TOEI Starts “HERO NEXT” Project Starring Previous Tokusatsu Actors [Updated]
Thursday, 31 May 2012 | 03:29 | 0 comments
The company that produces Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series through the years, TOEI had announced that they will start a new project starring previous tokusatsu actors dubbed as “HERO NEXT.” It is to show a new side of the young actors.
Directed by Ten Shimoyama, the first film, “PIECE ~Kioku no Kakera~” stars Kamen Rider OOO actors Shu Watanabe and Ryosuke Miura. Watanabe plays a free reporter and Miura a cameraman with five personalities. They pursue a mystery in this science-fiction suspense story.
The new project is pretty much different from the usual show they previously filmed. It is said to be a "showdown of acting abilities." TOEI television producer and head of the TOEI Tokyo filming studio Shinichiro Shirakura explained, “When their show is over, it’s absurd to just say ‘Okay, bye.’ If only there were a way to show another side of those hero show actors….”
Ten Shimoyama (Innocent World, Shinobi), director of Kamen Rider OOO's music videos “Anything Goes!” and “Te o Tsunagou ~Matsuken x Kamen Rider Samba,” commented, “I want to film the side of those two that they only show in private.”
From this onwards, the HERO NEXT series of direct-to-video films will feature young actors who have graduated from Toei’s tokusatsu series.
“PIECE ~Kioku no Kakera~” begins DVD rental on November 9th and slated to be released on November 21st.
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