{"id":22043,"date":"2024-02-17T01:03:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T06:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=22043"},"modified":"2024-02-17T01:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T06:03:29","slug":"house-of-ninjas-intrview-with-kento-kaku-and-dave-boyle-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=22043","title":{"rendered":"House of Ninjas : Exclusive Interview with Actor Kento Kaku and Director Dave Boyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\">Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kento Kaku\u00a0was born on 3 July 1989 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for\u00a0<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt22012992\/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk\">House of Ninjas (2024)<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10579380\/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk\">AI Amok (2020)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1653881\/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk\">Help of God (2010)<\/a>. He has been married to\u00a0<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1966152\/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk\">Nana Eikura<\/a>\u00a0since 7 August 2016. They have one child.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Boyle is known for\u00a0<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt22012992\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">House of Ninjas (2024)<\/a>,\u00a0<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2287170\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Man from Reno (2014)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1669277\/?ref_=nmbio_mbio\">Surrogate Valentine (2011)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-22044 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-of-nijya-631x1024.png\" alt=\"house of Ninjas\" width=\"631\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-of-nijya-631x1024.png 631w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-of-nijya-185x300.png 185w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-of-nijya-696x1129.png 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/house-of-nijya.png 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>House of Ninjas<\/strong> : Long ago in feudal Japan, ninjas (or shinobi) were masterful mercenaries hired by warlords to lead dangerous espionage missions to catch the baddies. But now it\u2019s 2024, and ninjas\u2026 don\u2019t really exist \u2014 except in House of Ninjas, the new spy thriller from writer-director Dave Boyle (Man from Reno) starring Kento Kaku, Yosuke Eguchi, and Tae Kimura.<\/p>\n<p>\u30fbKento Kaku (The Family, Tokyo MER) as Haru Tawara, the second-born son of the Tawara family<\/p>\n<p>\u30fbYosuke Eguchi (Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins) as Soichi Tawara, Haru\u2019s dad, who runs a sake brewery<\/p>\n<p>\u30fbTae Kimura (Gururi No Koto) as Yoko Tawara, Haru\u2019s mom<\/p>\n<p>\u30fbTenta Banka (Kamen Rider Saber) as Riku Tawara, Haru\u2019s kid brother Aju Makita (Shoplifters) as Nagi Tawara, Haru\u2019s younger sister, a college student<\/p>\n<p>\u30fb<a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=Kengo+Kora\">Kengo Kora<\/a> (Shin Godzilla) as Gaku Tawara, Haru\u2019s older brother who died six years ago<\/p>\n<p>\u30fbNobuko Miyamoto (Tampopo) as Taki Tawara, Haru\u2019s grandmother<\/p>\n<p>\u30fb <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?s=Riho+Yoshioka\">Riho Yoshioka<\/a> (Fukushima 50) as Karen Ito, a journalist and Haru\u2019s crush<\/p>\n<p>\u30fbTomorowo Taguchi (Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo) as Jin Hamashima, the head of the Bureau of Ninja Management (BNM), aka the Agency for Cultural Affairs<\/p>\n<p>\u30fbTokio Emoto (Norwegian Wood) as Masamitsu Oki, a tech geek who works at BNM<\/p>\n<p>\u30fb Mariko Tsutsui (A Girl Missing) as Toko Mukai, a congresswoman Takayuki Yamada (The Naked Director)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"gaDl_i80PYU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"House of Ninjas | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gaDl_i80PYU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel Kento Kaku\u00a0was born on 3 July 1989 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for\u00a0House of Ninjas (2024),\u00a0AI Amok (2020)\u00a0and\u00a0Help of God (2010). He has been married to\u00a0Nana Eikura\u00a0since 7 August 2016. They have one child. Dave Boyle is known for\u00a0House&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3044,"featured_media":22045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[13580,20602,3648,20603,92,8202,20605,20606,20604],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>House of Ninjas\/ Interview with Kento Kaku and Dave Boyle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"House of Ninjas : The last ninja Tagawa Family had abandoned its roots but now the family must take on the greatest crisis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=22043\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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