Remaking Akira Kurosawa’s Classic Masterpiece, Rashomon
Joint-Force of International Producers Unite to Recreate “One of the Top Ten Films of All Time”
Lotus, Inc.
September 18, 2008
(Hollywood, September 18, 2008) Harbor Light Entertainment, Inc. and Lotus, Inc. announce the first officially sanctioned remake of the internationally acclaimed director’s 1950 masterpiece, Rashomon. A joint-force of US and international producers have united to produce Rashomon 2010 as a modern-day, English-language film set in the United States.
As an official AK100 project, and in cooperation with Kurosawa Productions, Rashomon 2010 will be produced by Harbor Light Entertainment (US), Lotus (Japan), Lexicon Filmed Entertainment (US) and Upside Down Entertainment (Singapore). Rashomon 2010 will be released theatrically in 2010.
Kurosawa’s original Rashomon (1950) has been cited as “one of the top ten films of all time.”* Released internationally in 1951, Rashomon was the first foreign film to win an Academy Award®, and was the Grand Prize winner of the 1951 Venice Film Festival.
The original Rashomon (1950) was set in 12th Century Japan and is the story of a Samurai’s murder and the rape of his wife in an isolated forest. Rashomon 2010 takes place in small town America and is the story of the murder of a prominent businessman and the rape of his high-society wife. Over the years many films have attempted to recreate the “Rashomon Effect,” but none have been able to capture the complexity and sensibility that Kurosawa brought to the screen more than five decades ago. With great deference to Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon 2010 will closely follow the original work of the celebrated director and will incorporate the original film’s complexities and spirit.
For more information contact:
Info@rashomon2010.com
* Sight & Sound, Top Ten Poll 2002 ? Directors’ Poll
http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/directors.html
About Lotus, Inc.
Lotus Inc.'s primary business is the procurement, development and production of Japanese entertainment content for the United States and international markets. Lotus formed the first business-to-business web portal site, www.katanaxtreme.com, designed specifically to showcase Japanese content to the world’s entertainment industry. Specializing in motion picture and television production, financing and rights management, Lotus also serves international companies in entertainment content consulting and in the development and marketing of international content for Japan. Lotus is headquartered in Tokyo with a branch offices in Los Angeles, Rome and San Paulo.
http://www.lotus-tyo.com/
About Harbor Light Entertainment, Inc.
Harbor Light is a motion picture development and production company in Hollywood, CA., established in the year 2000. It has numerous projects in many genres and various stages of development and production. Harbor Light Entertainment develops and produces motion pictures that that make good business sense while being entertaining, thought-provoking and enlightening.
www.harborlightentertainment.com
About Lexicon Filmed Entertainment
Lexicon Filmed Entertainment, based in Beverly Hills, California, is a global entertainment company founded by Marina Martins. Lexicon utilizes a co-production, co-finance model, which allows flexibility to engage on a project basis with strong partners, with accredited pedigree and expertise to ensure high quality production on an ongoing basis across a slate of motion pictures. Lexicon has Joint venture alliances in India, Germany and Mexico. Additionally, Lexicon is partnered in Hawaii and is incorporated in England under London Lexicon Productions, Ltd.
About Upside Down Entertainment
Upside Down Entertainment (UDE) is a film, television, and new media development, finance, and production company with roots in Asia, and partnerships globally. One primary area of focus is the ascendancy of Asian Cinema in the world market, and the consistently high level of world-class creative talent rising throughout the region. By bringing mature Western structure, development, and finance models to these promising talents, UDE enables filmmakers to realize their vision and bring their extraordinary stories to a global audience. Upside Down Entertainment is a creative and financial partnership between one of Singapore's leading media companies, Upside Down Media Group, and US multi-Emmy nominee Quixotic Media Group.
http://www.udentertain.com/
About AK100 Project
2010 is the year of Akira Kurosawa’s birth centenary. Akira Kurosawa was born at the beginning of the 20th Century and died just before the start of the new millennium. He devoted his life to film-making, and the great body of work that he bequeathed to the history of film has had a huge impact both in his native Japan and overseas. His life and work contributed to revolutionizing the entire genre of film. The idea behind the Akira Kurosawa Centenary is not to indulge in nostalgia for films of the past, but to lay the foundations for Japanese films of the future as well as to establish the future course of film-making in general.
www.akirakurosawa100.com/
-Related site
Lotus, Inc. http://www.lotus-tyo.com/en/index_en.html
Harbor Light Entertainment, Inc. http://www.harborlightentertainment.com
Upside Down Entertainment http://www.udentertain.com/
AK100 Project http://www.akirakurosawa100.com/
Lotus, Inc.
