All Japan articles – Page 49
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FeaturesTiffcom: 'A great place to sell to Asian territories'
Tiffcom contents market (Oct 20-22) is shaping up to be a big draw as Japanese buyers stay close to home.
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Cambodia, Japan film commissions come into focus
Recently-launched film commissions from two vastly different filmmaking cultures – Cambodia and Japan – were introduced at the BIFCOM locations showcase and Film Policy Plus (FPP) in Pusan this week.
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CJ launches joint venture with Japan’s T-joy
Korea’s CJ Entertainment and T-Joy, the theatre chain affiliate of major Japanese studio Toei, are launching a joint investment and distribution venture that will start operations in April 2010.
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NewsJapanese court acquits creator of Winny P2P software
Japanese courts in Osaka and Tokyo have handed down rulings on two closely watched cases involving intellectual property rights in the peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing and DVD arenas.
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NBC Universal launches SCI FI HD in Japan
NBC Universal Global Networks Asia Pacific will launch SCI FI HD in Japan in October, the company’s first HD channel foray in the Asia-Pacific region.
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NewsTokyo International Film Festival to screen The Cove
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the line-up for this year’s edition (Oct 17-25), including the last-minute addition of controversial documentary The Cove, which chronicles the annual dolphin hunt in the Japanese town of Taiji.
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Thirteen Assassins
Based on a true story about a samurai who leads a band of thirteen warriors on a suicide mission to kill an evil young lord in order to assume a high political post. A remake of Eichi Kudo’s 1963 box office hit
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NewsFortissimo picks up Shimizu’s 3D Shock Labyrinth
Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide rights, excluding Japan, to live-action 3D thriller The Shock Labyrinth, directed by Takashi Shimizu and produced by Japan’s Asmik Ace.
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NewsKore-eda’s Ship, Swarup adaptation among TPG projects
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Brazilian co-production Ship Is Yet To Come and an adaptation of Slumdog Millionaire author Vikas Swarup’s Six Suspects are among the 25 projects that have been selected for this year’s Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG).
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NewsJapanese distributor Xanadeux goes out of business
Xanadeux has become the latest in a string of small to medium-sized Japanese distributors to go out of business, following a contraction in the territory’s independent film and DVD markets.
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NewsJapanese box office up 17.6% in first half of 2009
Japanese box office earnings for the first half of 2009 totaled $990.87m (Y93.9b), a 17.6.% increase over the same period last year.
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Nikkatsu takes over AMG’s acquisitions unit
Japanese studio Nikkatsu has acquired the buying and selling operations of Japan’s AMG Entertainment in a move designed to strengthen its own acquisitions activities.
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NewsNo Puedo continues winning streak at Japan's Skip City
Following its recent win at the Taipei film festival, Leon Dai’s No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti won the grand prize at Japan’s Skip City International D-Cinema Festival (July 10-20).
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NewsGokusen wins three-way battle at Japanese box office
Big-screen TV adaptation Gokusen: The Movie earned $5.27m (Y489.5m) from 402,440 admissions on its opening weekend in Japan, beating out Hollywood newcomers Knowing and Monsters Vs. Aliens.
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Golden Slumber
A delivery man races against time to uncover a plot to frame him for the public assassination of the new prime minister. He discovers the conspiracy is somehow connected to the friends he made back in his university days. Based on a best-selling novel by Kotaro Isaka.
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Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends – The Movie
A reboot of the legendary Ultraman franchise under Mighty Morphin Power Rangers director Koichi Sakamoto. Ultraman not only battles over 100 monsters but also faces off against a villainous Ultraman in a first for the 43-year-old film and TV series.
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NewsYoda, Kinoshita reach agreement for Gaga buy-out
Gaga Communications chairman Tom Yoda has reached an agreement to finalise a management buy-out of the indie distributor from Japanese media and telecoms conglomerate Usen.
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NewsKadokawa slate heavy on local productions
Kadokawa Pictures has unveiled a 12-picture distribution slate for 2009-10, headed by in-house productions such as $20m drama Shizumanu Taiyo starring Ken Watanabe.