Netflix is locking down production space in Japan, as the streamer continues to expand its footprint in the developed markets of East Asia.
The company said Thursday that it has inked an agreement with Japan's legendary Toho Studios, home of Godzilla and Akira Kurosawa, for access to two soundstages and additional facilities in southwest Tokyo.
The agreement begins in April and will span "several years," Netflix said. Netflix plans to shoot two of its most ambitious live-action Japanese originals at Toho Studios later this year: the drama thriller Sanctuary, which is a gritty look at the underbelly of the Sumo wrestling world, and Yu Yu Hakusho, a supernatural teen detective series based on the famed manga of the same name.
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