Nominees from Japan in the 10th Asian Film Awards (2016)

Best Film: Koibitotachi

Best Director: Koreeda Hirokazu (Umimachi Diary)

Best Actor: Nagase Masatoshi (An)

Best Actress: Ayase Haruka (Umimachi Diary)

Best Supporting Actor: Asano Tadanobu (Kishibe no Tabi)

Best Supporting Actress: Tsuchiya Anna (Gonin Saga) / Ueno Juri (The Beauty Inside - Korean film)

Best Newcomer: Fujino Ryoko (Solomon no Gishou Part 1 and Part 2)

Best Screenplay: Ujita Takashi & Kurosawa Kiyoshi (Kishibe no Tabi)

Best Editing: Ozeki Yasuyuki (Bakuman)

Best Cinematography: Sasakibara Yasushi & Yamamoto Yoshiaki (Gonin Saga)

Best Original Music: Otomo Yoshihide (Kishibe no Tabi)

Best Costume Design: Miyamoto Masae (Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko)

Best Production Design: Harada Tetsuo (Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko)

Best Visual Effects: Onoue Katsuro (Shingeki no Kyojin)

Best Sound: Watanabe Shinji (Bakuman) / Nishiyama Toru (Zane - Sunde wa Ikenai Heya -)

Source: The 10th Asian Film Awards

Further cast announcements for new movie "Shingeki no Kyojin"

Toho has announced new additions to the cast lineup of new movie "Shingeki no Kyojin" starring Miura Haruma on 29 July. Hasegawa Hiroki, Mizuhara Kiko and Ishihara Satomi will be joining Miura in this movie but details of their characters have not been announced. Filming is currently in progress and the movie will be released in two parts during summer 2015.

Source: Sponichi

Miura Haruma to star in the real-life adaptation movie of "Shingeki no Kyojin"

Miura Haruma will be starring in the real-life adaptation movie of popular manga "Shingeki no Kyojin" (Attack on Titan) by Isayama Hajime which will be directed by Higuchi Shinji and due to be shown in cinemas next year. Filming is expected to begin in early summer this year.

News of the real-life adaptation was first revealed in October 2011 but the original director Nakashima Tetsuya was dropped which led to plans for the movie being scrapped. It was only until Higuchi picked up the project again in December last year before Miura was finally chosen to play the lead. This will be Miura's first leading role in a movie since his last in June 2011's "Tokyo Koen" and he will have to fight against a Titan which is expected to be at least 60 metres tall. In order to portray the state of ruins left behind by the Titan's attack, the filming is expected to be done at Hashima Island (commonly known as Gunkanjima), Nagasaki which is known as the sacred place of ruins.

Source: Sanspo