USA has been buying a lot of Japanese movie rights these days
I just watched a Japanese remake TV drama of the original Japanese movie which was not bad. Wonder what movie rights they will buy next. Maybe another horror movie would be nice.
1977 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076935/
2011 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006234/
http://www.screendaily.com/cohn-buys-up-yellow-handkerchief-remake-rights/4014950.article