Junji Itō's 'The Hanging Balloons' Short Manga Gets Thai Film
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Toei, Thailand's 13 Studio to co-produce film by Thai director Taweewat Wantha
Toei announced on Tuesday that it and Thai production company 13 Studio are producing a feature-length, Thai-language film adaptation of Junji Itō's "Kubitsuri Kikyū" ("The Hanging Balloons") horror short story. Thai director Taweewat Wantha ( Death Whisperer 2 , Tha Rae: The Exorcist , upcoming film Dawn of Soengsang ) is directing the film.
Viz Media published the story in the Shiver : Junji Ito Selected Stories book under the title "Hanging Blimp" in 2017. Viz describes the story:
After an idol hangs herself, balloons bearing the faces of their destined victims appear in the sky…