Tag: The Naked Director
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Take Masaharu on Why Tokyo Opening Film ‘Underdog’ Had to Be so Tough
“Underdog,” the two-part boxing film that opens the 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival, is the second movie on the subject by director Take Masaharu. The first, “100 Yen Love” in 2014 won the Japanese Cinema Splash Award at the 27th TIFF and was selected as Japan’s nominee for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. Take…
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In Asia, Local Language Content, ‘6 Underground’ Most Popular on Netflix in 2019
Netflix released lists of its most popular content in Japan, Korea, India and Malaysia on Monday, showing that a mix of American shows and local language content best captured hearts and eyeballs in Asia this year — with Michael Bay’s “6 Underground” the only title that proved a top hit in all territories.Netflix said the…