{"id":33777,"date":"2026-03-08T11:47:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T15:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=33777"},"modified":"2026-03-08T19:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:21:59","slug":"heel-exlusive-interview-with-actor-kit-rakusen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=33777","title":{"rendered":"Heel : Exclusive interview with Actor Kit Rakusen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>\u00a9<\/b>Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@cinemadailyus\">Check out more of Our YouTube Channel\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> 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 TV Tokyo\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.<\/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-large wp-image-33779\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Heel-poster-1-692x1024.png\" alt=\"Heel\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Heel-poster-1-692x1024.png 692w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Heel-poster-1-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Heel-poster-1-696x1030.png 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Heel-poster-1.png 704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a9<\/b>Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heel<\/strong> : From Academy Award\u00ae nominated director Jan Komasa, HEEL is a twisted thriller that follows 19-year-old hooligan Tommy (Anson Boon), who revels in a life of drugs, parties, and violence. One night, on a bender with his reckless friends, he becomes separated from the group and is abducted by an unknown figure (Golden Globe\u00ae winner Stephen Graham). Though he is no stranger to inflicting violence, he is enraged and horrified when he wakes to find himself chained in the basement of the isolated suburban family home of Chris (Graham), his wife Kathryn (Academy Award\u00ae nominee Andrea Riseborough), and their young son Jonathan (Kit Rakusen). The family sets out to reform Tommy&#8217;s unruly behavior, forcing him to comply with their relentless mind games or seek escape at any cost.<\/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> : Jan Komasa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Jeremy Thomas, Ewa Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski<\/p>\n<p><strong>Screenwriter<\/strong> : Bartek Bartosik, Naqqash Khalid<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong> : Magnolia Pictures<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Skopia Film, Recorded Picture Company<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Mystery &amp; Thriller, Crime, Drama<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : Mar 6, 2026, Limited<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Streaming) :<\/strong> Mar 6, 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you like the interview, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"qWkPjI-Brkc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Heel - Official Trailer | Starring Stephen Graham and Andrea Riseborough | In theaters March 6\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qWkPjI-Brkc?start=7&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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