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Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Arashi Doc Leads Prime Video Japan Slate as Top Execs Unveil Country Strategy (EXCLUSIVE)
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Amazon's Prime Video plans to double its financial investment in Japanese original content over the next two years. Leadership revealed a new slate of programming headlined by a documentary about the pop group Arashi, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu.
WHY IT MATTERS
The expanded funding signals a major international streaming push to capture a larger share of the Japanese content market through high-profile local collaborations.
Prime Video is doubling its investment in Japanese original content over the next two years, according to three of the streamer’s top executives, who detailed a slate led by a documentary on boy band Arashi’s reunion tour and subsequent conclusion from Kore-eda Hirokazu, in an interview with Variety. “We are basically doubling our investment over […]
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