![]() ![]() Producers in Hollywood are basically independent and contract with studios for projects, but in Japan we’re nearly all studio employees, myself included. What do you see as the major differences between the roles of producers in Japan and Hollywood? Kawamura spoke with THR about redefining the traditional role of the producer in Japan, why he loves “weak” characters and how his Midas touch also is a curse. His 2012 debut novel, If Cats Disappeared From the World, has sold 1.3 million and was made into a film this year by the studio Toho, his employer, while a Chinese film based on his second novel Million Dollar Man is in the works. As if that weren’t enough, Kawamura is a successful author (he has written three novels). He also will have a major presence at the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival, with Boy and the Beast and Your Name screening alongside his latest release, the murder mystery Rage starring Ken Watanabe, and the animated short Moom, based on one of his three children’s books, directed by US-based Tonko House’s Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi. Responsible for a string of hits including Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast, Japan’s 2015 box-office king, and the current smash Your Name., a teen body-swapping drama that is on course to gross $200 million, Kawamura, 37, is on quite a hot streak. It’s safe to say Genki Kawamura is Japan’s hottest producer. ![]()
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