Ridley Scott to join Japan quake project

Hollywood director Ridley Scott is to take part in a project documenting the first anniversary of Japan's earthquake and tsunami, a television network said Wednesday. The Briton, famous for "Alien", "Blade Runner" and "Gladiator", will join "Japan in a Day", a film about life in the nation 12 months after the disaster that claimed more than 19,000 lives, Fuji Television Network said. Fuji TV will work with Scott Free, a production company run by the director and his brother, to knit together videos shot by members of the public and footage gathered from 200 TV cameras set up in the affected areas. The project is asking for people in Japan and around the world to contribute videos of their daily life on March 11, 2012, exactly one year after the earthquake and tsunami hit. "Japan in a Day is dedicated, with deepest sympathy, to those who lost their lives and those who are suffering as a result of the earthquake and tsunami," Fuji TV said. The film will be completed by the autumn for release in Japan and then overseas. Fuji plans to donate profits to victims of the disaster. Videos will be uploaded to a special YouTube "Japan in a Day" website, it said.