Tatsushi Ômori's THE WHISPERING OF THE GODS (GERUMANIUMU NO YORU), w/ Hirofumi Arai, Léona Hirota,

The English-language official subsite for Tatsushi Ômori's The Whispering of the Gods (Gerumaniumu no yoru - or "Germanium no yoru", if you prefer back-transliterations) is now online. Also, there are now downloadable versions of the theatrical trailer and one of the teaser trailers for the movie on the website of Arato Film Inc. (K.K. Arato Eiga Jimusho).

The screenplay for The Whispering of the Gods (Gerumaniumu no yoru) was written by Yoshio Urasawa, based on the eponymous novel Gerumaniumu no yoru by Mangetsu Hanamura. The movie stars Hirofumi Arai as Rô, Léona Hirota (Hirota Reona) as Sister Theresa, Megumi Sawara as Kyôko, Keita Kimura as Tôru, Nao Ômori as Ukawa, Takayuki Tsuwa as Kita, Genta Dairaku as the scout master, Masashi Yamamoto as Brother Akabane, Akifumi Miura as Arakawa, Akaji Maro as the elderly shopkeeper, Renji Ishibashi as Komiya, and Kei Satô as Father Togawa.

The Whispering of the Gods was in competition at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival (Dai-18-kai Tôkyô Kokusai Eigasai). Arato Film released the movie theatrically in Japan on December 17th of last year.

For more information on The Whispering of the Gods, see ScreenAnarchy's fifth, fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.

The Whispering of the Gods theatrical trailer (downloadable 15 MB WMV file)
The Whispering of the Gods broadband theatrical trailer (streaming Windows Media)
The Whispering of the Gods narrowband theatrical trailer (streaming Windows Media)
The Whispering of the Gods teaser trailer #1 (downloadable 7.3 MB WMV file)

The Whispering of the Gods teaser trailer #1 (streaming Windows Media)
The Whispering of the Gods teaser trailer #2 (streaming Windows Media)
The Whispering of the Gods English-language official subsite
The Whispering of the Gods Japanese-language official subsite