{"id":34854,"date":"2026-07-27T05:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=34854"},"modified":"2026-07-27T05:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:48:38","slug":"new-york-asian-film-festival-magical-secret-tour-exclusive-interview-with-director-chihiro-amano-actress-sara-minami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=34854","title":{"rendered":"New York Asian Film Festival : “Magical Secret Tour” \/ Exclusive Interview with Director Chihiro Amano & Actress Sara Minami"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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’s “A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called “Morning Satellite” 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>\n

\"Magical<\/p>\n

Magical Secret Tour<\/strong> : Three women with no reason to trust each other and nothing left to lose meet at the wrong end of Japan\u2019s economy and find a very illegal way out. Wakako (Kasumi Arimura), a mother of two, learns that her husband has been fired, exposed for embezzlement, and left her buried in debt. Kiyoe (Haru Kuroki) is a researcher with no job security owing six million yen. Mayu (Sara Minami) is pregnant, unmarried, and a broke cabaret-club worker. A shady gig sends them all to Singapore, where the work turns out to be gold smuggling. Then the money comes in. And so does the freedom. Chihiro Amano, director of Mrs. Noisy, draws on a real smuggling case for a film about women who have spent their lives short on money and short on luck, but suddenly discover they are pretty good at being bad.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

DIRECTOR<\/strong> : Chihiro Amano<\/p>\n

Cast<\/strong> : Kasumi Arimura, Haru Kuroki, Sara Minami<\/p>\n

YEAR<\/strong> : 2026<\/p>\n

COUNTRY<\/strong> : Japan<\/p>\n

RUNTIME<\/strong> : 114 minutes<\/p>\n

LANGUAGE<\/strong> : Japanese with English subtitles<\/p>\n

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