“Traverse” Theatrical Poster
Filmmaker Yuki Okada teams up with real life Karate Grandmaster Jun Tamegai in Traverse, a Taken-style revenge thriller that promises “real” martial arts (and none of that special effects stuff).
Read the official plot details below:
Karate master Jun and his wife Aki live in Toyohashi City with their adopted daughter Rin. The family happiness seems perfect until Aki disappears while visiting a fireworks display together. After the police discover her suicide, a world collapses for Jun. Filled with guilt, he closes his dojo and starts drinking. The relationship with his daughter seems to be broken, but when Rin is threatened by a brutal yakuza gang a few years later – now Jun has to apply all his martial arts skills to fight his way free to her.
Traverse will be shown at the 21st JFFH 2020 between August 19, 2020 and September 2, 2020. For now, check out the film’s Trailer:
Looks like cool stuff. I did have to turn the trailer off halfway because they showed too much of the movie though.
Trying to add this one to my watch list, and it looks like this movie doesn’t even have an entry on IMDB. Is it so under-the-radar that it’s not even on IMDB yet? Or am I blind and can someone show it to me?
Hey Dan, it’s screening as part of the (online this year) Hamburg Japan Film Festival, which runs from 19th August to 2nd September. Here’s the link to its entry –
https://jffh.de/de/festivals/21-jffh-2020/traverse.html
With a little help from Google Translate, seems like each movie is €5 a pop to check out, and you have 48 hours to do so (it comes with English subtitles as well).
Can anyone tell me when this will be available on DVD in the United States. I want to see it so bad.
It hasn’t been picked up by a US distributor, so likely the only option will remain the non-English subtitled Japanese DVD.