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Bushi No Kakeibo
Based on the true story of a so-called “abacus samurai” accountant in the once-powerful Kaga fiefdom who struggled to support his wife and family in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. Based on historian Michifumi Isoda’s best-selling book.
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Saigo No Chushingura
Based on the legendary samurai tale which has been adapted countless times for stage and screen over the past three centuries. Koji Yakusho and Koichi Sato play two survivors on both sides of an attack by 47 ronin (masterless samurai) on the mansion of a government official whose persecution of ...
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Zebraman 2: Zebra City no Gyakushu
The creative team behind the popular 2003 original returns, transplating self-made hero Zebraman to the year 2025. Having lost his memory, Zebraman does battle with an organization set on world domination, introducing sexy new character Zebra Queen along the way.
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Hisshiken Torisashi
A samurai known for his original “bird catching” style of swordplay is pulled into a battle to the death when he kills a feudal lord’s mistress after she uses her influence to corrupt local politics. Based on a short story by author Shuhei Fujisawa (Love and Honour, The Twilight Samurai). ...
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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.
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NewsFuture Films and Mediabiz launch co-production fund
Future Films, the UK finance and production company, has launched a joint film fund with Canadian finance company Mediabiz International to invest in co-productions from the UK, Europe and Canada.
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Awards Countdown: Best Actress
ScreenDaily brings you a list of potential Best Actress contenders.
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NewsCine-Asia signs UK distribution deal with Weinstein's Dragon Dynasty
Cine-Asia, the DVD distributor, has signed a UK distribution deal with Dragon Dynasty, the Asian cinema brand owned by The Weinstein Company (TWC).
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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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FeaturesA French Legende
With new films from Olivier Dahan, Roselyne Bosch and Forest Whitaker in the pipeline, Alain Goldman — one of France’s leading producers — tells Nancy Tartaglione his recipe for international film-making
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Awards Countdown: Best Supporting Actor
ScreenDaily brings you a list of potential Best Supporting Actor candidates.
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FeaturesAwards Countdown: Best Supporting Actress
ScreenDaily brings you a list of potential candidates for Best Supporting Actresses.
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FeaturesStars earn their stripes
With all the year’s films now out of the gate and screening to media, guilds and other awards groups, the complexion of the acting categories has become clearer.Mike Goodridge assesses the hottest contenders at this stage of the race.
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NewsUniversal confirms Debbie Liebling as president of production
Universal Pictures has confirmed the appointment of former Fox production executive vice-president Debbie Liebling as president of production.
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NewsPalm Springs to honour Jason Reitman, Jeremy Renner, T Bone Burnett
Jason Reitman, Jeremy Renner and T Bone Burnett will receive awards at the upcoming 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF).
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NewsMandate Pictures signs first-look deal with comedy outfit Rough House
Mandate Pictures has signed a two-year first-look deal with David Gordon Green, Jody Hill and Danny McBride’s(all pictured) new Rough House Pictures comedy production venture.
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NewsShoreline takes worldwide rights to Bolivian Oscar entry Zona Sur
Morris Ruskin’s LA-based Shoreline Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Juan Carlos’ Valvidia’s Bolivian foreign language Oscar and Golden Globes submission Zona Sur (Southern District).