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Hello, I'm Toshiaki Toyoda.

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Thank you for your purchase.

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Let's enjoy this audio commentary.

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This is the sound of hitting the mouthpiece of a shell horn.

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Filming of the film "Beyond Dimensions"

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lasted from spring 2023 to spring 2024.

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The opening scene was filmed in a cave where, according to legend,

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was practiced by Kukai, a legendary figure of esoteric Buddhism.

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This is water, which here acts as a mirror, reflecting the image.

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This image shows Yosuke Kubozuka.

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His character's name is Roske

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and he sits in the center of this long cave.

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As for the objects in the background, we created all this ourselves.

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His hands are folded in a gesture I made up to represent a wolf.

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If I had used the actual mudras from esoteric Buddhism, I would have had problems.

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Therefore, all the religious elements in this film are, in fact, my own inventions.

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When I was writing the script, it was the most difficult.

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This is a mountain in Tochiga.

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Almost everything was shot in Tochiga, where I live.

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Both my film crew and local farmers and residents of the town took part in the filming.

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So the film was shot in the style of a matsuri (Japanese festival).

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It's full of leeches.

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Just a lot of leeches.

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Many of them stuck to the reflectors of the lighting team.

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It was a real mess.

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I told the camera crew to keep the leeches away.

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We ended up using the spray to scare away the leech.

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This is a waterfall

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under which Kiyohiko Shibukawa passes in my short film "I am here".

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And this is a shell.

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There is a well-known legend according to which a sea shell appears in the mountains.

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It was she who inspired me for this scene.

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Of course, I don't know if it has been found in such good condition as this one,

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but in the legend she was found just like that.

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In Shugendo Buddhism, or Esoteric Buddhism,

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or in such deep lines of Buddhism the shell is an important symbol.

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I bought this particular shell from a shell shop in Osaka.

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The man blowing the conch here is my conch teacher

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Miyashita-san.

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In the film, Chihara Junior, who plays the role of Adjari,

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he made all the sounds when he blows the shell himself.

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This is the Goma fire ritual, but to conduct it in the shape of a triangle

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is actually prohibited.

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Here we have a triangle above a triangle, like a Star of David.

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In this configuration, it is a symbol of placing a death curse on someone.

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Today, its use is prohibited in Japan.

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Even during the Second World War

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the Japanese used this curse to try to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Roosevelt died while posing for his own portrait.

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Then Truman was elected, he dropped the atomic bombs, and Japan surrendered in the war.

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All objects around the hearth are real elements of the ritual.

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But if we made it 100% realistic, I'd have a problem

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and at my age I would not like such stress.

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So I added some original elements to the composition to change it up.

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For example, I painted pebbles and placed them around the Goma fireplace.

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Everything was done on set,

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which we arranged in the garden of the house in Tochiga.

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That scene was shot there, and it was the first scene we shot for the movie.

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The person sitting in the middle is my friend since I was 19 years old.

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His name is Chihara Junior and he is a famous comedian,

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probably as famous in Japan as Takeshi Kitano.

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Objects such as boulders or huge rocks are often commemorated in this way.

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This is the leader of the band Seppuku Pistols.

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Next is my close friend, Kiyohiko Shibukawa.

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This is Masahiro Higashide, who played the main role in my movie "Crows. Blast".

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The people in the background are locals and members of the band Seppuku Pistols.

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Seppuku Pistols is a band that plays traditional Japanese instruments

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and will go on tour in Europe this year.

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This is Haruka Imou.

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And finally, Matsuda Ryuhei.

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The music here is performed by the Kodo group of taiko drummers from the island of Sado.

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I went to Sado Island to ask them to create the basic rhythm for the film's music.

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This is a rather massive shell that is very hard to find.

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This figure of a wolf is made of paper in the Shide technique.

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It was created by the production designer

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Takashi Sasaki, who worked on Kill Bill and the Jodorowsky films.

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Both this hand gesture and movements were author's ideas.

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They were created by me and a Shingon Buddhist monk.

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These hand gestures only exist in this movie.

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Hand gestures, or mudras, are used to initiate a spell.

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They transform into a wolf and its mouth opens.

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Chihara Junior plays the role of Adjari, a senior monk.

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Although, in English...

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...his name is written as "Hanzo", but in Japanese it is "Ajari".

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It means something like "Master", the head of a Buddhist sect.

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Here he uses a ritual purification object called a "kongosho".

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Basically...

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this is done after the gom fire ritual, but there are different ways to do it,

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for example, a sword strike on the upper back,

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or shaking juju prayer beads overhead.

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The monk approached all the participants,
to clear them one by one.

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In Kyoto, the Goma fire ritual is held every day,

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because it has a very strong effect.

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Anyone can go there, so if you ever get the chance, be sure to check it out.

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It's interesting.

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Matsuda Ryuhei and Chihara Junior starred together in the movie "9 Souls".

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Most of the items in this room are items that were already there.

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Although I designed all the amulets myself.

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Those amulets in the sanctuary.

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In Japan, Masahiro Higashide was recently involved in an infidelity scandal.

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He left show business and settled in the mountains, but then returned.

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So these lines...

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accurately reflect how he really felt.

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Although I personally did not select him for this role.

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These lines convey the essence of the film very well.

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The world is made of stories, and isn't your own story at the center of it?

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maybe

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someone else controls your destiny.

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I wonder... in this world.

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There is a branch of Buddhism called "Myoken Faith" that worships

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Big Dipper, that's what he means.

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One of the stars of the Big Dipper has in its name

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Chinese character for wolf, but probably only those who

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who can read Japanese or Chinese.

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Perhaps this scene creates a sense of black comedy,

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but in this context what he says here is quite important.

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His tenacity is in keeping with a comedian like him.

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Very funny.

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Actually, I live very close to where this scene was filmed.

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This device is designed for shredding straw, but I thought

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that it will also be great for cutting off fingers.

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This is very dangerous.

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Costumes were designed by Kazuhiro Sawataishi.

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He worked on such films as "The Wandering Kenshin" and "Gintama".

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He is a person from the fashion industry and works mainly on big budget films.

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He was responsible for most of the character looks in this film.

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Chihara Junior, who plays Adjari,

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has a lovely face.

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In his youth, he got into a car accident when we were shooting "Blue Spring".

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So his face is different than in "Pornstar".

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We shot 70 takes of this episode with Kiyohiko Shibukawa to get just this one.

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In fact, there is a yakuza headquarters where fingers are stored in formalin jars.

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I met a man from there and heard many stories from him.

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Apparently there was more to those jars than just fingers.

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But I didn't want to

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to give this movie an "R" rating, so I limited myself to just that.

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The music for this episode was composed by Mars 89.

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He is a young Japanese artist who creates techno music.

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He also performs at protests, so he is quite a politically engaged musician.

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And cooperates with the Undercover brand.

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This toilet was very small, so I really didn't know where to put her.

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Sit her like that? Is that so? I thought about it for a long time.

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She came all the way from Nagoya to shoot this scene.

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Sound design – Masaya Kitada.

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He recorded all the dialogues,

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sound effects, all the sound for the film and did its mixing.

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we needed to shoot the finger scene in one take.

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So Chihara Junior was very nervous.

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I wonder if you can actually see the finger fly.

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I think it was too fast.

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Maybe that's why I'm thinking about all these points as I watch it.

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Little finger.

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It's actually a fake of Masahiro Higashide's finger.

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How cruel.

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But Chihara Junior usually smokes cigars, so I guess it turned out okay.

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As for Haruka Imou,

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this is my second film with her after Seppuku To All.

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I was also once told that I was possessed by an evil spirit.

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So I drove to get rid of it.

