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Director Masaaki Yuasa to Appear at Inu-Oh Screening in Los Angeles on January 11
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official Twitter account of GKIDS announced on Wednesday that INU-OH, Masaaki Yuasa's musical anime feature film of Hideo Furukawa's Heike Monogatari: Inu-Oh no Maki (Tales of the Heike: Inu-Oh) novel, will have a special screening on January 11 at The Landmark Westwood theater in Los Angeles. The screening will feature a Q&A with director Yuasa and a live biwa performance by Yukihiro Gotō.
🎸🤘 LOS ANGELES: Are you ready to rock?!
— GKIDS Films (@GKIDSfilms) January 4, 2023
Join director Masaaki Yuasa for a very special Q&A screening of the Golden Globe-nominated INU-OH at @LTWestwood on Jan 11!
PLUS a live biwa performance by Yukihiro Goto! 🔥
💥 Get tickets now at https://t.co/McLNFbeLzO pic.twitter.com/R7nzvJMuW6
The film opened in Japan in May 2022.
GKIDS began screening the film in U.S. theaters in August 12, 2022, and the movie earned US$97,062 on its opening day. The film screened in approximately 350 theaters. The movie earned US$293,754 in the U.S. as of August 18, 2022. GKIDS released the film digitally on December 20 and will release the film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD with distribution by Shout! Factory on January 24.
The film received a Golden Globe Awards nomination for the Best Motion Picture – Animated category. The 80th Golden Globe Awards ceremony will air on NBC on January 10.
Source: GKIDS' Twitter account
