Shochiku Film Fund

[Aaron Gerow]

I doubt that individual investors will have much of an influence on the 
specific production. Maeuri (advanced tickets) were different in that 
they were sold after the film was made (or at least planned). One could 
say they might have influenced future projects depending on how many 
were sold, but as we all know, maeuri were often sold in less than 
kosher ways that made the sales figures a poor reflection of reality.

One does wonder, however, if this fund takes off, whether Shochiku or 
other companies will start making films that tend to attract more 
private investors. (At $900 a shot, it's not cheap.)

> (And by the way, how will money return if there is no profit ?)

News reports said in the range of 70 to 90% would return even if there 
is no profit.

Aaron Gerow
Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Film Studies Program
Yale University
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