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One day I had a dream,

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in which I heard this sound of beads

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and experienced the transition from one state of sleep to another.

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Iida Danko is the leader of the band Seppuku Pistols.

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We live in the same area.

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He also made many illustrations for the film, including amulets for the sanctuary.

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Apparently, this car is very attractive to car enthusiasts.

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This is an old Corona Mark II car.

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I borrowed it from the teenagers in the area.

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Kiyohiko Shibukawa expresses his feelings with just one eyebrow.

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That's not what you want to hear.

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We shot this scene in my neighborhood.

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Music composed by Mars 89.

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As for the voice over,

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I wanted Mahi from People from Gezan to do it, but I couldn't make a schedule with him.

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Therefore, I decided that a young actor would be suitable instead of him.

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So he invited Yosuke Kubozuki's son.

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He starred in my film "The Miracle of Cryptonian Shottan",

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where he played the main character as a child.

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He was in elementary school when I was filming The Planeteer.

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and also starred in it.

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Now he is one of the most famous young stars in Japan.

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It is said that he earns even more than his father.

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This station was a little further, and we also changed the name.

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Regarding the car -

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I borrowed it from a friend.

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This is a real working station.

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But this is the final stop.

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Trains hardly run.

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Therefore, we adapted to the train schedule and divided the shooting into hourly intervals.

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Actors are different.
One take is enough for Matsuda Ryuhei.

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But Haruka Imou is playing better with each take.

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So I shot a lot of takes where it was just her.

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How old is she? Twenty...

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25, 26, 27? Somewhere like that.

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Actually I don't know.

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I tried to shoot it different ways

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but I thought the single-shot shot added a bit of edginess to it.

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here it is

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This is a "wise" gesture depicting a wolf.

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Her head was cut off and she died instantly.

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Probably Haruka Imou's mother

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I really liked her role.

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Blood splattered face...

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this image suits Matsuda Ryuhei.

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A person with whom I have been working since the days of "Pornostar" plays the guitar here.

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This is Kazuhide Yamaji, who composed the music for the films "Pornstar",

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"9 Souls" and "Hanging Garden".

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I shot most of them with him.

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While preparing for the shoot, I thought that I really wanted to hear his guitar again.

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So I contacted him.

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This is my friend's house that I used for the scene

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with a car accident.

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It was quite difficult to find a place where we could shoot such a scene.

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Well, it's not surprising.

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Kiyohiko Shibukawa.

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He has a cut little finger.

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It was filmed in a hotel room. An ordinary hotel room.

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We were allowed to film there, but I don't know if the hotel still exists.

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They said that they were going to demolish it.

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We made these little fingers look like balls.

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This song is performed by the English jazz band Sons of Kemet.

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When the band leader Shabaka Hutchings came to Tokyo,

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I asked him to write the music for this film, but then I heard

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that the Sons of Kemet are about to disband.

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Shabaka Hutchings then stopped playing the saxophone and concentrated only on the flute.

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Although I still asked him to compose music for the film,

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but it turned out somewhat differently.

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I actually wanted Shabaka to compose the music for the entire film.

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However, the shooting was delayed by a year, and our schedules did not coincide.

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There are also several other reasons.

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For example, the weak exchange rate of the yen.

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This is the passage in the same hotel as in the previous scene.

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Shots where the character is walking in slow motion are often found in my films,

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but i really like it.

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I tried to combine the frame where he turns with another one,

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but nothing happened.

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So made it easier.

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Used close-ups of his face.

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Well, after the car accident, Chihara Junior underwent many surgeries on his face.

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In addition, almost 30 years have passed since we filmed "Pornstar",

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and it has changed a lot.

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So I wanted to shoot a lot of close-ups of his face.

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And I did it.

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No one lives in this old estate now,

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but he is very well looked after.

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It is located in Tochiga and its owner lives in Tokyo.

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but sometimes comes to look after the gardens.

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In fact, I would like to live there myself.

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Local carpenter

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makes sure that the house remains in good condition.

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Here...

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maybe not very visible, but in Japan there are such enzyme baths.

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They are made from sawdust or enzymes of wild plants,

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in which the body is immersed, although usually the face is not immersed, as here,

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and apparently they really can heal ailments.

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You can only stay in the bath for 15 minutes.

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I sometimes take such enzyme baths.

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I had a problem with my pinky and after one of these baths I felt better.

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This is the sound of the Kodo drum.

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It's also in Tochiga, and it's the "Wolf Temple on Resurrection Mountain."

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The temple itself is real, although we added wolves to it.

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This place is a bit far from the main routes.

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After we filmed it, there was an incident in which

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one of those huge trees fell and destroyed two cars.

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Because of this, they no longer allow filming there.

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So this is the last movie shot there.

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Kodo sounds from Sado Island.

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Here they play their biggest drum.

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Such a purple outfit...

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worn only by the highest priests.

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Colors reflect hierarchy.

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In Esoteric Buddhism.

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Although there are no blond priests.

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These are some more hand gestures.

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Chihara Junior makes them very smoothly.

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Here he depicts the mouth of a wolf.

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And here he forms a ball with his hands.

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I study Qigong breathing.

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And my teacher would do this and then throw it at me.

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I'm like...

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I felt a weight fall on me.

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Of course, this is an exaggeration.

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Everyone can make a "chi ball".

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Hands have both positive and negative poles,

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which can create something like static electricity.

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If you do it in a dark room, you can see it.

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You can try it yourself.

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The arrow is released with the index finger, not the middle finger.

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In Esoteric Buddhism, it is a way of applying power to someone called "danshi".

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Although I was scolded for putting it on film,

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but i ignored it.

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This shell was specially made by the master for this film.

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Its length is over 40 cm. About 42 or 43 cm.

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I play the shell, but it took me a long time to learn how to play such a big one.

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This is actually what they say when they blow the trumpet.

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"Enter the gates of the universe."

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That's what you say when you blow into a shell.

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Ajimon means the gate of the universe.

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Chihara Junior practiced a lot by blowing into the shell,

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but this sound is duplicated with the help of my shell teacher.

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Although on the set, Chihara Junior really blew the whistle.

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3 octaves sound here,

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and it takes about 10 years of training to reach this level, so it's not easy.

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It is not a musical instrument, but a religious attribute.

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I have been training for 4 years.

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Although I can screw up.

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Awoke with a vajra.

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"Human life is as simple as breathing in and breathing out."

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It is the same as a shell.

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"Henriki" is something like supernatural power.

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To master it, you need to climb mountains, blow conch shells and read sutras.

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That's how you learn. I did this for 3 years.

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Now I am already in the fourth year.

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Here he leaves the shell near him.

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It is difficult to determine your path.

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Well, most religious denominations are eager to attract new followers, so they tend to be friendly.

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Is it really so?

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Returning to the shell.

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This scene was shot in one take.

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I wrote a detailed script detailing Ryuhei's movements.

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But in the end left it up to him.

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This shot turned out to be quite long and took longer than what is shown here.

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I remember that during filming I was surprised that he put the gun right there.

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Here...

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it is better to entrust decision-making to the actors.

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After all, it does not affect the plot in any way.

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I learned with the help of qigong

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make such a ball.

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So I often did something like that on my bed.

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Of course not.

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You wouldn't make that sound under normal circumstances.

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Although you feel something that has a certain weight.

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And in a dark room you can even see that something has formed.

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How to explain it... like a ball of static electricity.

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Like yin and yang.

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This was done later.

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Computer graphics.

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Maybe there was no need to say that.

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We shot several different options.

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I really like the episode where he is all excited

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but it did not suit his character.

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It was on a mountain in Tochiga. The slope there was quite steep.

