<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Soda Kazuhiro is in Japan for the PR campaign for the release of his new film Zero. On social media he has posted a screenshot of doing interviews by video conferencing, and speculated that the release of the film in May is very much a question.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The mini theaters are in a very tough spot, as the article from Matteo reveals. Asai Takashi from Uplink posted this on Twitter:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">休業補償なき外出自粛に応じて週末だけ映画館を休館しているが、もう限界を超えて正直にいうけど経営が成り立たない。自粛と相反するキャンペーンを始めます。『平日は映画館に行こう!』アップリンク渋谷昨日15回上映して観客は60人。平均4人。0の回も2回です。ガラガラの貸切状態です。もう死ぬ。</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Many theaters across the country have always been at the brink of bankruptcy. It could very well be that many will fold this year. Needless to say, this will affect both indie distributors and theaters as well.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Markus</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 3, 2020 at 8:13 PM Jim Harper via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div> The information I've had is that movies planned for shooting in the fall/winter are still being (cautiously) planned and pre-produced, but that the postponement of the Olympics is causing problems for the summer 2021 release schedule.</div><div><br><br>Jim.<br> </div> <div style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #ccc;padding-left:1ex"> <div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a"> <div> On Saturday, 4 April 2020, 08:25:55 GMT+9, Markus Nornes via KineJapan <<a href="mailto:kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@mailman.yale.edu</a>> wrote: </div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><div id="m_3330314089055984851m_6005582990758621149yiv5587987469"><div>Toei’s Tokyo studio is closing, presumably temporarily, because someone there tested positive for Convidado-19.</div><div><br></div><div><div><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202003310000383.html" target="_blank">https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202003310000383.html</a></div><br></div><div>What other effects on the film industry have people seen? 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