New Manga based Movie: Dororo

[Aaron Gerow]

> There is a new manga-based movie called Dororo (or Dodoro.. I dont 
> remember) I just know it's one of my girlfriend's favorite manga when 
> she was young. It's based on a Osamu Tezuka comic.

They already have an official home page:

http://www.dororo.jp/

It says it won't be opening until 2007. It's directed by Shiota Akihiko 
(Moonlight Whispers, Gaichu, etc.) and co-written with Masamura Naka 
(who's worked a lot with Miike). It'll be interesting to see how 
Shiota-san handles a big-budget jidaigeki.

Aaron Gerow
Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
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