As much as we wanted to sit down and talk to Naoki Murahashi at PÖFF (the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival), where he attended all screenings of his mockumentary “Extro”, it was impossible to find a translator to assist us. When we were okayed to send the questions per E-mail, the answers came back in Japanese. And although the journey to this publication took the incredible three months, it was worth our while.
When the translation finally reached Asian Movie Pulse, there was an apology right at the top coming from Mr. Murahashi personally: “I am sorry that due to my poor English, I wasn’t able to respond to your questions back in Tallinn”. His answers, on the other hand, were not apologetic, but straight to the point, and uncompromisingly honest.
The real star of “Extro” is a film extra by the name of Kozo Haginoya, a man in...
When the translation finally reached Asian Movie Pulse, there was an apology right at the top coming from Mr. Murahashi personally: “I am sorry that due to my poor English, I wasn’t able to respond to your questions back in Tallinn”. His answers, on the other hand, were not apologetic, but straight to the point, and uncompromisingly honest.
The real star of “Extro” is a film extra by the name of Kozo Haginoya, a man in...
- 2/10/2020
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
A loud anko-ru! goes to the Japanese director Naoki Murahashi for his quick-witted mockumentary “Extro” that has just had its European premiere at the 23rd edition of PÖFF (Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival), in the Rebels with a Cause festival section.
By putting the film extra(s) in focus of his story, Murahashi is placing the real-life stars in the shadow of his true leads – those who remain, if not invisible, then silent in movies, but who contribute to the atmosphere and the plot-building of films. The temptation of using the actual dialogues and the fake information strewn across the film to write a review of “Extro” is too big, and it is particularly difficult to ignore the lines spoken by the true Japanese hotshots Koji Yamamoto, Yasufumi Terawaki and Yuki Saito. But it is the singer-songwriter Tatsuya Ishii who delivers the most epic monologue in the movie by reciting...
By putting the film extra(s) in focus of his story, Murahashi is placing the real-life stars in the shadow of his true leads – those who remain, if not invisible, then silent in movies, but who contribute to the atmosphere and the plot-building of films. The temptation of using the actual dialogues and the fake information strewn across the film to write a review of “Extro” is too big, and it is particularly difficult to ignore the lines spoken by the true Japanese hotshots Koji Yamamoto, Yasufumi Terawaki and Yuki Saito. But it is the singer-songwriter Tatsuya Ishii who delivers the most epic monologue in the movie by reciting...
- 11/30/2019
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Eiga.com is reporting that a new spin-off movie of the popular Aibou (Partners) series titled Aibou Series: X Day is in the works.
In 2009, Partners supporting character Mamoru Yonezawa (Seiji Rokkaku) got his own spin-off movie titled Partners: CSI Files. X Day will feature Metropolitan Police Department criminal investigator Kenichi Itami (Kazuhisa Kawahara) and cyber crime specialist Akira Iwatsuki (Kei Tanaka) in a brand new partnership.
In 2008, the first Partners movie, starring Yutaka Mizutani and Yasufumi Terawaki, built on the success of TV Asahi’s long-running TV drama by earning 4.44 billion yen at the box office.
In 2010, Mitsuhiro Oikawa teamed up with Mizutani for Partners: The Movie II which earned 3.17 billion yen.
Series 10 of the drama ended in March, and marked the end of Oikawa’s run.
The new movie will be directed by Hajime Hashimoto with a screenplay by Takeharu Sakurai, both of whom work on the TV drama.
In 2009, Partners supporting character Mamoru Yonezawa (Seiji Rokkaku) got his own spin-off movie titled Partners: CSI Files. X Day will feature Metropolitan Police Department criminal investigator Kenichi Itami (Kazuhisa Kawahara) and cyber crime specialist Akira Iwatsuki (Kei Tanaka) in a brand new partnership.
In 2008, the first Partners movie, starring Yutaka Mizutani and Yasufumi Terawaki, built on the success of TV Asahi’s long-running TV drama by earning 4.44 billion yen at the box office.
In 2010, Mitsuhiro Oikawa teamed up with Mizutani for Partners: The Movie II which earned 3.17 billion yen.
Series 10 of the drama ended in March, and marked the end of Oikawa’s run.
The new movie will be directed by Hajime Hashimoto with a screenplay by Takeharu Sakurai, both of whom work on the TV drama.
- 6/22/2012
- Nippon Cinema
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