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Mamoru Hosoda's Belle Film Opens in Hong Kong on October 28
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong film distributor Neofilms began streaming a Chinese- and English-subtitled trailer for Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu's new BELLE (Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime, literally "The Dragon and the Freckled Princess") anime film last week. The trailer reveals that Neofilms' screening of the film in Hong Kong will open on October 28.
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 6,346,134,800 yen (about US$57.22 million) as of October 3.
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.
