In what year was the director of the movie based on the Japanese manga "Kanna's Big Success!" born.
200 Pounds Beauty 200 Pounds Beauty (; lit. "It's hard to be a beautiful woman") is a 2006 South Korean romantic comedy musical film written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa. It is based on the Japanese manga "Kanna's Big Success!" (カンナさん大成功です! , Kanna-san Daiseikou Desu! ) by Yumiko Suzuki about an overweight ghost singer who undergoes intensive plastic surgery to become a pop sensation.
Shochiku Shochiku Company Limited (松竹株式会社 , Shōchiku Kabushiki gaisha ) () is a Japanese movie studio and production company for kabuki. It also produces and distributes anime films. Its best remembered directors include Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita and Yōji Yamada. Shochiku has also produced films by highly regarded independent and "loner" directors such as Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano, Akira Kurosawa and Taiwanese New Wave director Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is a member of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and is one of Japan's Big Four film studios.