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Yes

It started with nudity...

Tonight's

Report is from that popular video gal!

A little interview with the very happy cameraman

who is staring at Yuka's beautiful nudes.

Excuse me...

A folksy atmosphere, reasonable prices, tasty food and...

Delicious sake is the best.

Visit Norihei in Akasaka Misuji-doori street

I'm really sorry to interrupt your hospitalization

but how is your injury?

The stitches have been removed, and will be discharged in a week.

I'm sorry, but I still have a few questions...

I'm sorry to bother you, but I'd like to ask you about the incident that happened.

I told you the other day that I'm not in a position to answer your question yet.

So, if what you're expecting is a statement...

I'm not sure if it was a spiritual phenomenon or not.

I'm not sure if I'm ready to answer that question yet.

I will tell you when the time is right.

Yes, i understand that well, But could you Please give me a little answer?

This is a reconstruction based on a documentary covarage tape from a tv channel.

Yes! 1,2,3...

I'm waiting for the structure that creates idols as an industry....

Wait a minute, please.

We are waiting for the structure that will allow us to create idols as an industry.

Idols as an overtime job, and in the course of producing them, we will add value to the idols themselves... Sorry

Initially, this was a plan to follow an idol campaign project. However, the program was never broadcast.

Mr. Kasai, I'm sorry, but I heard that you've put together a project for a media strategy using idols

and I was wondering if you could tell me what that is?

I'm just doing my routine work of working with idols.

Since it's a product campaign and a project promotion at the same time, we can expect a wide range of effects.

I'm going to leave it here, because I have a meeting, so you'll have to wait and see.

Good morning!

And now that you're all here, This is Emi Kato's campaign.

We're going to be working on a more concrete concept for the project

And we're hoping to get it to that point today.

I'm thinking about it, but it's a little bit sudden, so I'd like to ask Ms. Umehara to explain the details.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience this may cause you, but I'm going to leave the music to Mr. Yamagishi.

We've already reached a consensus on the client, and it's a very good thing for Emi.

But yes, idols are idols, and I think we've been unable to clearly define what we mean by idols

We would like to push the character a little more, but we are not sure how much we can do

We'd like to make the costumes more creative rather than just cute

If we're going to make some changes to the costumes, then I'd like to do something different from the past ones.

I'd like to make a big effort so we don't lose the cuteness of Emi's image.

I want to go back to the basics and make her bigger

She still has a lot of potential, and she's a talented person

I'd like to get back to the basics so we can work harder

The song is called "Lovecraft.

Well, the concept with the makers hasn't changed, but I think it's a little too adult for this melody

I'm quite motivated by this interesting melody

But you know what they say, I've been writing lyrics for a while now

It's a little different from what I've written before, so it's challenging

I don't know if I can match it, but, you know, your thing, your arrangement...

I'm thinking of going with the Minneapolis style

huh?

Minneapolis

I'm sorry, I'd like to ask you a few questions, are you happy to hear more?

I heard that you are the author of Emi's song this time.

How does this relate to the campaign itself?

We needed to understand the nature of the product, and the agency's copywriters had to come up with a number of ideas for the product.

The agency's copywriters would come to us with a number of suggestions, and we would make our selections in the form of proposals.

To put it simply, first of all, it's our job to develop Emi's image

So, how is the songwriting process going to go, since we're composing the music first and the lyrics later?

Well, it happens quite often, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

Is it okay don't have a meeting with the person who wrote the music?

I think it's fine if you don't have a meeting with the person who composed the music.

As Mr. Yamagishi mentioned earlier, we can't clearly say who composed the music, so this is also a bit of a problem.

I've been making my debut for two years now, and this will be my fourth single.

Every time I release a new song, I go to a record store and say hello.

And they put up posters and stuff like that.

When I'm there, they play my songs and stuff, but as soon as I go, they put other people's songs.

Emi is currently undergoing voice training.

Shuichi Honda - Voice trainer

Emi is currently undergoing voice training, and she's going to use her voice in a different way for this new song.

So she's working on the basics of voice development.

Let's talk to Mr. Honda, our voice trainer.

In Emi's case, it's been one year since her debut,but she's been working on her lyrics ever since her debut.

I think that most of the students who come to us are newcomers.

She's working very hard on her singing.

There are all kinds of people, but for example, I hate to say this, but there are rock singers and people who sing in their own style

There are people who sing three or four songs in a row, you know.

