They always said the movies are a gamble...

Kirsten Cather kcather at mail.utexas.edu
Thu Oct 16 09:49:36 EDT 2008


Somewhat along these lines, I was curious if anyone could tell me  
about or point me to
a good source on the less shady diversification of the film industry  
in the 1970s. I was
reading somewhere about the Toho Flyers (I think?), which I gather  
was a baseball team,
and about studios getting into the bowling business, but couldn't  
find much more about
it. Any information or references would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Kirsten

On Oct 16, 2008, at 7:14 AM, Aaron Gerow wrote:

> In a curious bit of news, Sankei and other news services reported  
> that the police have arrested the president and one of the  
> directors of the film distribution company Root Pictures for  
> running an illegal casino. Root Pictures is far from being a major  
> company, having only distributed smaller films like Fuko Fukutusu:
>
> http://futo-fukutsu.cocolog-nifty.com/
>
> On a humorous side, is this a sign that the business is bad? Or  
> that that there are few openings for smaller companies in this  
> industry? Or that the boom is attracting some disreputable characters?
>
>
> Aaron Gerow
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> Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
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Kirsten Cather
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