Some news

[Aaron Gerow]

1. It was announced that the Korean film, Remember Me, will be remade in 
Japan under the title Toki no kaori.  Yamakawa Naoto will direct and 
Fukiishi Kazue will star.  A group led by Kadokawa Shoten bought the 
rights to the film which finished 4th at the box office in Korea last 
year.  There are many cases of Japanese films being remade in Korea, but 
this may be one of the first of the reverse happening.

2. Miyazaki Hayao's new film, Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no 
kamikakushi), which opened last Friday, set a record for a Japanese film 
with 1.6 billion yen at the box office and 1.2 million admissions in the 
first 3 days.

3. Actor Okuda Eiji's first film as a director, Shojo, has apparently 
been selected to show in the international critics week section at this 
year's Venice Film Festival.

Aaron Gerow
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