Katsusuke Kuzui is a Japanese film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

. His wife, Fran Rubel Kuzui

Fran Rubel Kuzui

Fran Rubel Kuzui is an American movie director and producer. She received her Masters degree from New York University and was a script supervisor for a decade, prior to her first film, 1988's Tokyo Pop, which she co-wrote and directed...

 has also directed movies.

Along with his wife, Kaz founded Kuzui Enterprises, which distributes

Film distributor

A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing...

 US films in Japan, and imports Japanese films for the US market. In addition to holding a portion of rights to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer character, Kuzui was also given an executive producer

Executive producer

An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

 credit for the TV series and its spin-off Angel

Angel (TV series)

Angel is an American television series, a spin-off of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffys creator, Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt, and first aired on October 5, 1999...

, despite having no practical role in either production.

Kuzui intends to relaunch the Buffy franchise without Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, comic book writer, occasional composer and actor, founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures...

, the man who created the original concept.

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