Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 321 A Wonderful Performance

"Mr. Lucas, what motivated you to convince Fox to invest in this film?"

"Mr. Kurosawa, what are your expectations for the ration revenue from this film?"

"Can you explain Katsu Shintaro's departure from the group?"

"Mr. Nakadai Tatsuya, do you feel any regret for not being able to play the leading role in this work..."

Problems keep popping up one after another, which is really overwhelming.

Although Japanese journalists are not as unscrupulous as Hong Kong tabloids, they do not have very high ethics either, and all the questions they raise are full of traps.

Gu Ming glanced sideways and saw several people defusing the mines easily, obviously they had been dealing with them for a long time.

In the end, the spearhead was directed at Gu Ming.

"Mr. Akira Furuya, this is your first time working with Mr. Akira Kurosawa. Do you have anything to say?"

Gu Ming smiled instantly: "Mr. Kurosawa is an excellent director. This cooperation has taught me a lot. I admire him very much."

One page!
The reporters leaned back instantly.

This person is not easy to deal with!
Tani Ming preemptively said: "Shadow Samurai is a very attentive film. I admire director Akira Kurosawa's persistence in filming. For example, in order to present the scene of Takeda Shingen, Takeda Nobumasa and the Shadow Samurai at the beginning, we did not use any lights. Instead, we used natural light created by hundreds of candles to present the shadows that are unique to thieves."

“The language contained in that shot is very profound.”

Kurosawa leaned back slightly.

He liked to hear this.

Gu Ming paused, and without waiting for the reporter to ask, he continued, "I'm very happy to be able to work with Director Kurosawa this time. In fact, I personally run an agency that trains action actors..."

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Sooner or later, this hanged man will be beaten to death.

In the silence, someone suddenly asked a sharp question.

"Mr. Akira Furuya, what are your thoughts on the ration income from this film?"

"I have no idea." Gu Ming said, "Whether a film is successful or not cannot be determined with the naked eye, but I believe in the sincerity contained in this film. The allocated income... at least 2 billion!"

Brush.

In an instant, even Kurosawa Akira looked over.

Two billion.

is it possible?
Even Kurosawa himself did not dare to make a final conclusion on this number.

However, Gu Ming had already raised his hand and repeated it.

"At least 2 billion!"

After a brief silence, the reporter was instantly ecstatic.

Finally some big news to write about!

If there is not 2 billion by then, let Gu Gu Ming pay for it!

……

……

New lead actor Akira Furutani boasted that the revenue from Shadow Samurai will reach 2 billion!
Many people have commented on this.

Who is Furuya Akira?
But friends who knew me well were all puzzled.

New star?

fake.

Not a newcomer!

A Toho cinema in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Yakushimaru Hiroko raised her head and looked at her father eagerly.

"I won't watch it! The garbage works of old men like Kurosawa Akira are not interesting at all!"

Yakushi Marusaburo gently tried to persuade him: "That's Kurosawa Akira!"

Yakushimaru Hiroko still refused.

"Kurosawa won't take me home."

"The person who's sending you home is in the movie. The tickets are all sold out. Take your ticket and get ready to go in and watch the movie."

Yakushimaru Saburo didn't care about that. Three tickets, a family of three, all in order!

Yakushimaru Hiroko could only grumble inwardly, "But I want to eat popcorn."

"No, you can't eat popcorn! You have to show enough respect to the master!"

"The master doesn't know me."

Yakushimaru Hiroko felt disappointed that she couldn't have popcorn or drinks.

Bad movie booking!

Who wouldn’t let the audience eat popcorn during a serious movie?

With some resentful thoughts in mind, several people entered the cinema.

There were quite a few people, almost full. Toho was quite generous with their publicity, and the figures used in the early promotion were massive, enough for Gu Ming to shoot a film called The Grudge.

As for the subsequent development, it depends on the quality of the film.

In a flash, the theater was plunged into darkness, and a textured picture appeared before the audience.

In the dim environment created only by candles, three people were placed on each side.

