{"id":16844,"date":"2022-05-13T09:10:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/upgrade-productions-shochiku-team-japanese-drama\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T09:58:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:58:25","slug":"upgrade-productions-shochiku-team-for-japanese-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/upgrade-productions-shochiku-team-for-japanese-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade Productions, Shochiku Team for Japanese Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles-based Upgrade Productions is teaming with Japan&#8217;s Shochiku on the eight-part series <em>A True Novel<\/em>, adapted from the award-winning book by Minae Mizumura.<\/p>\n<p>Shochiku, the creator of the feature film series <em>Tora-san<\/em>, will produce the show, the script for which is being penned by\u00a0Riko Sakaguchi (<em>The Tale of the Princess Kaguya<\/em>, <em>Mary and the Witches Flower<\/em>, <em>After the Rain<\/em>). Upgrade will executive produce.<\/p>\n<p>Mizumura&#8217;s novel, which won the Yomiuri Prize for Literature in 2003, is inspired by Emily Bronte\u2019s <em>Wuthering Heights<\/em>. telling a love story spread over three generations in the decades after World War II in Japan and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe extraordinary team at Shochiku, one of Japan\u2019s most innovative and successful studios, is the perfect partner on this show,\u201d said\u00a0Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier, co-presidents of Upgrade Productions. \u201c<em>A True Novel<\/em>\u00a0is a beautiful story with universal themes, and to be collaborating with the incredibly talented Riko Sakaguchi is a dream come true. It\u2019s an epic story that is appealing to global audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to be adapting this powerful story, based on a prestigious and popular Japanese novel; collaborating with Upgrade will help us bring this series to the world,\u201d added Meri Koyama, head of sales at Shochiku, and producer\u00a0Shuhei Akita. \u201cWe are confident in Riko Sakaguchi\u2019s ability to bring the beauty of this novel to a series that will be equally as dynamic and engaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brodlie and Kier launched Upgrade in 2021 to source, develop and produce premium local-language film and series for global audiences in partnership with Germany&#8217;s Constantin Film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles-based Upgrade Productions is teaming with Japan&#8217;s Shochiku on the eight-part series A True Novel, adapted from the award-winning book by Minae Mizumura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":16845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4999,5000,5001],"class_list":["post-16844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-a-true-novel","tag-shochiku","tag-upgrade-productions","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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