Netflix is getting deeper into business with the hitmaking Japanese director Hitoshi One. The streamer on Monday revealed that it has inked an exclusive five-year deal with the filmmaker, whose most recent project, Tokyo Swindlers, became an international sensation over the summer. Under the agreement, Netflix will exclusively produce and distribute One’s series and film output for the next half-decade.
Tokyo Swindlers debuted on Netflix in July and ranked on the platform’s global top 10 list for non-English TV for five consecutive weeks. At home in Japan — a market Netflix has been courting aggressively — it held the No.1 spot for all TV series for six consecutive weeks.
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“Mr. One has generously demonstrated his creative talents in Tokyo Swindlers, a thrilling story with quirky characters full of humanity,” said Kaata Sakamoto, Netflix’s head of content in Japan.
A flashy, over-the-top heist saga,
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