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The long list of broadcasters and platforms who have acquired the series include NHK in Japan, Plus Plus in Ukraine, RTBF in Belgium, and Premier in Russia, Netflix,  CCTV in China, POP in the UK, RAI in Italy, and SRC in Canada.

Estonian drama was acquired by Japanese broadcaster WOWOW for its Linear TV and ON-Demand streaming service.

The collaboration derived from the global streamer's effort to expand its Japanese local feature film catalog. Koreeda will serve as director, Chief direction and showrunner for a film and a series produced by the outlet.

The plot filled with suspense, witchcraft and a mystic atmosphere will be available on November 17th.

Premium video streaming in Japan reached 85 billion minutes during January - August 2021, or 13% of total time spent on video, according to the first of a series of quarterly reports from Media Partners Asia (MPA).