Chinese studios to produce Kurosawa's shelved script

Nearly two decades after the death of iconic Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, Chinese producers will make a film based on his shelved script, The Mask of the Black Death.

Beijing-based studio Huayi Brothers Media Corp and Taiwan filmmaker Chen Kuo-fu's CKF Pictures announced the joint project last week.

The Mask of the Black Death is expected to hit theaters during the weeklong National Day holiday in 2020. The holiday is the other most profitable period at the Chinese box office, with Spring Festival being the first.