Shochiku Film Fund

[JP Meyer]

That's interesting.  I know that in Korea, these have proved highly
lucrative for investors (most of whom pay around the $100 that
Shochiku looks to charge,) with hit movies providing in some cases as
high three or four times the original investment.

-JP Meyer

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:30:33 -0400, Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> wrote:
> Shochiku announced that its planned jidaigeki, Shinobu, starring
> Odagiri Jo and Nakama Yukie, will be partially financed by a "film
> fund" collecting money from individual investors. This is a system that
> already exists in Europe and Korea, but has not really been done in
> Japan. Individual investors will buy a share at 100,000 yen apiece,
> obtain various special goodies (like updates on production, invitation
> to the preview, one's name on the DVD, etc.), and then a share of the
> profits if there are any (even if there is no profit, some of the money
> will return). Shochiku argues this is a new way to finance Japanese
> cinema and involve regular fans and investors in production.
> 
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