If you sing three or four songs in a row, your throat cracks, and you lose your voice, or something like that.

In her case, she still has a long way to go. She has a throat that can grow more and more

She's been working hard on her voice training.

So, good luck with your voice training.

This is where Mr.Aida, the arranger of Emi's new song, is working, and I'd like to talk to him for a moment.

I'm sorry to interrupt your work, but what are you working on right now?

we're working on Emi Kato's song

Karaoke? but...I don't see anyone in the band

The computer memorizes the sounds you play and arranges them to make a song.

The music has a little bit of a strange melody, you know?

I'm going to make a modern rhythm to match Emi Kato's character.

Who composed this song? I haven't heard it.

This is something that Yamagishi has it for a long time.

I'll ask him about it.

The Jacket photo was taken at a photo studio in Roppongi

Okay, here we go, open up, here we go, one more time, okay.

OK, here we go.

The shooting of this day was decided to be retaken at another date due the cameraman's mistake

I was wondering if you could tell me about Emi Kato's jacket photo shoot, and how the first sentence she wrote was all rejected?

I'm not sure if that's what you mean or not.

Photo assistant - Nakai (pseudonym)

You see the white shadow on the left back of Emi's left side?

I think the photographer must have been in a hurry and got impatient

I think if you look closely at this one, you can still see in the back of the picture.

Movie/music personality - Kuro

The baby in the back of the photo looks like a ghost. On the mother's face there's with a sad expression

Well, in a ghost photo, if you look at a tree trunk, you can see a person's face screaming

Or if you look at a stain, it looks like something, depending on how you look at it

It's the way the person perceives it, but this is a baby. and the mother is holding her baby like this.

There are a lot of scary and unexplained stories out there.

My pores are standing up, very scary moment. Believe it or not, it's your choice.

Emi, I'm going one more time.

Hey, Hey. Emi, behind you!

What's wrong with you?

Thank you very much, thank you for your time! How do you feel now that you're done singing?

It's not so bad. It's an interesting song.

I like this song very much because the lyricist is a woman, right?

The lyrics are written by a woman, so it's very cute and expresses a girl's feelings very well.

The mix-down process of the recorded songs is now underway.

The songs and performances that were recorded separately are now being put together.

I hear a strange sound in the chorus, so I'm going to try to change it back a little bit.

Stop it!

Telephone interview with Mr.Kasai

So we're going to continue with the interview, and we look forward to working with you, and we'd love to interview the composer as well,

I'm not in contact with the composer yet

June,7, 1988. 4:00 P.m

I'd like to introduce you to the composer of the song.

Well, a few years ago, our label had an open call for songs in a magazine. I think she came to us at that time.

I think it was an honorable mention, but I liked it. and since it was urgent, we thought we'd could it.

The composer of "Lovecraft" is unknown. Was. The interview staff raised the suspicion to Mr.Kasai

I'll let you know when I hear from them.

This is the magazine that announced the contest in which the original "Lovecraft" song was submitted.

But I couldn't find the song anywhere in the magazine.

So, there seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding this campaign project, and that's why we're trying to figure out what's going on.

So we decided to deviate from our original theme and pursue the idols of the entertainment industry from a slightly different perspective.

Good morning, I've just decided on the version of the promotion

I think it's more important to have a visual strategy, right? I wonder if it's inspired by the lyrics of Mr. Awashima's song.

Of course there's that, and then there's the fact that we didn't take the time to boil it all down, you know.

So here is the issue that Mr.Yamagishi mentioned the other day, but I can't find the song that corresponds to it anywhere in this issue

No, no, I'm sure that song was submitted for this issue.

Kasai did not give a clear answer

And the idol industry itself, in that sense, is also very much about the mass production of more and more idols, and the money that goes with it.

Terumi Yoshida - Personality

If we just mass-produce more and more idols and make more and more money, it's going to be difficult.

I think we are approaching a difficult point.

I think it's a little bit out of the question, but, you know, in the past, there have been some award-winning works by singer-songwriters

And then there was also the story that a certain work was taken from a famous person, or plagiarized, or something like that.

I'm not sure how many people in the industry are unaware of such things, even though I'm in the industry myself.

I have a feeling that there are some strange things in the idol industry that even people in the industry are surprised by.

I would like to ask you if you know anything about,,,

I'd love to hear from you.

