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Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Film Opens in Indonesia on January 12
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Indonesian film distributor Feat Pictures announced on Tuesday that its screening of Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu's new BELLE (Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime, literally "The Dragon and the Freckled Princess") anime film in Indonesia will open on January 12.
BELLE opened in Japan on July 16, and topped the box office for three consecutive weekends. The film has IMAX screenings in 38 theaters throughout Japan. The film has earned a cumulative total of 6,397,159,950 yen (about US$56.44 million) as of October 10. The film is Hosoda's highest-grossing film. MX4D screenings for the film will open on October 22.
Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, The Boy and The Beast, Mirai) directed and scripted the film, and is also credited for the original work. The film marks Studio Chizu's 10th anniversary. Taisei Iwasaki (Blood Blockade Battlefront, Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan, The Naked Director) is the film's music director and composer.
Source: Feat Pictures' Twitter account via Kaori Nusantara
