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Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at the New York branch office but he didn’t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.
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Scarlet : A sword-wielding princess embarks on a dangerous quest to avenge the death of her father. She soon meets an idealistic young man who shows her the possibility of a future free of bitterness and rage.
Director : Mamoru Hosoda
Producer : Yuichiro Saito, Toshimi Tanio, Nozomu Takahashi
Screenwriter : Mamoru Hosoda
Distributor : Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co : Studio Chizu
Rating : PG-13 (Strong Violence/Bloody Images)
Genre : Fantasy, Adventure, Anime, Romance, Sci-Fi
Original Language : Japanese
Release Date (Theaters) :Dec 12, 2025, Limited
Runtime : 1h 51m
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