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Isabel Coixet names the star of her new film
By h.b. - Aug 15, 2008 - 1:20 PM

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Rinko Kikuchi has been named to lead 'Map of the Sounds of Tokyo'.

Spanish film director, Isabel Coixet, currently enjoying critical success with ‘Elegy’ starring Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz, has found a star for her new film – Rinko Kikuchi, known for her starring role in Babel where she was nominated for an Oscar.

The new film from the Barcelona director is called ‘Map of the Sounds of Tokyo’, and will also star Sergi López and Ken Watanabe. It will be filmed in Barcelona and Japan. It centres on a man, López, who is obsessed in collecting sounds and women.

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