Sony Pictures Japan’s Rain Fall, a thriller starring Gary Oldman, is the first film in Japan to be shot on the new Panavision Genesis HD digital video camera jointly developed by Panavision and Sony.

According to Panavision, the Genesis has a chip the size of a Super 35 mm frame, a log curve that emulates film, and a depth-of-field characteristic similar to film cameras. The camera has the equivalent of a 2,500 exposure index and its electronic shutter can be set to 360 degrees.

Rain Fall is helmed by Max Mannix with Jack Wareham as director of photography. The film is adapted from a novel by best-selling American author Barry Eisler.

It tells the story of a hit man who is forced to protect the daughter of one of his victims against the CIA. Rain Fall is slated for release in April 2009.

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