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Media Blasters To Release Yajikita
Date: 9/27/2005
On Saturday in Japan it was announced that New York based Media Blasters has licensed the live action manga adapted film "Mayonaka no Yaji-san, Kita-san" with a planned summer 2006 release in the USA. The film is based on the Shiriagai Kotobuki manga which it self is based on Jippensha Ikku's novel Tokkaidochu Hizakurige. Directed by Kudo Kankuro and starring Nagase Tomoya and Nakamura Shichinosuke, the storyline is a comedically insane period drama (ala Monty Python) following 2 motorcycle riding homosexual samurai. The current plan calls for a 40 theater opening in the U.S. The North American Premiere will occur at the Montreal Festival Of New Cinema that begins on October 13th. The tentative American title is "YAJI AND KITA ,THE MIDNIGHT PILGRIMS". The film opened in Japan in April achieving a 160 theater nationwide spread and profits of 800 million Yen and 600,000 ticket purrchasers. The Japanese DVD release will occur October 7th. Current plans are for September 2006 DVD release in the USA. The official Japanese website is http://www.yajikita.com/.
Source: Anime News Service