Harvey likes ZATOICHI

Japanese action film finds domestic distributor

By Patrick Sauriol     September 08, 2003
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Harvey Weinstein liked the film so much he bought it. After screening last weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival, Takeshi Kitano's ZATOICHI has been acquired by Miramax Films for North American distribution. The Japanese cult film is about a blind master swordsman who faces off against a ruthless samurai for control of a small town.

Also making news is Newmarket Films purchase of the domestic rights for MONSTER, a fact-based thriller starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci. Theron plays Aileen Wuornos, a serial killer who murdered seven Florida men more than a decade ago. Ricci plays a woman who falls in love with Wuornos.


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