Hollywood Dream Come True

Actress Kimura Yoshino (30) is to make her Hollywood debut. She will star alongside Ishibashi Ryo (50) in the follow-up to last year’s “Masters of Horror” series. That series of 13 one-hour horror movies featured some of the giants of the genre, including Dario Argento (Suspiria) and Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre), with Japan represented by Miike Takashi (Killer1 and One Missed Call). This time around, Japan’s representative will be Tsuruta Norio, the man behind “Ringu 0: Birthday” and “Yogen” (Premonition). “Dream Cruise” will feature Ishibashi as Ushijima and Kimura as his wife Yuri, in a tale taken from the short-story collection “Honogurai Mizu no Soko Kara” (Dark Water). The title story was used for a movie of the same name. Ushijima is the client of Tokyo-based American lawyer Jack, to be played by an as yet unnamed Hollywood actor, who is also involved in an affair with his wife. Ishibashi has appeared in foreign movies before, including last year’s Hollywood remake of “The Juon”. Kimura has lived abroad and speaks good English. The movie is to start filming near Tokyo this autumn and is scheduled for release next year.