All Japan articles – Page 58
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NewsGaga snatches Bodyguards And Assassins
Gaga Corporation has acquired Japanese rights to Teddy Chen’s Bodyguards And Assassins, which will open China Film Week at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) this week.
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NewsJapan's Presidio prepares local language Paranormal Activity sequel
Japanese distributor Presidio Corporation is expanding into production with Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night, a local language sequel to the global box office smash.
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IMAX signs deal with Japan's United Cinemas for up to five theatres
IMAX Corporation and United Cinemas have announced a joint venture agreement to instal up to five digital IMAX theatre systems in Japan.
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NewsTokyo release of The Cove cancelled indefinitely
Distributor Unplugged attributes cancellation to protests and threats from right-wing groups.
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Japan’s Gaga Corp announces slew of acquisitions
Japanese distributor Gaga Corporation has announced a slew of acquisitions made since last September, including Buried, directed by Rodrigo Cortes, Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy and Tom Ford’s A Single Man.
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NewsSPC takes US and multi-territory rights to Nigel Cole's Made In Dagenham
Sony Pictures Classics has made a pre-emptive move on US, Latin American, Spanish and Japanese rights to Nigel Cole’s Made In Dagenham starring Sally Hawkins and Rosamund Pike.
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NewsJapanese distributor Tornado Film shuts its doors
Japanese film distributor Tornado Film has filed for bankruptcy, the company announced today.
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Nikkatsu's Sushi Typhoon closes multiple deals at EFM
Japanese seller Nikkatsu has closed several deals at EFM for titles in its Sushi Typhoon genre label.Germany’s 8 Films picked up all rights to Alien Vs Ninja and Mutant Girls Squad for Germany, Benelux and Scandinavia.Period actioner Alien Vs Ninja, directed by Seiji Chiba, is in currently post-production. Mutant Girls ...
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FeaturesHomegrown hits boost business
Local titles drove up the Japanese box office by 5.7% in 2009 as the number of international releases dropped dramatically.
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Outrage
Takeshi Kitano returns to the yakuza genre that made him internationally famous. Beat Takeshi (Kitano’s acting persona) stars as Otomo, the leader of a low-level gang who’s always called on to take care of dirty work while the higher ups keep their hands clean. An assignment to reign in ...
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Alien Vs Ninja
A band of ninjas do battle with aliens who crash land in Japan centuries ago. With action direction by Yuji Shimomura and Kensuke Sonomura. The inaugural film in Nikkatsu’s new Sushi Typhoon label.
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Elevator to the Gallows
A Japanese remake of Louis Malle’s classic 1957thriller.Hiroshi Abe stars as a doctor having an affair with the wife of a medical services company president. The pair scheme to make her husband’s murder look like a suicide.