Anime News

450MM Yen Boxoffice Start For Dororo
Date: 1/30/2007
Movie Walker reports the live action movie adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Dororo became the #1 film in Japan this past weekend. Opening in 296 theaters nationwide, 337,000 people paid to see it on the big screen to the tune of a 450 million Yen boxoffice take. Movie industry analysts there agree its a very good start. Actor Kou Shibasaki and Actress Shibasa Hao star and Akihiko Shioda is the director, most of the filming was done in New Zealand.
Source: Anime News Service