query: country_of_origin duel project
supports: Biography.
  Koike starred in Kunitoshi Manda's film "The Kiss". She appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2012 television drama "Penance". Koike co-starred in Junji Sakamoto's "A Chorus of Angels" with Sayuri Yoshinaga. She also co-starred in Masanori Tominaga's "Vengeance Can Wait" with Takayuki Yamada.
  She was once nominated for Best Supporting Actress at Japan Academy Prize, for her outstanding performance in the film "Rebirth". 
  Synopsis.
  Orichalcum is a rare and powerful material from a meteorite that was forged into three priceless artifacts. Those that can unite the three items are said to attain great power within the universe. Two conflicting alien forces fight and crash land in ancient Japan to get Orichalcum. Yorozu Genkurou, a samurai who managed to acquire the sword called "Taitei no Ken (The Sword of Alexander)" soon realizes its true potential as he battles ninjas and aliens that covet his life and sword. Aragami (also known as Aragami: The Raging God of Battle) is a 2003 Japanese action film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. It was Kitamura's contribution to the Duel Project, a challenge issued by producer Shinya Kawai to him and fellow director Yukihiko Tsutsumi to film a feature-length movie with only two actors, battling in one setting, in only the time frame of one week. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world's largest natural harbour, and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west. Residents of Sydney are known as "Sydneysiders". Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the Governor-General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia and many federal ministries maintain substantial presences in Sydney. The Duel Project was a challenge issued to Ryuhei Kitamura and Yukihiko Tsutsumi by producer Shinya Kawai during a night of drinking . The challenge was for the two directors to see who could make the best feature film with two principal actors / actresses battling in one principal location in the time span of one week . Kitamura 's half was the film Aragami with Tsutsumi 's being 2LDK . He directed "Taitei no Ken", an original work by Baku Yumemakura, in 2007. 2LDK is a 2003 Japanese film, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi as part of the Duel Project, starring Maho Nonami and Eiko Koike.  Biography.
  Early life.
  Kitamura was born in Osaka, Japan. He dropped out of high school at age 17 and relocated to Sydney, Australia, where he attended a school for visual arts. His first film as director was the short "Exit", which he made as his graduation piece at age 19. Japan ("Nippon" or "Nihon" ; formally "" or "Nihon-koku", means "State of Japan") is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, It is lying off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest. 
candidates: australia china japan taiwan wales
answer: japan