{"id":503345,"date":"2022-10-24T10:37:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T07:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/can-this-crime-drama-be-japans-squid-game\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T10:37:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T07:37:11","slug":"can-this-crime-drama-be-japans-squid-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-this-crime-drama-be-japans-squid-game\/","title":{"rendered":"#Can This Crime Drama Be Japan\u2018s \u2019Squid Game\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d26bfb1f27\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d26bfb1f27\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-this-crime-drama-be-japans-squid-game\/#Can_This_Crime_Drama_Be_Japan%E2%80%98s_Squid_Game\" >Can This Crime Drama Be Japan\u2018s \u2019Squid Game\u2019?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_This_Crime_Drama_Be_Japan%E2%80%98s_Squid_Game\"><\/span>Can This Crime Drama Be Japan\u2018s \u2019Squid Game\u2019?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Japan is still waiting for its <em>Squid <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Despite having more than twice the population, and boasting a much larger economy than Asian neighbor South Korea, the Japanese TV industry has yet to produce a high-end TV drama that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s far beyond its borders. While Japanese cinema continues to be admired \u2014see the Oscar success of Ryusuke Hamaguchi\u2019s <em>Drive My Car<\/em> \u2014 few small-screen shows make it off the island. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWe\u2019re a pretty big country, economically, and we have a relatively big internal market, so most producers don\u2019t need to go outside the country,\u201d says Ayumi Sano, producer of such local hits as <em>My Dear Exes<\/em> and <em>Quartet<\/em>, speaking to <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> through a translator. \u201cThe consequence is: most Japanese shows are only made with the local audience in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"max-width:1296px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((730\/1296)*100%);\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ELPIS_Kansai-TV_Publicity-H-2022.jpg?w=1296\" alt=\"Elpis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ELPIS_Kansai-TV_Publicity-H-2022.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ELPIS_Kansai-TV_Publicity-H-2022.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ELPIS_Kansai-TV_Publicity-H-2022.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ELPIS_Kansai-TV_Publicity-H-2022.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"730\" width=\"1296\" decoding=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">\u2018Elpis\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                    <cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">@Kansai-TV<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    To a degree, that goes for Sano\u2019s latest drama <em>Elpis<\/em>. The investigative crime thriller takes on two very Japanese subjects: the experiences of female reporters in Japan\u2019s male-dominated <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>rooms, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of real-life false conviction scandals that shook the country. The plot, inspired by real events, follows Ena Asakawa (Masami Nagasawa), a TV journalist who investigates a national conspiracy involving police forcing confessions to close open murder cases. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cI wanted to show the Japanese audience this very real problem of forced confessions, this dark side of our legal system,\u201d says Sano, \u201cand also to show female characters like this, who have started to talk back. Hopefully this will empower Japanese women to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"max-width:1296px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((730\/1296)*100%);\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toko-MiuraAyumi-Sano-H-2022-F.-DIDES-_-360-MEDIAS.jpg?w=1296\" alt=\"Toko Miura, Ayumi Sano\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toko-MiuraAyumi-Sano-H-2022-F.-DIDES-_-360-MEDIAS.jpg 1296w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toko-MiuraAyumi-Sano-H-2022-F.-DIDES-_-360-MEDIAS.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toko-MiuraAyumi-Sano-H-2022-F.-DIDES-_-360-MEDIAS.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Toko-MiuraAyumi-Sano-H-2022-F.-DIDES-_-360-MEDIAS.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"730\" width=\"1296\" decoding=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">From left: \u2018Elpis\u2019 star Toko Miura, producer Ayumi Sano<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                    <cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">@F.-DIDES-360-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEDIA<\/a>S<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    But the event series, which premieres Monday, Oct. 24 on Kansai TV in Japan, has global ambitions. Nagasawa\u2019s <em>Elpis<\/em> co-star is <em>Drive My Car<\/em> breakout Toko Miura, and the series had its world premiere at international TV market MIPCOM last week, the first Japanese show to do so. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cIt\u2019s a real honor for us to be here in Cannes,\u201d says Miura. \u201cI hope this will get the show attention from an audience outside Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWe have really high quality dramas in Japan that should be travelling but at the moment the attention [from Asia] is all on Korean shows,\u201d says Sano. \u201cHopefully, we can change that.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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