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So I suggested wearing sneakers,

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but Matsuda Ryuhei said he would go in leather shoes.

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In the end, he admitted that it would be better to wear sneakers.

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Probably, it would be possible to tie a rope and climb with its help.

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This is usually a place for rock climbing.

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This is quite a dangerous place.

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Raise all filming equipment

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we had the help of the locals, but it took five round trips to transport everything.

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I made two such flights.

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Since I needed to go to the toilet, I went there twice.

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On the other side of the camera is only a cliff.

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So it really was a dangerous place.

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With the words "Don't look down"...

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we set up a so-called "slider" for the camera.

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It was very dangerous to install it.

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We wrapped a rope around ourselves to grab onto if we fell.

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But if we fell, we would surely die.

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But if we had fallen and grabbed the rope, maybe everything would have worked out.

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The sound used when Matsuda Ryuhei blows the conch shell,

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belongs to another performer on the shell - a monk.

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He plays the conch shell in the Yoshino Mountains.

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Although I can not say his name. His name is not even in the credits.

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He's another conch teacher of mine, and he's still in his early 30s.

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It has a great sound.

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What Matsuda Ryuhei is saying now is said when a conch is blown.

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This mesh is woven in the shape of a hexagon.

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From this moment, we plunge into the hexagonal world of the planet Kelman.

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From now on, it's all computer graphics.

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"Inner Babylon" by Sons of Kemet.

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I really wanted to use this song.

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Two drums.

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Saxophone.

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And at the end... The tuba, the bass was with the tuba.

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This is such a cool song.

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And finally the opening credits rolled.

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This is a single shot, we're leaving Earth and heading to the edge of the universe.

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I wanted to do it with the camera indented back.

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I took as a basis the image from the NASA website

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and asked to create an image that would reflect just that.

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Therefore, galactic nebulae form clusters

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and acquire a fan-like appearance.

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On the official NASA map, this area is marked as the end of the universe.

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I decided that from this point on, I could allow myself some creative freedom in rendering.

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So this part

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was created on the basis of scientific data.

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I also added the following elements to experiment a bit.

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Shinji Higuchi, the director of Shin Godzilla, assembled a team to work on this part.

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He brought in specialists from the company Tsuburaya Productions, who filmed "Godzilla" and "Ultraman".

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For example, a 70-year-old expert.

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It's a liquid that they melted down and filmed using stop-motion animation.

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As a result, they created this psychedelic visual effect for me.

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They, so to speak...

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tried different ways of melting the liquid to create all these different visual effects.

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It took about 2 weeks,

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filming in a studio in Shinjuku.

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Here they tried to create a skull.

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It blends in with the rest with a smooth image transition.

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The combination of computer graphics with an image at the stage when the images smoothly transition into one another.

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Here I wanted a wolf's head.

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Well, something like that.

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We have something like a galaxy.

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These galaxy-like objects begin to cluster together,

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they become more and more, and then it seems

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as if the rays of light are gathering.

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That's it, everything that has happened so far can be seen in this image.

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And this, so to speak, is the limit of

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what science and technology can achieve in the field of research.

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See, now it looks like a fan.

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And then it's just a world of imagination.

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Planet Kelman.

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That's what I called her.

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A spaceship in the shape of a finger flying through space.

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This is kind of the climax of the joke.

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This 3D model was developed by Michael Erias, director of the Tekkonkinkreet anime.

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Oops, I just remembered I didn't pay him.

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Forget it.

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No, you can't.

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I will write to him now.

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I love how the cockpit looks like a manicured nail.

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"Mujyo" is written on the side.

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A translation of this word in English is also written.

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This star is Kelman's planet.

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00:42:56,374 --> 00:43:00,874
It was created by a modern artist named Yoshirotten.

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Originally the entrance was square,

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but I asked him to make it into a hexagon and he changed it for me.

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Like a beehive. This is the strongest form possible.

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This form is also often found in Buddhism.

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And we enter the very heart.

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It's very difficult to create a lot of CGI in a low-budget film.

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The entire budget of the film can easily be spent on it.

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Besides, you have no room for error,

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because it takes a week to correct any mistakes.

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We are on the planet Kelman.

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Thinking about what the end of the universe might be like,

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I imagined many things

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and suffered for many reasons.

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Together with production designer Takashi Sasaki

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and costume designer Kazuhiro Sawatishi

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we discussed creating something that seemed to fit the concept.

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This suit is black, but there are no such things as black suits.

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Because space is absolutely black.

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Therefore, they are usually white or have some colored inserts.

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So, conversely, I thought it would be nice to have a black space suit.

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In this world of mirrors, wherever you look, you only see yourself.

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It was something like:

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from here you enter the inner space.

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These are all hexagons. And all this decoration...

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we created in the gym.

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We created it from scratch...

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they filmed for 3 days, and then everything was taken apart.

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What a waste.

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00:45:16,416 --> 00:45:19,957
Regarding the sound used in this scene.

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I thought about different options, but I felt that the music would not be suitable.

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00:45:25,457 --> 00:45:29,373
So I made a recording of Yosuke Kubozuki's inhales and exhales

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and used it as a background sound.

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Only his inhalation and exhalation. It's the only sound here.

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It echoes in this room.

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00:45:44,082 --> 00:45:46,665
This effect was added here.

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00:45:50,416 --> 00:45:54,374
I really like dub music.

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00:45:55,207 --> 00:45:57,498
Therefore, the reverberation...

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just to my liking.

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The same applies to the shell, which creates a reverberation when it is blown in the mountains.

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So the sound here has a lot of reverb and echo effect.

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I would say this is one of the most important parts

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of this film.

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It was difficult to shoot here.

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The cameraman tried to go inside to film, but was reflected in all the mirrors.

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We would then digitally delete this footage,

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00:46:35,457 --> 00:46:39,957
but every use of digital removal tools would cost money.

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So in the end

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we decided not to go inside at all.

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00:46:52,249 --> 00:46:56,374
But somewhere among the hexagonal mirrors there was a kind of "blind zone",

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where we could go.

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It is also a long process.

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00:47:10,999 --> 00:47:15,499
While shooting these scenes and thinking about how to edit them,

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00:47:15,999 --> 00:47:20,415
it became really difficult to figure out which frame to insert where.

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00:47:21,457 --> 00:47:25,873
It was the first time in my life in a movie where I didn't know what to do.

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This scene is on the planet Kelman

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00:47:30,541 --> 00:47:33,749
filmed for 3 days without a break, almost without sleep.

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During the day we shot outside,

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00:47:36,666 --> 00:47:39,416
and then came back here to shoot all night.

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00:47:41,082 --> 00:47:43,290
Trying to understand...

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how to shoot this scene

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The film crew also began to lose self-control and did not listen to each other.

489
00:47:51,457 --> 00:47:55,248
So the atmosphere on the set became a bit tense.

490
00:47:55,499 --> 00:47:59,540
I had to try to calm things down,

491
00:48:00,499 --> 00:48:02,874
softening the tense atmosphere.

492
00:48:03,166 --> 00:48:06,416
People were so tired that they slept standing up.

493
00:48:10,416 --> 00:48:14,207
I tried to cheer everyone up, make them laugh.

494
00:48:14,749 --> 00:48:18,665
But if people haven't slept, they're in no mood to laugh.

495
00:48:20,666 --> 00:48:25,166
I found this shell after going around various shell shops.

496
00:48:25,999 --> 00:48:28,832
I thought she had the most beautiful pattern.

497
00:48:30,124 --> 00:48:34,624
This is the same shell that Yosuke Kubozuka finds at the beginning of the film.

