Snip from IMDB.com newsbrief:
Security staffs in Tokyo theaters are confiscating the video cameras of anyone caught trying to use them to record a movie on the screen, the Tokyo daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported today (Wednesday).
Moreover, the newspaper reported, notices warning patrons that filming inside a theater is banned are being posted in Tokyo theaters, and the major Japanese film distributors have cooperated to produce an animated short film that is being screened throughout the country showing a girl shedding tears that turn into skulls, as an announcer says, 'Films are stolen, and so are impressive moments. Precious things are being tainted.'
Link. If anyone spots a copy of said animated short on the internets, do let us know. (Thanks, Jeff 'Koganuts' Koga)
Reader comment: Boing Boing reader pmk says,
I've tried to take pics of this thing twice now, but neither has come out. It's not anime, which makes it all the more freaky. It's a shot of a young woman's face, looking inexplicably sad, with a scary voiceover. About halfway through the shot, she starts crying BLACK TEARS. At the end, the whole kit and kaboodle morphs into a cartoon skull.
Reader fishyswaz adds,
This isn't the particular film clip you are looking for, but here is another anti-piracy spot that is showing on TV: Link to mpeg. And here is the link for information on the actress (Mitsuki Tanimura) of the spot running in the theater (with pic).
I can't find a capture of the actual film but the spot runs like (from memory so it may not be exact):
closeup of actress' face on black background with sad music.
actress voiceover: "Our (deep) emotions are being stolen"
actress cries black tears (like ink…) the tear drop into a into black water with film superimposed, as the water ripples a skull appears.
the film burns (melts), the antipiracy campaign logo appears and title read by announcer
accress voiceover of catchphrase: "I don't watch or buy" [pirated movies]
the catchphrase and criminal warning are displayed.Next time I go to the theater, I'll see if I can't capture it on my cameraphone.
