Sony Photos Studio is seen in Culver Metropolis, California, U.S., April 23, 2018. Image taken April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake
HANOI, March 12 (Reuters) – Vietnam has banned Sony’s motion film “Uncharted” from home distribution over a scene that includes a map that reveals a disputed line declared by China to stake its declare to giant elements of the South China Sea, state media reported on Saturday.
The U-shaped “nine-dash line” is used on Chinese language maps for example its claims over huge areas of the resource-rich South China Sea, together with swathes of what Vietnam regards as its continental shelf, the place it has awarded oil concessions.
“Uncharted,” an motion and journey movie based mostly on a online game sequence about treasure searching, stars Tom Holland and was as a result of hit cinemas nationwide on March 18.
“The movie was banned from distribution after we watched it and located it contained an unlawful picture of the notorious nine-dash line,” state-run Vietnam Information Company reported, citing Vi Kien Thanh, head of the Division of Cinema, a authorities physique answerable for licensing and censoring overseas movies.
Vietnam pulled DreamWorks’ animated movie “Abominable” from cinemas in 2019 and ordered Netflix in 2021 to take away some episodes of the “Pine Hole” sequence over the identical problem.
The Southeast Asian nation this week protested twice over army workouts by China and Taiwan in what it describes as its unique financial zone, and demanded they respect Vietnam’s sovereignty and legit rights at sea.
Reporting by Phuong Nguyen
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