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Freesia Live Action Opens In Japan
Date: 2/4/2007
February 3rd saw the Japanese theatrical premiere of director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's Freesia - Bullet Over Tears. The movie is based on the manga serial Furijia by Jiro Matsumoto which ran in Ikki magazine. The script was written by Takashi Ujita and stars Tetsuji Tamayama, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tsugumi, Masaki Miura, Tasuku Emoto, Pistol Takehara, Shoji Kokami, Kyusaku Shimada, Maki Sakai, Hiroshi Oguchi, and Kei Suma. In the near future of a fictionalized Japan under wartime, the ancient "Act of Vengeance" (aka: Revenge Law) is revived and professional executioners are permitted to kill criminals by the requests from their victims. People who are to be executed are notified of the execution time and date in advance and they are allowed to have their own guard. Running time is 100 minutes and the project had an estimated budget of $1,000,000 (USD).
Source: Anime News Service