S. Korean western to hit Japanese theaters this summer

SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spaghetti western "The Good, the Bad, the
Weird" will be released in Japan this summer with a domestic distributor directly
handling the film's marketing, Korea's CJ Entertainment said Thursday.
"The Good???" will be screened at over 100 theaters in Japan beginning Aug. 29
with CJ Entertainment and Japan's Show Gate jointly handling the distribution,
the Korean distributor said in a press release.
This marks the first time a domestic firm has formed a consortium with a foreign
distributor for a local film's overseas release.
"The Good???," directed by Kim Jee-woon, has been well received by audiences in
Korea and abroad, debuting at the Cannes Film Festival and topping last year's
box office sales at home with 6.8 million viewers.
A comedy inspired by Italian director Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the
Ugly," the film depicts a battle between three men over a treasure map in
Japanese-occupied Manchuria in the 1930s.
hayney@yna.co.kr
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