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Live-Action Film on Manga Artist to Premiere at Cannes
Date: 5/10/2007
TwitchFilm.net has linked to the website and trailer for Daihachi Yoshida's upcoming live-action film Funukedomo, Kanashimi no Ai o Misero (Funuke, Show Some Love, You Losers), which will have its international premiere at the Critics Week component of this year's Cannes Film Festival. This film deals with the tensions that develop between an aspiring actress who returns from Tokyo to a small town for her parents' funeral, her younger sister who is a horror manga artist, and the step-brother who is caught in the middle. According to a recent Variety article about the film, it will feature several manga sequences.
Source: Anime News Network