498
00:48:35,832 --> 00:48:39,582
I asked for the back of the shell to be cut off.

499
00:48:41,082 --> 00:48:44,665
There is a company in Japan that will cut anything you want in half.

500
00:48:44,832 --> 00:48:46,601
Even a bicycle, a car or a microwave oven.

501
00:48:46,655 --> 00:48:50,783
This is a company that will cut anything in half.

502
00:48:51,166 --> 00:48:55,666
I asked them to cut this shell in half and they were very intrigued by the work,

503
00:48:56,124 --> 00:48:57,874
so they did it for free.

504
00:48:59,041 --> 00:49:02,197
So this is what they look like from the inside, I thought.

505
00:49:02,291 --> 00:49:06,082
It seemed to me like a pattern seen from space.

506
00:49:06,374 --> 00:49:10,165
I felt that one of the many mysteries of the shell had been solved.

507
00:49:11,332 --> 00:49:15,082
That there are five turns of the spiral inside.

508
00:49:17,666 --> 00:49:21,874
This is Mame Yamada, who played the role of a teacher in the movie "Blue Spring".

509
00:49:22,249 --> 00:49:24,540
He is a dwarf wizard.

510
00:49:24,957 --> 00:49:29,457
He works as the smallest magician in Japan.

511
00:49:30,499 --> 00:49:33,457
Psychedelic images here in the back

512
00:49:33,457 --> 00:49:38,456
created by Yoshirotten, who developed Planet Kelman.

513
00:49:40,124 --> 00:49:41,915
Actually it was

514
00:49:42,416 --> 00:49:47,449
made with LED screens on the back side,

515
00:49:48,499 --> 00:49:52,999
on which this video was played, which was reflected in the mirrors.

516
00:50:02,332 --> 00:50:03,582
Mame-san is...

517
00:50:06,124 --> 00:50:09,582
something like Yoda from Star Wars.

518
00:50:13,166 --> 00:50:14,666
He is really small.

519
00:50:16,082 --> 00:50:19,832
This is clearly visible here when he is standing next to someone else.

520
00:50:22,791 --> 00:50:25,624
This is the face they usually make here.

521
00:50:37,832 --> 00:50:41,498
Mom usually gives herself such a manicure.

522
00:50:41,707 --> 00:50:44,957
He, in a certain sense, has an androgynous appearance.

523
00:50:49,336 --> 00:50:53,916
"Come again" - says Adam, owner of Third Window Films.

524
00:50:57,666 --> 00:51:01,749
All these lights are reflected here in Kubozuka's eyes.

525
00:51:02,749 --> 00:51:07,040
As if representing the stars of the planet Kelman.

526
00:51:08,624 --> 00:51:11,624
This is exactly what I wanted to show in this shot.

527
00:51:16,582 --> 00:51:22,212
Although we doubted whether he would even be able to keep his eyes open in such bright light.

528
00:51:25,207 --> 00:51:27,207
Well, he really…

529
00:51:28,916 --> 00:51:30,791
good professional

530
00:51:31,957 --> 00:51:36,415
Yosuke Kubozuka always tries to work within the given situation.

531
00:51:37,457 --> 00:51:39,832
Matsuda Ryuhei usually says "No".

532
00:51:40,707 --> 00:51:42,915
Although, let's not talk about it.

533
00:51:43,207 --> 00:51:47,707
In any case, he agreed to film this difficult scene, even though it was

534
00:51:48,291 --> 00:51:50,416
very hard on his eyes.

535
00:51:51,749 --> 00:51:53,124
But he did it.

536
00:51:55,332 --> 00:51:56,957
These are brain waves.

537
00:51:57,999 --> 00:52:00,415
Brain waves in the form of a spiral.

538
00:52:01,332 --> 00:52:03,623
We made it look like this.

539
00:52:03,874 --> 00:52:05,332
This is Itsuji Itao.

540
00:52:05,957 --> 00:52:09,207
He has appeared in my films since the days of "9 Souls".

541
00:52:10,332 --> 00:52:13,415
He plays in the "Hanging Garden".

542
00:52:14,041 --> 00:52:16,957
an important member of the main family.

543
00:52:17,874 --> 00:52:21,415
Since then he has appeared in almost all my films.

544
00:52:21,791 --> 00:52:25,457
When I announced that I was going to make Beyond Dimensions

545
00:52:25,707 --> 00:52:29,165
he immediately sent me a letter asking me to participate.

546
00:52:33,416 --> 00:52:34,624
And here he is.

547
00:52:36,124 --> 00:52:38,874
This woman is Kirara Inori.

548
00:52:39,916 --> 00:52:44,416
Recently, she played one of the main roles in the movie "Happy End".

549
00:52:45,207 --> 00:52:49,707
She is still young. A novice actress.

550
00:53:00,374 --> 00:53:04,994
She usually plays the role of beauties, but I asked her to do this hairstyle with bangs.

551
00:53:06,291 --> 00:53:10,332
She made such an angle on the bangs especially for me.

552
00:53:11,916 --> 00:53:16,253
The appearance of the actors is the merit of costume designer Kazuhiro Sawataishi.

553
00:53:21,082 --> 00:53:25,582
For this role, Yosuke Kubozuka grew his hair longer,

554
00:53:26,291 --> 00:53:30,707
plus we added some hair extensions.

555
00:53:30,707 --> 00:53:32,915
His beard is completely natural.

556
00:53:54,374 --> 00:53:57,207
I am often asked what "kabaken" means.

557
00:53:57,457 --> 00:53:58,957
My older brother...

558
00:54:00,416 --> 00:54:03,582
about 4-5 years ago lost consciousness due to a brain aneurysm.

559
00:54:04,082 --> 00:54:06,915
He is still in the hospital.

560
00:54:08,041 --> 00:54:10,457
Constantly repeats only "kabaken".

561
00:54:12,656 --> 00:54:17,082
It was as if he had become a child. He always says only "kabaken".

562
00:54:17,832 --> 00:54:22,570
I visited him in the hospital recently and all he said was "kabaken".

563
00:54:26,890 --> 00:54:29,968
I've been wondering what "kabakken" means

564
00:54:30,041 --> 00:54:35,842
and one day when we were drinking with Kiyohiko Shibukawa, he said that maybe it's "come again".

565
00:54:36,582 --> 00:54:39,915
So I combined "kabaken" with "come again" here.

566
00:54:41,832 --> 00:54:43,516
Decided that they go well together.

567
00:54:44,249 --> 00:54:46,624
I wanted one more scene with these two.

568
00:54:47,249 --> 00:54:49,499
so added an extra scene here.

569
00:55:00,874 --> 00:55:03,457
Kiyohiko Shibukawa and the Seppuku Pistols.

570
00:55:13,624 --> 00:55:16,707
Always good to have in a movie…

571
00:55:18,499 --> 00:55:21,082
such comical scenes.

572
00:55:23,374 --> 00:55:26,832
The last thing Chihara Junior says in this scene is improvisation.

573
00:55:49,416 --> 00:55:53,041
I spend every summer right here in this house.

574
00:55:54,832 --> 00:55:59,123
I rent it from a real estate agent.

575
00:56:02,707 --> 00:56:07,207
It used to be a hotel. But now it is completely empty.

576
00:56:08,791 --> 00:56:11,541
It's in Karuizawa, where it's very windy.

577
00:56:12,749 --> 00:56:14,582
Summer in Japan is humid,

578
00:56:15,957 --> 00:56:18,957
so I'm always thinking how to escape this heat

579
00:56:19,036 --> 00:56:22,748
and in the summer I am allowed to use this house myself.

580
00:56:23,053 --> 00:56:26,011
I wrote the script for this film while I was here alone.

