Rinko Kikuchi to star in 'Map'Drama thriller written, directed by Isabel CoixetAug 12, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
The Oscar nominee is in talks to star in "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," a dual-identity drama written and directed by Isabel Coixet. Spanish shingle Mediapro is producing the film, a Japanese-set dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer. Coixet, a Spanish director known for her weighty dramas, directed the specialty release "Elegy," the Ben Kingsley-Penelope Cruz academia romance which sported a $17,000 per-screen average in limited release this weekend. The CAA-repped Kikuchi has undertaken a number of supporting roles since being nominated for "Babel." She has parts in Rian Johnson's con-man movie "The Brothers Bloom," which Summit is releasing in the fall, and the Weinstein Co.'s wartime romance "Shanghai." Rinko Kikuchi to star in 'Map'Drama thriller written, directed by Isabel CoixetAug 12, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
Two years after "Babel" put her on the Hollywood map, Rinko Kikuchi soon could have a map of her own.
The Oscar nominee is in talks to star in "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," a dual-identity drama written and directed by Isabel Coixet. Spanish shingle Mediapro is producing the film, a Japanese-set dramatic thriller that centers on a fish-market employee who doubles as a contract killer. Coixet, a Spanish director known for her weighty dramas, directed the specialty release "Elegy," the Ben Kingsley-Penelope Cruz academia romance which sported a $17,000 per-screen average in limited release this weekend. The CAA-repped Kikuchi has undertaken a number of supporting roles since being nominated for "Babel." She has parts in Rian Johnson's con-man movie "The Brothers Bloom," which Summit is releasing in the fall, and the Weinstein Co.'s wartime romance "Shanghai."
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