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An International Collaboration in Honor of the Japanese Master
(Hollywood, September 18, 2008) Lotus, Inc. announces the production of Akira Kurosawa’s, The Masque of Black Death. This full feature animation will be produced and directed by Lotus, Inc. in Japan, backed by a joint-force of international producers and the world’s leading Japanese animators and directors.
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In cooperation with Kurosawa Productions, Masque of Black Death is being produced by a joint-force of international producers including Lotus, Inc. (Japan), Lexicon Filmed Entertainment (US), Upside Down Entertainment (Singapore) and Harbor Light Entertainment (US). Masque of Black Death will be released theatrically in 2010.
Originally planned as a Russian film and sequel to Dersu Uzala, Masque of Black Death is based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short novel, The Masque of the Red Death. The story takes place in the early 1900s in the Russian Empire where a fatal infectious disease ravages and kills most of the population leaving the rest consumed with fear. Masque explores the cruelty and selfishness of human nature when placed under extreme circumstances.
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 About Lotus, Inc.
Lotus Inc.'s primary business is the procurement, development and production of Japanese entertainment content for the United States and international markets. Lotus formed the first business-to-business web portal site, www.katanaxtreme.com, designed specifically to showcase Japanese content to the world’s entertainment industry. Specializing in motion picture and television production, financing and rights management, Lotus also serves international companies in entertainment content consulting and in the development and marketing of international content for Japan. Lotus is headquartered in Tokyo with a branch offices in Los Angeles, Rome and San Paulo. http://www.lotus-tyo.com/
About Harbor Light Entertainment, Inc.
Harbor Light is a motion picture development and production company in Hollywood, CA., established in the year 2000. It has numerous projects in many genres and various stages of development and production. Harbor Light Entertainment develops and produces motion pictures that that make good business sense while being entertaining, thought-provoking and enlightening.
www.harborlightentertainment.com
About Lexicon Filmed Entertainment
Lexicon Filmed Entertainment, based in Beverly Hills, California, is a global entertainment company founded by Marina Martins. Lexicon utilizes a co-production, co-finance model, which allows flexibility to engage on a project basis with strong partners, with accredited pedigree and expertise to ensure high quality production on an ongoing basis across a slate of motion pictures. Lexicon has Joint venture alliances in India, Germany and Mexico. Additionally, Lexicon is partnered in Hawaii and is incorporated in England under London Lexicon Productions, Ltd.
About Upside Down Entertainment
Upside Down Entertainment (UDE) is a film, television, and new media development, finance, and production company with roots in Asia, and partnerships globally. One primary area of focus is the ascendancy of Asian Cinema in the world market, and the consistently high level of world-class creative talent rising throughout the region. By bringing mature Western structure, development, and finance models to these promising talents, UDE enables filmmakers to realize their vision and bring their extraordinary stories to a global audience. Upside Down Entertainment is a creative and financial partnership between one of Singapore's leading media companies, Upside Down Media Group, and US multi-Emmy nominee Quixotic Media Group.
http://www.udentertain.com/
About AK100 Project
2010 is the year of Akira Kurosawa’s birth centenary. Akira Kurosawa was born at the beginning of the 20th Century and died just before the start of the new millennium. He devoted his life to film-making, and the great body of work that he bequeathed to the history of film has had a huge impact both in his native Japan and overseas. His life and work contributed to revolutionizing the entire genre of film. The idea behind the Akira Kurosawa Centenary is not to indulge in nostalgia for films of the past, but to lay the foundations for Japanese films of the future as well as to establish the future course of film-making in general.
www.akirakurosawa100.com/
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