Rakshit-starrer 777 Charlie sets Japan premiere in June
Directed by Kiranraj K and starring Rakshit Shetty, the film won the best National Film Award for the best Kannada film last year.
Still from 777 Charlie
NEW DELHI: National Award-winning film 777 Charlie is set to be released in Japan on June 28, the makers have announced. Directed by Kiranraj K and starring Rakshit Shetty, the film won the best National Film Award for the best Kannada film last year.
Shetty has also backed the movie via his production house Paramvah Studios. According to the banner, the film will be distributed in Japan by Shochiku Studios, the outlet behind Seijiro Koyama’s Hachiko Monogatari (1987), which inspired the 2009 Hollywood film Hachi: A Dog’s Tale starring Richard Gere. Paramvah Studios shared the news of the Japan premiere of 777 Charlie on Saturday.
It is a 2022 Kannada film which follows the journey of Dharma, a lonely factory worker, played by Rakshit Shetty, and a stray Labrador dog called Charlie. In an X post, Kiranraj said the movie will also be released in Russia, Taiwan, Latin America, Germany, and other countries. The film also starred Sangeetha Sringeri, Raj B. Shetty, Danish Sait, Bobby Simha and Aniruddh Roy.