A TRUE NOVEL: Post-WW II Japan-Set TV Drama In The Works
L.A.-based Upgrade Productions is pairing up with Japanese production label Shochiku (Tora-san franchise) to produce eight-part series drama, A True Novel. Acclaimed writer Riko Sakaguchi (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Mary and the Witches Flower, After The Rain) is penning the series. Based on the best-selling Japanese novel from Minae Mizumura, which won the Yomiuri Prize for Literature in 2003, A True Novel is inspired by Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights”. A sweeping narrative set in the decades after World War II in Japan and the US, this series will bring to life a love story spread over three generations as told by different characters. Shochiku’s Shuhei Akita is tapped to produce the series alongside Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier from Upgrade Productions, the label itself exec producing the series. The move marks a new one for Upgrade as it aims to produce premium local language productions for a global […]