Filmmakers in Japan push for industry reform amid harassment allegations

Directors Takuya Uchiyama (from left), Yukiko Sode, Nobuhiro Suwa, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Atsushi Funahashi, Miwa Nishikawa and Koji Fukada at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday | KYODO

Hirokazu Kore-eda and some other Japanese directors said Tuesday they have established a group to push for the creation of an organization to improve the working environment in the domestic film industry amid increasing cases of harassment allegations. The group is seeking to establish a specialized organization similar to France’s National Center for Cinema and

Major Japanese movie companies sue trio over ‘fast movies’

Evidence, including personal computers, is displayed after being seized from three people who were found guilty of violating the copyright law by uploading 'fast movies' to YouTube. | KYODO

Thirteen major film production companies filed a civil lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court on Thursday alleging that three people had created 10-minute edited versions of their films — known as “fast movies” — and then uploaded them to YouTube without consent. The three have already been convicted in a separate criminal case, but the

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