A movie based on the book written by Tatsuya Ichihashi, whose slaying of a British English teacher in 2007 set off a nationwide manhunt, will debut next year, the publisher and film producer said Thursday.
Producer Sedic International told publisher Gentosha that it wanted to turn its book - "Taiho Sarerumade - Kuuhaku no Ninen Nanakagetsu no Kiroku" ("Before I Was Arrested - Records of the Blank Two Years and Seven Months") - into a movie and got the OK, a Gentosha official said.
"The incident grabbed a lot of social attention," Sedic International's Kensuke Zushi said. "We have no intention of casting Ichihashi in a positive light." (Japan Times)
A movie based on the book written by Tatsuya Ichihashi, whose slaying of a British English teacher in 2007 set off a nationwide manhunt, will debut next year, the publisher and film producer said Thursday.
Producer Sedic International told publisher Gentosha that it wanted to turn its book - "Taiho Sarerumade - Kuuhaku no Ninen Nanakagetsu no Kiroku" ("Before I Was Arrested - Records of the Blank Two Years and Seven Months") - into a movie and got the OK, a Gentosha official said.
"The incident grabbed a lot of social attention," Sedic International's Kensuke Zushi said. "We have no intention of casting Ichihashi in a positive light." (Japan Times)