{"id":30076,"date":"2025-06-02T07:16:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30076"},"modified":"2025-06-02T07:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:23:52","slug":"tornado-exclusive-interview-with-actor-takehiro-hira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30076","title":{"rendered":"Tornado : Exclusive Interview with Actor Takehiro Hira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cinemadailyus\"><strong>Check out more of our Youtube Channel\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"google-anno\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/#\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">TV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u00a0Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30078\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tornado3.png\" alt=\"Tornado \" width=\"856\" height=\"1304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tornado3.png 856w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tornado3-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tornado3-672x1024.png 672w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tornado3-768x1170.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tornado3-696x1060.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a9Courtesy of IFC Films<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<strong>Tornado<\/strong> : Set in the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain, Tornado (K\u014dki) is a young and determined Japanese woman who finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father&#8217;s travelling puppet Samurai show crosses paths with a gang of ruthless criminals led by Sugarman (Tim Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (Jack Lowden). In an attempt to create a new life for herself, Tornado seizes the opportunity to take matters into her own hands and steal the gold from their most recent heist. With her father murdered by the gang and her life in grave danger, what follows is a thrilling tale of adrenaline-fueled action, as Tornado races against time to escape a violent demise and avenge her father&#8217;s death. Armed with her father&#8217;s Samurai training, Tornado leaves a trail of devastation and bloody revenge in her wake.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> : John Maclean<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Leonora Darby, James Harris, Mark Lane<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong> : John Maclean<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong> : IFC Films<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Tea Shop Productions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating<\/strong> : R (Language|Strong Violence)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Action, Mystery &amp; Thriller, Western<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : May 30, 2025, Limited<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 31m<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you like the article, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"dUwG3vNTOxM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tornado - Official Trailer | HD | IFC Films\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dUwG3vNTOxM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out more of our Youtube Channel\u00a0 Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up 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