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Yoji Yamada set to film 'Otouto'


December 29, 2008 Veteran Japanese director Yoji Yamada will begin shooting the family drama "Otouto" in mid-January, with stars Tsurube Shofukutei as the "otouto" or younger brother and Sayuri Yoshinaga as his older sister. With "Otouto," Yamada -- who is best known in outside Japan in recent years for his 2004 Academy Award nominee "The Twilight Samurai" and 2008 Berlinale premiere "Kabei" -- returns to modern drama for the first time in 10 years.

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