Social media series Earthlings in Love re-edited as 111-minute cinema feature

Director Ueda Shinichiro says enthusiastic online viewer responses led him to turn Earthlings in Love into a cinema feature. The 30-episode vertical series, never planned as a film, ran 76 minutes and drew 60 million views, the Tokyo International Film Festival says. The 111-minute version screens in Nippon Cinema Now at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival, Variety reports.