‘Tokyo Swindlers’ Director One Hitoshi Strikes Long-Term Deal With Netflix
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Global streaming group, Netflix has inked a partnership with “Tokyo Swindlers” director Hitoshi One.
As part of the deal, Netflix will exclusively produce and distribute new series and films by One for the next five years. One made his film directorial debut in 2011 with the theatrical version of “Moteki,” which was adapted from a Japanese manga and for which he received the prize for most popular title at the 35th Japan Academy Awards.
He also collected the best director award at the 39th Japan Academy Awards for 2015 title “Bakuman” and the Grand Prize in the TV category at the 60th Galaxy Awards for “Elpis: Hope or Disaster.” Working across both live action and animation formats, film and TV, Oh has other credits including: 2016’s “Scoop!”; 2017’s “Tornado Girl”; “Sunny: Tsuyoi Kimochi Tsuyoi Ai”; TV mini-series “Kyouen NG”; and last year’s “New Dimension!
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Battle of Supernatural Powers Flying Sushi.” His “Tokyo Swindlers” debuted in July this year, ranking in the Netflix Global Top 10 TV (Non-English) for five consecutive weeks and held the No.1 spot in the Netflix Top 10 TV in Japan for six consecutive weeks. “Two weeks after ‘Tokyo Swindlers’ started streaming, I received a proposal from Netflix for an exclusive contract.
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