Show Business: Sequel Mania: XXX Going on L

Japan's Tora-San films stretch on and on and on

Hollywood in 1983 will be banking heavily on sequels, everything from The Sting II and Porky's II: The Next Day to Superman III and The Revenge of the Jedi. But it will take a long time to catch up to the Japanese. While crowds are still lining up to see the newest sequel in the Tora-San film series, No. XXX to be exact, they can already start thinking about XXXI and XXXII, both of which will be out before the end of the year.

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