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Why David Shin’s Disney+ Crime Thriller ‘House of the Owl’ Is a Test Run for Hollywood-Style Recurring Series Made in Japan
Why David Shin’s ‘House of the Owl’ crime series is a test run for Hollywood-style multi-season shows that are made in Japan.
That is despite multinational shows like Hulu’s “Shogun,” HBO’s “Tokyo Vice” and Netflix’s “ House of Ninjas ” underscoring the potentially substantial overseas interest in Japan-set live-action drama. Problems he faced included: the show’s central theme of a shadowy political power broker, which was considered toxic by risk-averse local channels; a per episode budget double that of most Japanese TV; and assembling a team of writers, directors and actors willing to make the lengthy – but potentially lucrative – commitment to working in a western fashion on a recurring series. Directed by Ishii Yuya (“The Great Passage”), Matsumoto Yusaku (“Noise”) and Mori Yoshitaka (“Space Brothers”) and starring veteran Tanaka Min (“The Twilight Samurai”) and Mackenyu (“Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter”), “House of the Owl” releases on April 24.
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