“My Sassy Girl” director terminates Ayase Haruka
Posted on Wednesday, 21 February 2007 at 8:29 pm
South Korean director Kwak Jae-young (”My Sassy Girl”) is currently directing his first Japanese film, “Boku no Kanojo wa Saibogu” (literally “My Girlfriend is a Cyborg”), with Ayase Haruka and Koide Keisuke. It may sound strikingly similar to Park Chan-Wook’s recent Berlin competition entry “I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK“, but Kwak’s film would appear to be much more literally titled.
It’s described as a sci-fi action love story about a university student named Jiro (Koide) who meets a cyborg from the future (Ayase). Filming started in January in Kobe, with Kwak helming an almost entirely Japanese cast and crew. The shoot is scheduled to wrap in mid-April, and the finished product is set to open in Japan and South Korea sometime in 2008. (sources: Sanspo, Sports Hochi)
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posted on Wednesday, February 21 2007 at 8:29 pm
[...] Takahashi reportedly refused several approaches from movie companies seeking adaptation rights while it was being serialised in Gekkan Shonen Champion over an eight-year period from 1990 (its sequel “Worst” is currently running in the same publication), but eventually gave in to the persistence and passion of producer Yamamoto Mataichiro, who started out working on the 1970s TV adaptation of “Lone Wolf and Cub” before realising such films as “The Man Who Stole the Sun”, “Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters” and “Azumi”. He’s also involved with Jae-young Kwak’s upcoming “Cyborg Girl” (previously covered here). [...]