581
00:56:32,499 --> 00:56:34,665
And it looks like a laboratory.

582
00:56:43,916 --> 00:56:47,874
The meeting of Chihara Junior and Itsuji Itao in one frame is a significant event,

583
00:56:49,291 --> 00:56:50,374
because in Japan...

584
00:56:51,832 --> 00:56:55,748
they are sort of the leaders in the world of comedy.

585
00:56:56,707 --> 00:57:01,123
So their presence here is a source of admiration for the residents of the Kansai region.

586
00:57:14,291 --> 00:57:17,791
I would do exactly that right there every summer.

587
00:57:18,207 --> 00:57:20,332
At the time of writing this script

588
00:57:20,624 --> 00:57:23,457
all the flowers were already growing there.

589
00:57:34,332 --> 00:57:35,373
It was...

590
00:57:36,249 --> 00:57:41,752
the first scene where Chihara and Kubozuka were filmed together.

591
00:57:42,416 --> 00:57:45,249
So there was a slight tension in the air.

592
00:57:46,749 --> 00:57:49,521
Nice mesh shell cover.

593
00:57:53,416 --> 00:57:57,749
It was quite difficult to choose a grid of exactly this green color.

594
00:58:05,791 --> 00:58:09,416
I don't know how it translates into English,

595
00:58:09,666 --> 00:58:13,749
but even many Japanese do not understand. Sutra.

596
00:58:31,874 --> 00:58:36,082
Chihara Junior really blows the whistle here.

597
00:58:43,707 --> 00:58:45,957
But the sound was added later.

598
00:59:00,791 --> 00:59:03,832
When Adjari here says this,

599
00:59:05,082 --> 00:59:09,123
you realize that Adjari himself has gone beyond the limits before.

600
00:59:09,462 --> 00:59:11,602
After all, he already knows everything.

601
00:59:28,041 --> 00:59:31,416
There are many ways to go:

602
00:59:32,582 --> 00:59:35,165
Islam, Judaism

603
00:59:36,249 --> 00:59:38,512
or the Russian Orthodox Church.

604
00:59:38,624 --> 00:59:42,415
There are many different views, but in the end it all depends on what you believe.

605
00:59:43,541 --> 00:59:46,957
You move in the direction you focus on.

606
00:59:50,541 --> 00:59:53,332
Looking at myself in the mirror.

607
01:00:18,582 --> 01:00:20,562
"Danshi", or "finger movement".

608
01:00:25,291 --> 01:00:29,791
In Esoteric Buddhism, it is believed to be the same sound as the Big Bang.

609
01:00:31,582 --> 01:00:35,790
High-ranking monks can make impressive, intense danshi sounds.

610
01:00:41,541 --> 01:00:43,499
What a beautiful face he has.

611
01:00:45,082 --> 01:00:46,498
And the dialogue is great too.

612
01:00:57,624 --> 01:01:03,061
It's somewhere near where I live, but a little further

613
01:01:04,041 --> 01:01:07,291
there is a statue of the Great Buddha, which I really wanted to capture on camera,

614
01:01:07,624 --> 01:01:10,790
but it didn't work out because of the composition of the shots.

615
01:01:11,374 --> 01:01:13,249
It is visible from above.

616
01:01:14,041 --> 01:01:19,920
This wolf graffiti seems to be trending around town right now.

617
01:01:21,291 --> 01:01:25,166
Immediately on the other side is the Big Buddha. It is barely visible.

618
01:01:27,374 --> 01:01:29,999
This scene should have been shot more carefully.

619
01:01:32,999 --> 01:01:34,624
I realized this only later.

620
01:01:43,791 --> 01:01:46,666
I love scenes like this without sound.

621
01:01:48,332 --> 01:01:50,915
Nicely done, I think.

622
01:01:51,749 --> 01:01:57,353
This graffiti was painted by the leader of the band Seppuku Pistols.

623
01:01:58,249 --> 01:02:02,332
He also does a lot of design and illustration.

624
01:02:05,707 --> 01:02:07,207
Big Dipper.

625
01:02:14,124 --> 01:02:17,124
Was the Wolf constellation discovered first?

626
01:02:19,249 --> 01:02:22,374
This is the first scene where they are together on screen.

627
01:02:24,791 --> 01:02:26,541
The air felt...

628
01:02:29,874 --> 01:02:31,624
high voltage

629
01:02:31,791 --> 01:02:37,443
This film was shot over a period of 2 years, and this was the first frame of the second year.

630
01:02:49,582 --> 01:02:52,332
That's what I wanted to shoot to begin with.

631
01:03:00,332 --> 01:03:03,332
The tension building between the two of them…

632
01:03:07,082 --> 01:03:08,832
captures

633
01:03:12,624 --> 01:03:16,415
Watch how they will interact,

634
01:03:17,374 --> 01:03:20,790
it was interesting both for me and for the film crew,

635
01:03:22,624 --> 01:03:24,790
who watched it with impatience.

636
01:03:28,124 --> 01:03:31,290
"Ryuhei stepped aside too slowly," –

637
01:03:32,374 --> 01:03:34,040
said Kubozuka.

638
01:03:34,041 --> 01:03:37,499
But Ryuhei said that he thought it was just as well.

639
01:03:37,957 --> 01:03:42,859
Although Kubozuka emphasized that it was a movie and asked him to leave quickly.

640
01:03:44,249 --> 01:03:46,207
So he left a little faster.

641
01:03:46,624 --> 01:03:47,915
Here too.

642
01:03:48,624 --> 01:03:52,540
From Kubozuka's point of view, the arrow would have pierced Ryuhei by now.

643
01:03:52,749 --> 01:03:55,749
But Ryuhei thought he was safe.

644
01:03:56,457 --> 01:03:59,415
Such disputes continued during filming.

645
01:04:01,957 --> 01:04:06,457
The gesture he is making now means "I will purify everything" in Shinto Buddhism.

646
01:04:06,749 --> 01:04:11,388
If something bad happens, make this gesture by bending your thumb inward.

647
01:04:19,332 --> 01:04:21,790
The tension on Matsuda Ryuhei's face.

648
01:04:23,999 --> 01:04:25,707
Usually he is in a stupor.

649
01:04:27,166 --> 01:04:30,791
But when the camera starts shooting, it instantly turns on.

650
01:04:31,124 --> 01:04:33,582
He is just such an actor.

651
01:04:45,499 --> 01:04:47,999
Flashback scene.

652
01:04:48,416 --> 01:04:51,291
The music here is played by Kazuhide Yamaji on guitar.

653
01:04:53,457 --> 01:04:57,290
Soon after the shooting, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

654
01:04:57,999 --> 01:05:00,935
Making a movie is so difficult.

655
01:05:01,124 --> 01:05:06,762
This shrine is located not far from where I currently live.

656
01:05:07,749 --> 01:05:09,249
Obikuni Temple.

657
01:05:39,291 --> 01:05:42,791
That's what happens when you get old.

658
01:05:48,207 --> 01:05:52,707
As for me, my parents are dead and my brother is in the hospital.

659
01:05:56,499 --> 01:05:58,124
Although I have children.

660
01:06:12,999 --> 01:06:15,832
Do I believe in reincarnation or not -

661
01:06:16,207 --> 01:06:18,707
I still don't know for sure.

662
01:06:44,541 --> 01:06:47,291
At Haruka Imou's

663
01:06:48,749 --> 01:06:49,999
persuasive voice.

664
01:06:51,207 --> 01:06:54,123
Those beads on his wrist are actually mine.

665
01:06:54,999 --> 01:06:59,971
What Kubozuka wears is called an irataka nenju and has spikes.

