We can show Japanese audiences a pretty but different China and Japan can have the access to the Chinese market, the movies producer Laura Fu said.

Given the scale of the Chinese and Japanese film markets which are the world's second and third-largest box offices respectively trailing only North America, the new treaty could have far-reaching repercussions for both nations' film industries, as well as the regional movie sector at large.

The producer of Cook Watanabe, Chikara Ito, said the treaty provides a great chance for Japanese film producers. Japans film industry, to some extent, is not very open to the outside world, and I hope more Japanese actors or actresses could seize the chance.

The treaty is also the first such co-production treaty for Japan.

The great performance of Japanese movies in China shows their growing popularity and perhaps a change in attitude.

Japans Your Name earned $83 million at the Chinese box office in 2016, while Doraemon: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kachi grabbed 21.5 million U.S. dollars.

Japanese director Shinsuke Sato, known for his work Library War and Hat House, believes that there will be more and more film cooperation.

Many Chinese watch movies on the Internet or on their mobile phones. The film market is indeed full of vitality, he said. I am looking forward to working with the Chinese team.