Takashi Miike's "Over Your Dead Body" Licensed

Deal covers digital, home entertainment, broadcast and theatrical for cross-platform releases in the U.S. and Canada

Following a screening at American Film Market, Shout Factory! announced the license of Takashi Miike's Over Your Dead Body. The deal covers digital, home entertainment, broadcast and theatrical for cross-platform releases in the U.S. and Canada.

 

In the 19th century, Yotsuya Kaidan was staged as a kabuki play along side the story of the 47 Ronin. The story of the vengeful spirit of a samurai's betrayed wife first became a movie in 1912, then was adapted about 18 times in the next two decades, and over 30 times to date.

 

 

uMedia's Celluloid Dreams/uConnect picked up the international rights at last year's Cannes. From the announcement:

Miike’s untitled project blurs the line between reality and nightmare when an actor named Kosuke plays the lead role of “Iemon” (Ebizo Ichikawa; Hara-kiri: Death of a Samurai) in a staged play of Yotsuya Kaiden. His lover Miyuki joins him on stage to play “Oiwa” (Hideaki Ito; Sukiyaki Western Django, Lesson of the Evil), but as they become engrossed in the performances, their personal life begins to disintegrate and their love, hate, and grudge for each other takes over. As the two worlds begin to meld, they are thrown into their own hell with the play beginning to horrifyingly unfold in real life.”

 

Shout! Factory previously handled Miike’s Audition.

 

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.

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