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Written by Mark Schilling
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
TOKYO -- Action icon Sonny Chiba
is prepping a pic based on the pioneering Tokusatsu TV series "Nanairo
Kamen" (Seven-Color Mask) via his shingle, Kyoto-based Thousand Leaves
Hollywood.
The series, which gave Chiba his first starring role, ran on the predecessor to the TV Asahi network from 1959-60.
Chiba will reprise the title role, fulfilling a promise he made to series creator Kohan Kawauchi, who died last month at age 88.
In
addition to the pic, Chiba is celebrating his 50th anniversary in the
biz by presenting his showbiz collection -- 100,000 items in all -- at
the Super Museum Time Machine in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture from May
10-Aug. 31.
The collection, which is valued at $100 million, includes guitars used by Elvis Presley and George Harrison and a gun owned by Steve McQueen. At the opening of the museum on May 10, Chiba said he might "sacrifice the collection" to raise coin for "Bushido," an action pic he plans to make in Hollywood.
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