The cast includes Sometani Shota ( Themis), Kutsuna Shioli ( Deadpool 2), Taguchi Tomorowo, Kaku So ( Kamen Rider Zero-One), Sumi Hiroki ( John Wick: Chapter 4), Pierre Taki ( Like Father, Like Son), Kishitani Goro ( The Returner), Sasano Takashi ( Departures), Kobayashi Kei ( Metropolis) and Omusubi ( The Outsider), among others. The project is directed by Eguchi Kan and written by Kanazawa Tomoki, and features an impressive cast and crew. This tale of spirited young people fighting for an improbable victory in the depths of despair while at the mercy of the “sanctuary” is about to begin.” Who is involved in Sanctuary? “This human drama depicts Oze and the young people surrounding the world of sumo as they struggle to find their way in life, including Shimizu (played by Shota Sometani), who loves the sport but is not blessed with an ideal physique, and Kunishima (played by Shioli Kutsuna), a newspaper reporter who gets relegated to covering sumo. “Unmotivated to train, often skipping practice and defying his more experienced seniors, Oze is branded as a hopeless case, but he gradually delves deeper into the world of sumo,” the synopsis reads. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.According to the synopsis, the show is a “bold and intense human drama” following the life of Kiyoshi Oze - who enters the world of sumo under the name “Enno”. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future.
NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. It's like - never seeing one of those in my mailbox again is going to be really weird.ĭEL BARCO: There's a petition to keep the service going, and kiosk business Redbox reportedly even offered to take it over, but it seems that soon the last of those DVDs and red envelopes will be extinct.Ĭopyright © 2023 NPR. Ryan says she and her wife still have a VCR, a Blu-ray and a DVD player, and they plan to order Netflix DVDs to the end. You can only see them on DVD.ĭEL BARCO: Some loyal subscribers say they can't afford streaming services or they live in rural areas without broadband. RYAN: There are many movies that you can't stream on Netflix. There are hundreds more on their queue - old black-and-white movies, documentaries, foreign films, and especially classic Christmas pictures. That's the end of an era - you know, how space age we thought that was when we had our subscription initially.ĭEL BARCO: Ryan says since 2006, she and her wife have rented 418 films from Netflix. But now, as the DVD and Blu-ray disc business wanes, CEO Ted Sarandos announced the service will end on September 29, a real bummer for holdouts like 71-year-old Claire Ryan (ph) in Memphis.ĬLAIRE RYAN: Wow. MICHAEL KEATON: (As Beetlejuice, laughter).ĭEL BARCO: Netflix shipped its first DVD movie, "Beetlejuice."ĭEL BARCO: Since then, the company has shipped 5.2 billion discs by mail and now-iconic red envelopes - not pink - to 40 million subscribers. He mailed it with a 32-cent stamp to Hastings' house, and it arrived the next morning undamaged. If it breaks, it breaks.ĭEL BARCO: So Randolph went out and bought a CD of Patsy Cline's greatest hits and a pink greeting card envelope. Randolph and Hastings had a hunch DVDs could be the next big thing, and they could ship them to customers by snail mail.
There were laser discs, VHS tapes and Betamax. MARC RANDOLPH: (Reading) Neither of us had ever actually seen a DVD.ĭEL BARCO: In the audiobook of his memoir, "That Will Never Work," Randolph says, before 1997, no one outside of Japan owned a DVD player. The idea was to use the internet - the net - to rent out movies - flicks - to subscribers. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Before it was a $150 billion streaming service, Netflix was strictly a DVD-by-mail operation created by two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings. Now, maybe that's a no-brainer in this digital age, but not to everybody. After 25 years, Netflix is winding down its business of mailing DVDs to subscribers.
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