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John Woo To Direct ‘Day Of The Beast’
(Cannes) May 16, 2012 –– John Woo and Terence Chang’s Lion Rock Productions and Nikkatsu Corporation will co-produce DAY OF THE BEAST, a remake of Seijun Suzuki’s 1963 classic Youth of the Beast centering on the dealings of Yakuza, the Japanese mafia. Woo (Mission: Impossible II, Face/Off) will direct and produce the script by Rob Frisbee along with Terence Chang, and Nikkatsu’s Naoki Sato.
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Remake Bits: John Woo Redoes Japanese New Wave Classic ‘Youth of the Beast,’ Plus ‘Carrie’ and ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
Typically, it’s the French New Wave that gets all the news, but Japan had its own New Wave in the ’60s, and one of the key players, whether he would have said as much or not, was Suzuki Seijun. The director worked for Nikkatsu studi... Read Post
John Woo Remaking Yakuza Classic
John Woo will direct a remake of Seijun Suzuki's 1963 Japanese new wave yakuza movie Youth of the Beast, the film's production companies announced today. Woo's English-language version, Day of the Beast, will follow a shady outsider... Read Post
John Woo To Direct Remake of Nikkatsu’s ‘Day of the Beast’
John Woo and Terence Chang’s Lion Rock Productions and Nikkatsu Corporation will co-produce “Day of the Beast,” a remake of Seijun Suzuki’s 1963 classic Youth of the Beast centering on the dealings of Yakuza, the Japanese mafia. Woo... Read Post