Japanese Films Top Foreign Movies
Kyodo reports that Japanese films logged a record 107.75 billion yen in revenue at Japan's box offices in 2006, outpacing those of imported movies for the first time in 21 years.
The Japanese film boom also boosted the number of films released to a record 821 in the reporting year, up 90 over the year before.
As many as six Japanese films became huge hits making more than 5 billion yen at the box office in 2006, with the animation film "Tales from Earthsea" directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of award-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki, ranking at the top with 7.65 billion yen in receipts. "Test of Trust Umizaru 2," whose domestic title is "Limit of Love Umizaru" came second with 7.10 billion yen, and "Suite Hotel" was third with 6.08 billion yen.
The Japanese film boom also boosted the number of films released to a record 821 in the reporting year, up 90 over the year before.
As many as six Japanese films became huge hits making more than 5 billion yen at the box office in 2006, with the animation film "Tales from Earthsea" directed by Goro Miyazaki, the son of award-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki, ranking at the top with 7.65 billion yen in receipts. "Test of Trust Umizaru 2," whose domestic title is "Limit of Love Umizaru" came second with 7.10 billion yen, and "Suite Hotel" was third with 6.08 billion yen.
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