Hi,Hello who is it?

This is Sawaki.

Telephone interview with Mr.Yamagishi

Thank you very much. I'd like to talk with the composer of Emi's new song.

June 15, 1988. 10:00 p.m

I'm wondering if you know anything about this, Mr.Yamagishi

After negociations, director Yamagishi, sem to have changed his mind to say something.

Okay, tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. I'll be at the studio in Oizumi, so I'll see you there in the parking lot.

I'll call you later.

I'll be in touch with you later

Director Yamagishi's death was treated as an accident due to a car defect

What the interview staff was handed by director Yamagishi was a VHS tape.

The tape Mr.Yamagishi handed over to the interview staff

and what this all means remains unknown to this day

However a man's voice can be faintly heard

Here, don't be shy, don't look at me.

It is certain that it belongs to Mr.Kasai

Interviews with Mr.Kasai were done several times. In them strange identical events were recorded.

Look, there's a woman in the picture here.

And here, you see the woman

And then there's more.

Don't tell me that's the composer.

The interview staff was finally able to locate the composer of "Lovecraft"

However, she commited suicide seven years ago.

Ogikubo, Tokyo

The composer of the original song jumped off this spot seven years ago and killed herself.

I wonder why producer Kawanishi decided to use her song now.

The interview staff obtained a demo tape that seems to be the original "Lovecraft"

Hi, I'm Emi Kato, and I'm about to shoot my promotional video

I've changed my image and I'm going to be more mature and more broad-minded.

I'm going to do my best to become a more mature and cool idol.

And please also check out my new song "Lovecraft"!

Okay, so it's on the far right, it's on the far left, it's set up on the left.

Behind me right now, there's a rehearsal going on for Emi Kato's promotional video today.

The video, which will be shot and available for sale, is part of a larger media strategy for this campaign project.

Wait a minute, Kyoko

Light!

After this, the reporter Kyoko Sawaki was hospitalized for a month.

I noticed a strange image on the videotape. It's an aimless edit.

There's no evidence that it was put in the camera and when you play it...

A voice was recorded with noise for the first 6 minutes

For the next 14 minutes, intermittent but incomprehensible images were recorded.

The following scene is a re-edited version of this strange image added to the footage shot by the interview staff.

Help...me

Why didn't you tell the management that you were pregnant?

All this stuff, all these things you do to say hello to me, it's not impressive.

Sure, sure, that song is yours,I know it.

Your child is not under your control.

Go quietly, quietly, quietly to home

Whose point of view was this?

JAGANREI

I'm Haruo Mizuno.

I work in various fields on the picture industry, and even in the film industry, I've heard of all kinds of psychic phenomena

Haruo Mizuno - Film critic

I'm not saying that I've experienced them myself, but... there's a movie called Poltergeist, and they're currently making the third movie in the series.

There is a legend that every time they make a new film, people involved in it die, and the cause of their death is unknown.

I'm very sorry to say this from my own experience, but I've been talking about Hollywood for more than ten years now.

I was in Hollywood for the first time more than 10 years ago, and I happened to stay at a hotel in the area where all the Hollywood studios are located.

I was very tired in Los Angeles, So I decided to find a place where I could walk to the studio.

I found a small hotel on the far side of Hollywood Street.

I was resting there and in the middle of the night, I heard lot of noise, a lot of noise, and I was wondering what it was.

I opened the curtains to see if there was some strange car driving by, and found that there were no cars on the road. it's not a street where cars go.

I turned on the TV to see if there might be some confidence or other reports of such things, too. but there was no such report.

I thought it was weird... and then I went back to sleep.

I went to a studio the next day and was shown around the place. I saw a man who had a very good reputation the and I asked him why they don't shoot movies there.

And he told me that whenever they shoot a movie here, some kind of accident always happens, and that's why they hardly use it.

I heard that there is a cemetery behind the studio, where famous stars and famous people in the movie industry are buried.

I had the impression at the time that the stage was built on top of it.

So, looking back, I wonder if what I experienced last night was a poltergeist phenomenon.

And I was horrified once again.

I myself am a very strong believer in such things. I was surprised at the first time I had such an experience.

I was surprised that there were no strong example of such an attack, but I was working at the cutting edge of science in film, and at the same time I was working on the periphery.

I am reminded of the fact that there are many things that cannot be explained in the world of film

Good afternoon.

Subs by: Fernando Menegatti