Kawase at Cannes

[Aaron Gerow]

It seems that whenever I turn on the TV, Kawase is on it. With all the 
stories of crime in the family, it seems the media is really picking up 
on her and a movie about "family."

In a curious bit of fate, although Mogari no mori is expected to have 
only a small run in Japan starting June 23 (again due to oligopolistic 
practices in exhibition and distribution), it will show on TV in Japan 
on May 29 on NHK Hi-Vision. This was scheduled before the Cannes award. 
It seems they didn't expect much at the box office and thus agreed to 
NHK's request. But since it is on Hi-Vision, it will probably not 
affect the theater box office much.

Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

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

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