22 new Joshizu production stills (and 1 old one)

By kevin on February 18, 2014 at 6:29am EST

A big new batch of production stills have been released for Yuichi Fukuda’s upcoming sentai action comedy Joshizu, courtesy of Eiga.com. The new photos feature the five female stars of the film in a variety of settings, the most important among them of course being a desolate rock quarry.

The film revolves around a team of five young women gathered together by a man named Commander Charles (Jiro Sato) to wear hero costumes, form an all-female sentai team, and fight supervillains with no previous experience. Their only criteria for being selected, it would seem, is that their names happen to match with the colors of the costumes they each will wear.

Red

Mirei Kiritani was the first cast member to be announced, and is being billed as the main star of the film. She plays a serious, dilligent young woman named Naoko Akagi (Red). Akagi translates to “red tree” the way her name is written.

Kiritani gets to show of a lot of hero poses, most of which she claims to have been practicing since she was a little girl watching sentai TV shows with her brother.

She’s even shown in a hand-to-hand struggle with a monstrous super-powered villain.

But sometimes you just have to take that call.

Blue

Mina Fujii plays the very fashion-forward Mika Aota (Blue). Ao is actually the Japanese word for blue.

And of course, the elaborate hero pose for the gal with style.

Yellow

Mitsuki Takahata plays dirt-poor laborer Yuri Kikiwada (Yellow). Yuri literally means “lily”, and lilies certainly can be yellow.

She appears to have more of a gritty martial arts style hero pose.

As well as the glare of a disinterested badass.

Green

Kasumi Arimura (Amachan) plays aspiring theater troupe member Kanoko Midoriyama (Green). Midoriyama literally means “green mountain”.

Gotta love the classic pointy index finger and thumb pose.

And a closer view for good measure.

Just don’t ask what’s going on here. Pose fail?

Navy

Mizuki Yamamoto plays wealthy heiress Sumire Konno (Navy). Sumire means violet, which I suppose is close enough.

Navy seems to be going with a flamboyant “Ta-da!” pose.

Other highlights

Deadly pea pod monsters!

Cartoon-style injuries!

Urgent rickshaw rides!

Action-packed manga reading!

And whatever is going on here.

“Joshizu” will be released by King Records in Japan on June 7, 2014.