September 18, 2008
(Hollywood, September 18, 2008) Harbor Light Entertainment, Inc. and Lotus, Inc. announce the first officially sanctioned remake of the internationally acclaimed director’s 1950 masterpiece, Rashomon. A joint-force of US and international producers have united to produce Rashomon 2010 as a modern-day, English-language film set in the United States.
As an official AK100 project, and in cooperation with Kurosawa Productions, Rashomon 2010 will be produced by Harbor Light Entertainment (US), Lotus (Japan), Lexicon Filmed Entertainment (US) and Upside Down Entertainment (Singapore). Rashomon 2010 will be released theatrically in 2010.
Kurosawa’s original Rashomon (1950) has been cited as “one of the top ten films of all time.”* Released internationally in 1951, Rashomon was the first foreign film to win an Academy Award®, and was the Grand Prize winner of the 1951 Venice Film Festival.
The original Rashomon (1950) was set in 12th Century Japan and is the story of a Samurai’s murder and the rape of his wife in an isolated forest. Rashomon 2010 takes place in small town America and is the story of the murder of a prominent businessman and the rape of his high-society wife. Over the years many films have attempted to recreate the “Rashomon Effect,” but none have been able to capture the complexity and sensibility that Kurosawa brought to the screen more than five decades ago. With great deference to Akira Kurosawa, Rashomon 2010 will closely follow the original work of the celebrated director and will incorporate the original film’s complexities and spirit.
For more information contact:
Info@rashomon2010.com
* Sight & Sound, Top Ten Poll 2002 ? Directors’ Poll
http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/directors.html
About Lotus, Inc.
Lotus Inc.'s primary business is the procurement, development and production of Japanese entertainment content for the United States and international markets. Lotus formed the first business-to-business web portal site, www.katanaxtreme.com, designed specifically to showcase Japanese content to the world’s entertainment industry. Specializing in motion picture and television production, financing and rights management, Lotus also serves international companies in entertainment content consulting and in the development and marketing of international content for Japan. Lotus is headquartered in Tokyo with a branch offices in Los Angeles, Rome and San Paulo.
http://www.lotus-tyo.com/
About Harbor Light Entertainment, Inc.
Harbor Light is a motion picture development and production company in Hollywood, CA., established in the year 2000. It has numerous projects in many genres and various stages of development and production. Harbor Light Entertainment develops and produces motion pictures that that make good business sense while being entertaining, thought-provoking and enlightening.
www.harborlightentertainment.com
About Lexicon Filmed Entertainment
Lexicon Filmed Entertainment, based in Beverly Hills, California, is a global entertainment company founded by Marina Martins. Lexicon utilizes a co-production, co-finance model, which allows flexibility to engage on a project basis with strong partners, with accredited pedigree and expertise to ensure high quality production on an ongoing basis across a slate of motion pictures. Lexicon has Joint venture alliances in India, Germany and Mexico. Additionally, Lexicon is partnered in Hawaii and is incorporated in England under London Lexicon Productions, Ltd.
About Upside Down Entertainment
Upside Down Entertainment (UDE) is a film, television, and new media development, finance, and production company with roots in Asia, and partnerships globally. One primary area of focus is the ascendancy of Asian Cinema in the world market, and the consistently high level of world-class creative talent rising throughout the region. By bringing mature Western structure, development, and finance models to these promising talents, UDE enables filmmakers to realize their vision and bring their extraordinary stories to a global audience. Upside Down Entertainment is a creative and financial partnership between one of Singapore's leading media companies, Upside Down Media Group, and US multi-Emmy nominee Quixotic Media Group.
http://www.udentertain.com/
About AK100 Project
2010 is the year of Akira Kurosawa’s birth centenary. Akira Kurosawa was born at the beginning of the 20th Century and died just before the start of the new millennium. He devoted his life to film-making, and the great body of work that he bequeathed to the history of film has had a huge impact both in his native Japan and overseas. His life and work contributed to revolutionizing the entire genre of film. The idea behind the Akira Kurosawa Centenary is not to indulge in nostalgia for films of the past, but to lay the foundations for Japanese films of the future as well as to establish the future course of film-making in general.
www.akirakurosawa100.com/
-Related site
Lotus, Inc. http://www.lotus-tyo.com/en/index_en.html
Harbor Light Entertainment, Inc. http://www.harborlightentertainment.com
Upside Down Entertainment http://www.udentertain.com/
AK100 Project http://www.akirakurosawa100.com/
