正文 "Mysterious Summer" features a mostly Chinese cast and Japanese director, in the first drama production collaboration of its sort between companies from the two countries.
TOKYO – China's iQIYI video platform, a subsidiary of search giant Baidu, and Japan's Fuji TV have teamed up for a drama series Mysterious Summer, due for broadcast in July. This is the first such collaboration between a Chinese online video platform and a Japanese TV network.
Facing a slowly shrinking market at home, Fuji TV is expanding its presence overseas, including this first push into the huge and growing Chinese online video sector. In the fiercely competitive Chinese video-streaming market, iQIYI is seeking to differentiate itself through high-definition and original content.
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Filming of the 15 episodes of Mysterious Summer finished this week in Beijing, with Fuji TV's Satoshi Kubota (Tokyo Tower) directing a predominantly Chinese cast joined by guest Jap