666
01:07:13,291 --> 01:07:17,791
In the house where I spend the summer

667
01:07:19,957 --> 01:07:22,415
this is the room i'm staying in.

668
01:07:26,207 --> 01:07:30,707
They let me live here for free, which is a huge help.

669
01:07:34,624 --> 01:07:39,454
The owner is Chinese and does not speak Japanese very well.

670
01:07:39,957 --> 01:07:42,895
However, we often drink together.

671
01:07:47,416 --> 01:07:49,041
His name is Kuma-san.

672
01:08:02,707 --> 01:08:08,600
Itsuji Itao and I are very close. He is like an older brother to me.

673
01:08:12,874 --> 01:08:13,832
This is...

674
01:08:15,207 --> 01:08:16,457
a pole-like rod.

675
01:08:17,957 --> 01:08:22,457
Shugendo Buddhists carry it with them.

676
01:08:23,249 --> 01:08:25,082
It also has a hexagonal shape.

677
01:08:26,624 --> 01:08:30,082
It was made by my friend from the village.

678
01:08:33,082 --> 01:08:36,248
He made me an incredibly massive stick.

679
01:08:36,416 --> 01:08:42,196
It was originally larger than what you see here, but it turned out to be too big, so I shortened it.

680
01:08:42,874 --> 01:08:45,582
Even so, it is still very large.

681
01:08:45,916 --> 01:08:48,957
During the descent from the mountain

682
01:08:50,249 --> 01:08:54,207
using this stick makes the descent much easier.

683
01:08:55,916 --> 01:09:00,416
Although it's more like falling down since you use it while running down.

684
01:09:03,499 --> 01:09:08,710
I wondered if it should be held in the left hand, but there is a shell.

685
01:09:09,124 --> 01:09:11,165
Therefore, I decided that it will be in the right hand.

686
01:09:17,874 --> 01:09:20,040
Dressed in Shugendo Buddhist clothing.

687
01:09:22,166 --> 01:09:23,999
And climbs the mountains.

688
01:09:28,582 --> 01:09:34,394
In the summer, I often pass through this tunnel during my walk.

689
01:09:49,082 --> 01:09:51,457
This stick is called "shakujyo".

690
01:09:53,124 --> 01:09:57,624
Spells are often made with the help of sounds.

691
01:10:02,374 --> 01:10:06,874
This gesture was invented by Kubozuka himself.

692
01:10:12,332 --> 01:10:14,032
Masukado Yohei.

693
01:10:14,166 --> 01:10:16,916
He appears in many Japanese films.

694
01:10:17,957 --> 01:10:19,582
He is a famous actor.

695
01:10:21,041 --> 01:10:25,812
He is a close friend of mine and since I was in a tight spot, he agreed to play the role.

696
01:10:28,416 --> 01:10:32,749
We created this brain.

697
01:10:34,082 --> 01:10:38,582
I think that's what most human brains look like, with blood running down them.

698
01:11:01,832 --> 01:11:06,865
Matsukado said that people would be drawn to his brain if he was away from them.

699
01:11:11,041 --> 01:11:13,041
So I let him run free.

700
01:11:14,666 --> 01:11:16,499
And he did it.

701
01:11:16,791 --> 01:11:18,791
But it was all his charms.

702
01:11:33,166 --> 01:11:37,457
We shot two different takes here: where he screams and where he whispers,

703
01:11:37,530 --> 01:11:40,207
and chose the one where he screams.

704
01:11:42,332 --> 01:11:44,790
"Blonde dyed, cock-sucking monk!"

705
01:11:44,957 --> 01:11:47,873
This moped is called "Rabbit".

706
01:11:48,291 --> 01:11:51,624
A friend of mine had a bunch of them, so I borrowed one.

707
01:11:53,207 --> 01:11:57,123
This is actually a real example of a curse.

708
01:11:59,541 --> 01:12:02,332
You put different things in there little by little.

709
01:12:02,666 --> 01:12:06,582
You insert a human figure, some herbs, etc.

710
01:12:07,541 --> 01:12:11,041
You put everything in this bamboo stick and blow into it.

711
01:12:13,332 --> 01:12:15,207
Then it is usually buried.

712
01:12:18,416 --> 01:12:20,791
This is the true sign of the cross.

713
01:12:21,666 --> 01:12:25,041
From Shugendo Buddhism.

714
01:13:12,332 --> 01:13:16,503
I was thinking of a different phrase than just "I'll do it"

715
01:13:18,124 --> 01:13:21,540
but left it up to Ryuhei and that's what he decided to say

716
01:13:22,416 --> 01:13:26,416
and to express it with such an unmoved air.

717
01:13:33,041 --> 01:13:35,416
It happened just when the cherry blossoms

718
01:13:36,124 --> 01:13:39,665
blossomed and adorned this scene.

719
01:13:44,374 --> 01:13:47,207
It brought the visual picture to life.

720
01:13:58,707 --> 01:14:02,123
Matsuda Ryuhei also learned to play the shell

721
01:14:03,666 --> 01:14:06,832
at the base level to be able to blow into it.

722
01:14:07,041 --> 01:14:12,787
He tried his best and even bought a shell that he liked.

723
01:14:13,041 --> 01:14:14,999
She was also very expensive.

724
01:14:15,416 --> 01:14:18,733
But when he tried to blow on her at home, his wife shouted at him.

725
01:14:22,832 --> 01:14:24,606
Just like in the park.

726
01:14:24,666 --> 01:14:28,041
Someone called the police on me when I blew into them near the Tama River.

727
01:14:35,416 --> 01:14:37,291
Because it makes a loud sound.

728
01:14:53,082 --> 01:14:57,165
This road was featured in my movie Ruining Day.

729
01:14:57,499 --> 01:14:58,915
In this...

730
01:14:59,791 --> 01:15:01,416
countryside...

731
01:15:03,082 --> 01:15:05,332
I made 6 short films.

732
01:15:07,999 --> 01:15:11,332
The shooting location and crew were the same.

733
01:15:13,832 --> 01:15:17,082
This is a place we know very well.

734
01:15:30,457 --> 01:15:34,498
Here we blew the leaves,

735
01:15:36,332 --> 01:15:37,748
and created...

736
01:15:40,332 --> 01:15:41,582
rain

737
01:15:43,624 --> 01:15:45,624
But it was not done by professionals,

738
01:15:45,832 --> 01:15:50,714
and local farmers and villagers who helped us.

739
01:15:53,457 --> 01:15:54,873
The wind is blowing...

740
01:15:57,499 --> 01:16:03,733
and there is a river nearby, so we pumped water from it

741
01:16:06,416 --> 01:16:09,749
and with the help of a hose they created rain here for a long time.

742
01:16:11,041 --> 01:16:12,666
This is how we shot it.

743
01:16:17,374 --> 01:16:21,874
This is a private area in the mountains to which outsiders are not allowed to enter.

744
01:16:23,166 --> 01:16:25,374
Fortunately, the owner of this land is a friend of mine,

745
01:16:26,416 --> 01:16:29,499
so he let us drive in and shoot that scene.

746
01:16:33,416 --> 01:16:37,457
During filming in rural areas, if you establish contact with local residents,

747
01:16:39,416 --> 01:16:43,916
you will make friends with many people and they will help you when you need it.

748
01:16:45,332 --> 01:16:49,832
Many thanks to these people and their efforts for this...

749
01:16:52,874 --> 01:16:53,832
great scene

750
01:17:15,041 --> 01:17:18,124
Along with Kazuhide Yamaji's guitar

751
01:17:20,207 --> 01:17:24,207
Mars 89 sounds.

