Kyounen no fuyu, Kimi to wakare (329)

9) KU-KAI Utsukushiki Ouhi no Nazo (306)

10) The Shape of Water (260)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 10th & 11th March 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Eiga Doraemon Nobita no Takarajima (369)

2) Kita no Sakuramori (350)

3) The Greatest Showman (374)

4) Black Panther (355)

5) Kyounen no fuyu, Kimi to wakare (328)

6) KU-KAI Utsukushiki Ouhi no Nazo (306)

7) The Shape of Water (260)

8) Sakamichi no Aporon (288)

9) Bungo Stray Dogs DEAD APPLE (74)

10) Gekijouban Ultraman Geed Tsunaguze! Negai!! (102)

Source: Eiga.com

m-flo to sing the theme song for new movie "Kyounen no Fuyu, Kimi to wakare"

m-flo will be singing the theme song for new movie "Kyounen no Fuyu, Kimi to wakare" starring Iwata Takanori. The new song titled "never" marks the return of their former member LISA and was specially written for the movie. m-flo commented that even though the title appears unrelated to the movie, the song is different from the usual ballads and contains many elements of m-flo's style so they hoped that the viewers can get to hear the song as soon as possible.

Iwata Takanori to star in new real-life adaptation movie "Kyounen no Fuyu, Kimi to wakare"

EXILE / Sandaime J Soul Brothers' Iwata Takanori will be starring in the new real-life adaptation movie "Kyounen no Fuyu, Kimi to wakare" (I parted with you last winter) which is based on the same-titled novel published in 2013 by Akutagawa Award-winning writer Nakamura Fuminori. The movie will be released in spring 2018.

Iwata will be playing an up-and-coming report writer Yakumo Kyousuke who is about to get married to his girlfriend Matsuda Yuriko (Yamamoto Mizuki). While aiming to get his book published, he comes across a mysterious case where a blind and beautiful woman was burnt to death. The suspect of this murder turns out to be a talented photographer Kiharazaka Yuudai (Saito Takumi) but as Yakumo investigates further, he is drawn into the deep darkness surrounding Kiharazaka. Other co-stars include Kitamura Kazuki who plays Kobayashi Yoshiki, the editor of a weekly magazine who suggests that Yakumo investigate the case while Kiharazaka's elder sister Akari will be played by Asami Reina.

Iwata who will be starring in his first suspense movie as the lead, said that he was taken aback when he first heard of the offer especially since he had never acted in such a serious and intense story before. As such, he views this a challenge to himself and hopes to be able to grow as an actor and get better in his acting through this movie.

Filming began on 2 July in the Kanto region and is expected to wrap up in mid August.

Sources: Oricon / Nikkansports / Eiga.com