© Sui Ishida / Shueisha
Pan-Asian streaming service iflix has added two Japanese live-action films to their streaming lineup in the Philippines, which are the first live-action film adaptations of Tokyo Ghoul and Hentai Kamen.
The two titles will be streamed on the service in Tagalog dubbing.
Both titles are distributed by VIVA International Pictures, which is the International film distribution arm of the Philippine entertainment company VIVA Communications, Inc.
Tokyo Ghoul
東京喰種
© Sui Ishida / Shueisha
Riddled with gripping fight scenes and tasteful gore, this adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul brings the popular manga series to life like never before.
Buried in books and a quiet life, Ken Kaneki is all but dead to the world in an age where flesh-eating ghouls live among us. But when his only chance for survival is an organ donation that turns him into a ghoul-human hybrid, he finds sanctuary at Anteiku—a café run by the people he once considered monsters. Targeted by anti-ghoul forces, this safe house is up against a hunger more sickening than their own. When their most innocent members are threatened by humanity’s taste for vengeance, Kaneki will risk life and limb to protect the very world that changed his own. (Synopsis from Funimation)
Tokyo Ghoul is the live-action film adaptation of the popular dark fantasy manga series series by Sui Ishida, which was serialized from September 2011 to September 2014 in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
The original manga has a total of 14 chapters, since then expanded to two manga spin-offs, light novel series, and three seasons of an anime adaptation.
The live-action film was directed Kentaro Hagiwara, while screenplays were handled by Ichiro Kusuno, and Beck live-action movie’s cinematographer Satoru Karasawa handled Director of Photography. The film was produced by Geek Sight and distributed by Shochiku.
The film’s cast was lead by Masataka Kubota (“Light Yagami”, Death Note live-action television series) as lead character “Ken Kaneki”, while Fumika Shimuzu (“Aiko Himeno”, Hentai Kamen live-action movie) portrayed “Toka Kirishima”.
The film was screened in Philippine cinemas on August 2017, which was distributed by VIVA International Pictures and shown in Japanese audio with English subtitles.
The film made its Tagalog-dubbed television premiere on TMC, which is one of VIVA Communication’s Pay-TV channels, in February of last year.
You may watch Tokyo Ghoul’s first live-action film on the iflix app on your device, or through this link: iflix.com/title/movie/259622
HK: Forbidden Super Hero
HK 変態仮面
Kyosuke is a Kempo club member, and as the son of a Detective he always tries to do the right thing. One day he saves pretty girl Aiko from some bullies, they end up liking each other; later that day she needs rescuing again, but on the process of saving her, a pair of women panties slip up on him giving him the ability of using the 100% potential of his body (pumped up by horniness), thus the birth of the ultimate hero HENTAI KAMEN. (Synopsis from Anime News Network)
HK: Forbidden Super Hero, also known by the name Hentai Kamen, is the first live-action film adaptation based on the manga series Kyukyoku!! Hentai Kamen, created by Keishu Ando.
The manga series was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from September 1992 to September 1993, which has a total of six chapters.
The live-action movie was written and directed by Yuichi Fukuda, who also worked on the live-action television drama series Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai, which was screened in Japanese cinemas in 2013. The theme song for the film, “Emotions”, was performed by the Japanese band Man with a Mission.
The first film was followed up by its sequel, HK2: The Abnormal Crisis, three years later.
The film is starring Ryohei Suzuki (“Ryu Nakanishi”, Gatchaman live-action film) as the lead character “Kyosuke Shikijo” and Fumika Shimuzu as “Aiko Himeno”.
The Japanese live-action film made its Philippine television premiere on TMC in May 2017, which was aired in Tagalog dubbing.
You may watch HK: Forbidden Super Hero on the iflix app on your device, or through this link: iflix.com/title/movie/259351
