International première of Tatsushi Ômori's THE WHISPERING OF THE GODS (GERUMANIUMU NO YORU), w/ Hi

Tatsushi Ômori's The Whispering of the Gods (Gerumaniumu no yoru - or "Germanium no yoru", if you prefer back-transliterations) is scheduled to have its international (i.e., outside-of-Japan) première at the 59th Locarno International Film Festival (59º Festival Internazionale del Film Locarno) in Switzerland in early August. The movie had what appears to have been its world première at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival (Dai-18-kai Tôkyô Kokusai Eigasai) on October 22nd of last year. Arato Film Inc. (K.K. Arato Eiga Jimusho) released it theatrically in Japan on December 17th of last year.

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.

For more information on The Whispering of the Gods, see ScreenAnarchy's sixth, 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 teaser trailer (downloadable 7.3 MB WMV file)
The Whispering of the Gods English-language official subsite
The Whispering of the Gods Japanese-language official subsite