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    Trailer for the award-winning US/Japan production MAN FROM RENO. Video courtesy of Eleven Arts. © ELEVEN ARTS

    Source: Eleven Arts Entertainment, Strategy PR/Consulting Official Movie Site: manfromrenomovie.com Special Thanks to Emily Lu

    Eleven Arts are pleased to release Dave Boyle`s award-winning MAN FROM RENO in the United States. A Japanese crime novelist and a small town sheriff are lured into the same strange murder mystery in this idiosyncratic and engrossing neo-noir, opening in New York and Los Angeles starting March 27th. MAN FROM RENO will expand to additional markets on April 10th. The film stars Ayako Fujitani (GAMERA Trilogy), Pepe Serna (SCARFACE) and Kazuki Kitamura (THE RAID 2, GODZILLA: FINAL WARS). MAN FROM RENO is presented in English and Japanese with English subtitles, and has a running time of 111 Minutes. SYNOPSIS In a small town south of San Francisco, Sheriff Paul Del Moral (Pepe Serna) is driving home through the fog one night when he accidentally strikes a pedestrian, a lone Japanese man. However, before an investigation can take place the man disappears from the hospital without a trace. At the same time, Japanese mystery author Aki Akahori (Ayako Fujitani) takes a trip to San Francisco in order to escape the press tour for her latest book -- a potboiler in her world-famous Inspector Takabe series. Feeling lonely and vulnerable, she begins a romantic affair with a mysterious Japanese traveler from Reno who is staying in the same hotel. Her new lover, Akira Suzuki (Kazuki Kitamura), is charismatic and charming but abruptly disappears from the hotel, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions...


    About Eleven Arts

    Eleven Arts Inc. was founded by CEO Ko Mori, and began life as one of the foremost sales companies for Japanese film in the worldwide market. The company since expanded into production and theatrical distribution. Titles distributed in the U.S. include MEMORIES OF TOMORROW starring Ken Watanabe, and the popular Evangelione anime series. Production titles include THE HARIMAYA BRIDGE co-starring Danny Glover, which was released nationwide in Japan in 2009. In 2011, the company opened a Japan branch (Eleven Arts Japan), and recently completed a Japanese-language homage to Charlie Chaplin`s Limelight entitled UZUMASA LIMELIGHT (produced by Mori, directed by Ken Ochiai), which was released in Japan on June 8, 2014.


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