Japanese Film Starring Kentaro Sakaguchi Shelved
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A new Japanese movie will not come out. The movie has a famous actor. His name is Kentaro Sakaguchi. He is the star of the movie. The director of the movie is Shunji Iwai. He is a well-known filmmaker in Japan.
News reports say the movie is now shelved. This means the movie will not be shown to people. The report says a technical worker left the project. This person worked behind the camera. People do not know why the worker left.
People who know about the movie are very surprised. They say this kind of thing is unprecedented. This means it never happened before. Many people are talking about this news now.
Vocabulary4 words
- star
- the main actor in a movie
- director
- the person who leads how a movie is made
- shelved
- stopped and not used or shown
- unprecedented
- never happened before
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1. Kentaro Sakaguchi 2. It was shelved 3. A technical staff member left
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A new Japanese movie will not come out. The movie has a famous _____. His name is Kentaro Sakaguchi. He is the star of the movie. The _____ of the movie is Shunji Iwai.
News reports say the movie is now _____. This means the movie will not be shown to people. The report says a technical _____ left the project. This person worked behind the camera.
People who know about the movie are very _____. They say this kind of thing is _____. This means it never happened before. Many people are talking about this news now.
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