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Toho, one of Japan s oldest studios and its biggest distributor, hasannounced that box office earnings for 2006 have broken an all-time record forthe company.Grosses from January untilthe end of November totaled $476.24m Y55.95bn , with end of year estimates at$502.69m Y59bn . This beats the previous record of $467.09m Y54.85bn set in2001 when all-time box office champion SpiritedAway was released. It s also the third consecutive year for Toho to passthe
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taza stanley bli s Tales FromEarthsea $65.4m , Fuji TV s Umizaru2: Test Of Trust $61m and Suite Dreams $52.5m , and TBS Sinking Of Japan $45.47m . The studio has released 15films that have earned more than Y1bn $8.6m , the standard indicator of a boxoffice success, compared to 18 last year. However, the studio has releasedeight megahits that grossed over $25m, also beating previous records. Toho also announced its 2007slate. Distributed titles will include two feature adaptations of popular FujiTV series - Saiyuki, which is basedon the Journey to the West legend andstars SM
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Renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami talks to Emmanuelle Charlier about his feature directorial debut, a two-part tale about a fatherless youngster in a post-Fukushima world who relocates with this mother to the countryside where he discovers a strange creature.Speaking through a translator, Murakami discusses his goals in telling the story, the power of children and David Lynchs Eraserhead. Jellyfish Eyes will tour US venues starting in May. For more information click here.What made you decide to make a film Its been my dream to make a movie because a lot of elements [in my work] have been influenced by the movies; mostly sci-fi movies. George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola came and changed everything with their vision and I was influenced by that. We saw a lot of movies like Star War
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