Nintendo family office invests in indie Japan film studio K2 Pictures

Deal marks latest Japanese move toward new movie financing model

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Film production funds are attracting new interest in Japan, where motion picture financing has long been handled within the industry. © Reuters

YUKI SEKIGUCHI

TOKYO -- An asset management firm for Nintendo's founding family is backing K2 Pictures, a fledgling Japanese film studio that seeks to shake up the domestic movie industry with an alternative financing model.

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