752
01:17:28,416 --> 01:17:29,707
In combination...

753
01:17:30,499 --> 01:17:34,999
with dialogue I wrote.

754
01:17:38,374 --> 01:17:40,369
I really like this scene.

755
01:17:48,034 --> 01:17:52,964
"People fall from the sky", - at first I thought that really...

756
01:17:56,832 --> 01:17:58,457
I will try to shoot such a scene.

757
01:18:01,249 --> 01:18:05,003
But for a film with a budget of 1/100 of the budget of a Hollywood film

758
01:18:05,180 --> 01:18:06,967
it was impossible.

759
01:18:10,041 --> 01:18:12,999
But I think this scene is great just the way it is.

760
01:18:13,374 --> 01:18:16,040
Combination of sound and speech.

761
01:18:16,957 --> 01:18:21,669
It is this combination of two elements that I have been using a lot in my short films lately.

762
01:18:26,249 --> 01:18:28,540
So it was easy for me to imagine

763
01:18:29,291 --> 01:18:31,582
the end result of this scene.

764
01:18:34,124 --> 01:18:37,707
This waterfall is located very deep in the mountains.

765
01:18:38,374 --> 01:18:41,124
It takes 30 minutes to go there.

766
01:18:42,582 --> 01:18:45,082
And to deliver all the filming equipment,

767
01:18:46,416 --> 01:18:50,457
it took about 20-30 people to make 3 round trips.

768
01:18:53,207 --> 01:18:55,582
Only leeches are here.

769
01:18:57,416 --> 01:19:00,749
Production designer Takashi Sasaki

770
01:19:01,332 --> 01:19:04,748
said that he hates leeches the most in the world.

771
01:19:05,207 --> 01:19:07,707
So he kept his distance.

772
01:19:14,416 --> 01:19:17,207
I really wanted to use a crane to shoot here.

773
01:19:17,999 --> 01:19:22,040
Very large, remotely controlled.

774
01:19:22,874 --> 01:19:27,374
But to get here, you have to cross a river in one place.

775
01:19:30,832 --> 01:19:37,197
So it was decided that it was impossible to bring a crane.

776
01:19:39,582 --> 01:19:42,373
I should have made more of an effort to bring him.

777
01:19:45,207 --> 01:19:47,748
I just remembered that.

778
01:19:56,791 --> 01:19:59,916
Well, that would add another day of filming.

779
01:20:23,582 --> 01:20:26,623
Since Matsuda Ryuhei has his own shell,

780
01:20:28,541 --> 01:20:30,541
he learned to play it better.

781
01:20:31,499 --> 01:20:33,624
Although the sound was added later.

782
01:20:37,707 --> 01:20:39,332
He was thrown back on...

783
01:20:41,249 --> 01:20:42,665
planet Kelman.

784
01:20:51,582 --> 01:20:53,332
they say

785
01:20:54,332 --> 01:20:58,832
that the hexagon has the greatest strength among all shapes.

786
01:20:59,457 --> 01:21:03,915
It's like two triangles connected to each other.

787
01:21:09,374 --> 01:21:11,040
Two triangles?

788
01:21:13,207 --> 01:21:14,415
Forget it.

789
01:21:16,791 --> 01:21:19,916
This is also Kazuhide Yamaji's guitar.

790
01:21:22,457 --> 01:21:25,207
The same scene reflected in a mirror.

791
01:21:26,916 --> 01:21:31,041
From sitting to standing up, and the dialogue is also reversed.

792
01:21:35,249 --> 01:21:40,717
It is up to the audience to decide which version is correct.

793
01:21:42,124 --> 01:21:44,332
You can decide for yourself.

794
01:21:46,832 --> 01:21:48,457
What do you think?

795
01:21:54,666 --> 01:21:56,792
This is the essence of cinema.

796
01:21:58,916 --> 01:22:03,416
Right or wrong, I wanted to try it in my film.

797
01:22:13,749 --> 01:22:16,665
When you remember the past, with the passage of time

798
01:22:18,249 --> 01:22:20,540
you start to invent it yourself.

799
01:22:21,582 --> 01:22:23,582
So you can invent your past.

800
01:22:26,082 --> 01:22:30,582
I guess that's what my father always used to say.

801
01:22:34,957 --> 01:22:36,290
My father...

802
01:22:39,332 --> 01:22:40,707
A worthless type.

803
01:22:41,249 --> 01:22:44,040
Something you might hear him say in a pub.

804
01:22:56,166 --> 01:22:58,541
Yosuke Kubozuka said

805
01:22:59,207 --> 01:23:03,165
that after shooting this scene, he really understood the meaning of the film.

806
01:23:07,499 --> 01:23:08,601
He said so.

807
01:23:14,124 --> 01:23:18,540
Regardless of whether you believe in the power of prayer or not.

808
01:23:27,916 --> 01:23:30,041
Perhaps this is the essence of a person.

809
01:23:43,666 --> 01:23:47,291
Here he depicts the contours of the Ursa Major constellation.

810
01:23:53,124 --> 01:23:56,124
Behind the Big Dipper lies the North Star,

811
01:23:56,624 --> 01:24:00,374
lest you lose sight of your purpose.

812
01:24:02,041 --> 01:24:04,041
This is the faith of the wolf.

813
01:24:07,291 --> 01:24:10,541
Right, left and A-N.

814
01:24:13,332 --> 01:24:17,832
And he turns into a wolf. "A-H" means "a" and "n" –

815
01:24:18,541 --> 01:24:23,041
they are the first and last letters of the Japanese alphabet, as well as the beginning and end of the universe.

816
01:24:25,999 --> 01:24:27,415
This is a Japanese saying.

817
01:24:40,957 --> 01:24:45,589
This was done not with the help of computer graphics, but by building scenery and filming.

818
01:24:53,416 --> 01:24:55,124
Enzyme bath...

819
01:24:55,832 --> 01:24:57,248
it won't cure it.

820
01:25:14,082 --> 01:25:17,998
This character seems to have imitated Masahiro Higashide here.

821
01:25:20,749 --> 01:25:25,249
We used an explosive bag here and it really scared Chiharu Junior.

822
01:25:29,499 --> 01:25:32,249
He was really scared here,

823
01:25:33,707 --> 01:25:35,665
so it is a very realistic game.

824
01:25:58,874 --> 01:26:00,582
Inside the gun...

825
01:26:03,249 --> 01:26:04,499
Yosuke Kubodzuka.

826
01:26:05,832 --> 01:26:07,082
You can see it.

827
01:26:09,416 --> 01:26:10,374
His...

828
01:26:11,416 --> 01:26:12,541
in another world.

829
01:26:51,416 --> 01:26:55,249
So whose spell is really driving the plot?

830
01:26:56,499 --> 01:26:58,874
Here is the last riddle.

831
01:27:02,249 --> 01:27:03,207
It...

832
01:27:05,874 --> 01:27:07,040
computer graphics.

833
01:27:09,166 --> 01:27:11,124
Cut off fingers.

834
01:27:30,416 --> 01:27:31,624
"Go out".

835
01:27:35,124 --> 01:27:39,624
Returning to planet Kelman. It was so hard to film.

836
01:27:48,832 --> 01:27:53,165
It was not filmed in a studio, but in a rented one in the village

837
01:27:53,416 --> 01:27:56,249
gyms

838
01:27:57,916 --> 01:27:59,832
And there we built this scenery.

839
01:28:03,749 --> 01:28:10,366
The scenery took up the entire space, so we didn't have room to shoot general shots.

840
01:28:12,291 --> 01:28:16,166
However, to some extent, we succeeded.

841
01:28:19,791 --> 01:28:21,582
There was only 5 meters.

