Netflix will launch in May “Sanctuary,” an eight-episode sports drama series set in the specialized world of Japanese sumo wrestling.
Produced by the Slowtide company for the streamer, the show follows a juvenile delinquent who becomes a sumo apprentice. He soon finds himself on a collision course with a voiceless fighter carrying a secret.
Stars: Chase Yi, Koyuki, Shôta Sometani
Netflix presents it as "a stark look into the underbelly of professional sumo, a world filled with young men with ambitions for money, women, fame and power where some may find refuge with a history spanning more than 1,500 years in traditional culture." of Japan and as a religious ceremony.”
The show is directed by Eguchi Kan from a script by Kanazawa Tomoki. Producer is Fujita Daisuke and executive producer for Netflix Sakamoto Kaata. The program will be uploaded from May 4.
"'Sanctuary' plays out like a kinky cross between 'Punch-Drunk Love' and an Off-Broadway play," Ehrlich wrote. “[It's] a story about identity and control, but it's also a movie about the combustible energy that comes from putting two beautiful people in a confined space and watching them compete for sexual dominance. Even more than most two-handed, this is a film carried by its cast, and Abbott and Qualley are extremely up to the task. Both are inspired choices."
Both Qualley and co-star Abbott are starring in several high-profile movies after a strong 2022, with Qualley appearing in an upcoming Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers biopic, "Fred and Ginger," opposite Jamie Bell. Abbott will star opposite Qualley Emma Stone in Yorgos Lanthimos' female reimagining of Frankenstein, "Poor Things," while Qualley also starred in Lanthimos' "AND." “Poor Things” is rumored to hit the fall festival circuit or possibly Cannes.
“Sanctuary” is produced by David Lancaster and Stephanie Wilcox of Rumble Films (“Whiplash,” “Nightcrawler”) with Ilya Stewart of Hype Studios producing and Pavel Burian of Mosaic Films, along with Charades, which is also handling sales rights. film internationals. . UTA Independent Film Group manages the US sale and arranges the financing. Executive producers include Carole Baraton, Yohann Comte and Pierre Mazars of Charades, Elizaveta Chalenko of Hype Film, Maxim Dashkin of Mosaic Films, as well as lead actress Qualley and screenwriter Bloomberg.
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