842
01:28:25,707 --> 01:28:28,748
It was very difficult to choose a lens for shooting.

843
01:28:52,166 --> 01:28:55,582
When you see the battle with the mirrors,

844
01:28:56,249 --> 01:28:58,457
comes to mind

845
01:29:00,666 --> 01:29:03,002
"Rise of the Dragon" with Bruce Lee.

846
01:29:06,041 --> 01:29:09,624
Although I didn't think about it while shooting this scene,

847
01:29:10,957 --> 01:29:12,540
but she reminds me...

848
01:29:13,957 --> 01:29:15,290
"The exit of the dragon".

849
01:29:18,166 --> 01:29:19,707
Maybe just me?

850
01:29:22,332 --> 01:29:26,832
Bruce Lee was my hero when I was in elementary school.

851
01:29:37,416 --> 01:29:42,317
It looks so big, but actually the scenery wasn't that big at all.

852
01:29:46,791 --> 01:29:49,791
It's... really perfect

853
01:29:50,666 --> 01:29:52,916
fits into the composition.

854
01:29:54,957 --> 01:29:59,040
We were constantly looking for angles where we were not visible.

855
01:29:59,666 --> 01:30:02,749
We used a cart for filming.

856
01:30:05,749 --> 01:30:06,707
And finally...

857
01:30:07,874 --> 01:30:11,790
all that remains is the sound of gun and shell.

858
01:30:15,791 --> 01:30:18,082
The noise of the waterfall and the river...

859
01:30:19,124 --> 01:30:22,624
brings us back to reality.

860
01:30:23,374 --> 01:30:24,332
And it all ends.

861
01:30:34,457 --> 01:30:35,915
This song...

862
01:30:37,832 --> 01:30:42,884
performed by Yusuke Chiba with his band The Birthday.

863
01:30:42,957 --> 01:30:46,582
He originally played in the band Thee Michelle Gun Elephant.

864
01:30:47,041 --> 01:30:50,999
He formed The Birthday after Thee Michelle Gun Elephant broke up.

865
01:30:51,166 --> 01:30:55,666
Yusuke Chiba died while we were making this movie.

866
01:30:57,166 --> 01:30:59,041
Even before his death

867
01:30:59,416 --> 01:31:06,756
a music festival was planned to honor him and support his cause.

868
01:31:07,416 --> 01:31:11,874
I was invited to participate, so I listened to all of The Birthday's songs.

869
01:31:12,249 --> 01:31:16,374
That's when I really got hooked on this song, "Dakishimetai".

870
01:31:17,249 --> 01:31:20,165
and thought she would be perfect for this film.

871
01:31:21,832 --> 01:31:24,123
And to my feelings at that time.

872
01:31:24,124 --> 01:31:26,957
But that festival did not take place,

873
01:31:28,374 --> 01:31:30,624
and then Yusuke Chiba died.

874
01:31:32,041 --> 01:31:33,999
And I forgot about the song.

875
01:31:34,624 --> 01:31:39,124
Then, when the film was ready and I was thinking about the credits,

876
01:31:40,541 --> 01:31:46,193
I remembered this song, tried to put it on the credits,

877
01:31:48,874 --> 01:31:50,499
and she fit perfectly.

878
01:31:56,082 --> 01:31:59,290
Only a year has passed since he passed away.

879
01:32:00,791 --> 01:32:02,457
We are the same age.

880
01:32:04,582 --> 01:32:07,498
There are few like him.

881
01:32:18,666 --> 01:32:23,166
Coppola said when he was making his movie "Metropolis"

882
01:32:23,707 --> 01:32:28,207
that instead of thinking "I should do that"

883
01:32:30,207 --> 01:32:34,290
he filmed Megapolis so as not to regret it.

884
01:32:36,791 --> 01:32:40,082
For me "Beyond dimensions" -

885
01:32:40,957 --> 01:32:46,688
this is a film I made so that I also have no regrets.

886
01:32:51,916 --> 01:32:54,499
Although I will still continue to make films.

887
01:32:55,832 --> 01:32:58,873
I hope... I'll shoot something new

888
01:33:00,832 --> 01:33:05,332
something I've never done before. I hope it will be so.

889
01:33:07,166 --> 01:33:12,113
But it is very difficult to find money to shoot Japanese films.

890
01:33:12,541 --> 01:33:16,624
Only anime and manga adaptations can make a profit.

891
01:33:17,957 --> 01:33:20,832
Well, even with a small budget,

892
01:33:22,332 --> 01:33:25,165
I still hope to make a new film.

893
01:33:26,624 --> 01:33:29,499
Although I have no idea when it will be.

894
01:33:34,374 --> 01:33:36,124
As for the end credits...

895
01:33:40,332 --> 01:33:42,915
I didn't want them to be ordinary.

896
01:33:43,332 --> 01:33:44,290
Therefore...

897
01:33:45,666 --> 01:33:49,582
I ordered this colorful animated background,

898
01:33:50,791 --> 01:33:54,124
and placed the text on top of it to create that effect.

899
01:33:57,124 --> 01:33:59,457
I think it is quite original.

900
01:34:02,957 --> 01:34:03,915
Also...

901
01:34:04,666 --> 01:34:09,749
usually the credits go from bottom to top,

902
01:34:11,207 --> 01:34:16,268
but I don't really like this type of title scrolling.

903
01:34:17,124 --> 01:34:22,158
Movies are made up of shots, so I want those shots to last until the very end.

904
01:34:23,249 --> 01:34:26,499
That's my opinion, and Stanley Kubrick thought the same.

905
01:34:39,124 --> 01:34:41,374
Long song, isn't it?

906
01:34:43,291 --> 01:34:45,666
The text was translated into English by Sayaka Smith.

907
01:34:55,916 --> 01:34:59,666
It is not indicated here who exactly performed this work,

908
01:35:00,916 --> 01:35:06,593
but these are also local residents who helped us with the film,

909
01:35:08,207 --> 01:35:10,707
and others who also helped with filming,

910
01:35:10,874 --> 01:35:13,041
and crowdfunding campaign participants.

911
01:35:14,957 --> 01:35:19,457
Donations were made not only by people from Japan, but also from all over the world.

912
01:35:20,249 --> 01:35:24,582
People from New York, France, Germany.

913
01:35:26,499 --> 01:35:30,999
The names of each of them are listed here.

914
01:35:31,332 --> 01:35:35,623
Here is the Dolby Atmos logo - this is the technology I used to create the sound.

915
01:35:36,749 --> 01:35:42,949
Next, we see everyone who contributed funds through crowdfunding.

916
01:35:47,249 --> 01:35:49,457
An unexpected name also flashed by.

917
01:35:50,957 --> 01:35:53,332
I wonder if you all know him

918
01:35:53,332 --> 01:35:57,832
but an actor from the series "Crows" appeared in the list of crowdfunding participants

919
01:35:58,874 --> 01:36:01,749
named Takayuki Yamada.

920
01:36:01,999 --> 01:36:03,415
I was surprised.

921
01:36:09,832 --> 01:36:14,766
Most of the companies that have invested are not your typical film financing companies.

922
01:36:14,916 --> 01:36:19,416
The financing was mostly provided by the heads of various companies from all over Japan.

923
01:36:22,041 --> 01:36:24,582
And so the film was born...

924
01:36:26,291 --> 01:36:28,041
Beyond dimensions.

925
01:36:29,624 --> 01:36:31,665
Third Window Films –

926
01:36:32,374 --> 01:36:35,082
this is where you can hear me.

927
01:36:35,457 --> 01:36:36,998
Thank you very much.

928
01:36:43,375 --> 01:36:45,640
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