The one at the top is Takeda Shingen, and the one on the side is his younger brother Takeda Nobumasa.

And the person sitting there loosely at the bottom is, of course, the protagonist of this film.

Shadow Warrior.

A thief with no name.

Film is a language, a strong audio-visual language that allows the audience to understand the connotation that is carefully created at the moment.

There is no doubt that, at least on this point, the opening of Shadow Warrior has demonstrated a unique audio-visual language.

And the story slowly unfolds.

Until now, the person who played the role was Tatsuya Nakadai, not Akira Furuya.

On the way to Kyoto, the Takeda family besieged the city. Takeda Shingen, with some excitement and hidden emotions, had a conversation with Yamagata Masakage.

Under the moonlight, the two went to inspect the position. Suddenly, a gunshot was heard and the screen went black.

Yakushimaru Hiroko's heart suddenly tightened a little.

This scene is soon revealed in the film.

Takeda Shingen was shot and suspected to be dead.

All parties are taking action to try to find out the truth.

On the way back to his territory, Takeda Shingen eventually passed away.

Now, a question is placed inside and outside the camera.

The audience all knows that Takeda Shingen is dead, but the characters in the play don’t know it yet.

How to deal with this matter has become a thorn hanging in people's minds.

Someone came up with the title.

Shadow Warrior.

On such a turbulent night, the important officials of the Takeda family gathered together. The wind blew, and suddenly, that person seemed to appear there as if he was supposed to be there.

Of course, that was not Shingen, and even the audience in the theater could see that.

Because the loose figure was the thief who had been missing for dozens of minutes.

But now, wearing Takeda Shingen's armor, he looks like the same person.

"It's very similar."

Yakushimaru Hiroko commented in a low voice.

But this is not enough, because that attitude is completely different.

How can the shadow warrior become the real culprit?

The plot continues to move forward in such a situation where only God and the earth know about it, and you and I know about it.

The galloping thief completely deceived everyone, whether they were spies or their own soldiers.

Of course, the thief didn't want to continue doing this kind of thing, and he didn't like being repeatedly manipulated by important officials, so after disguising himself, the thief decided to leave.

However, at this moment, the thieves accidentally discovered Takeda Shingen's body.

Panicked, uneasy and scared, the thieves no longer dared to stay and chose to leave.

Takeda Nobumasa decided to take the field himself, but this posed a problem.

Everyone knew that something was wrong with Takeda Shingen. If Nobumasa was not there at that time and Shingen was still there, then with the minds of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu, they would naturally see that the so-called Shingen was actually Nobumasa in disguise.

However, the shadow warrior who could replace Takeda Shingen has already escaped.

"That rascal……"

Yakushimaru Hiroko frowned.

What to say.

The feeling is different from before.

The thief eventually returned to the Takeda family. After eavesdropping on the conversation of the spies, the thief came back out of admiration for Takeda Shingen and began to dress up as Takeda Shingen again.

This time, it was no longer a temporary disguise, but he truly existed as Takeda Shingen for three years.

At first, the servants who knew the truth did not care about it. Only when Takeda Nobumasa was around would they show a little respect to the thief. However, soon the thief showed a serious look, and in a trance, it was as if Takeda Shingen had returned.

The servants who were lax just now quickly took it seriously.

The appearance that originally belonged to Takeda Shingen was really irresistible to them.

The plot progresses in an orderly manner, with Takemaru, the thieves, the emotions that progress one after another, and the exploration of the meaning of Fenglinzan...

Just when Yakushimaru Hiroko felt that everything was going to end peacefully, something unexpected happened.

The shadow warrior who mounted the warhorse in front of Takemaru was thrown to the ground by the warhorse.

He fooled everyone except Takeda Shingen's horse.

The truth was revealed, Shingen was buried, and the shadow warrior left in disgrace.

The Oda-Tokugawa coalition forces attacked, and a war was about to break out.

Three veteran generals including Yamagata Masakage raised their weapons, as if they were swearing an oath made of iron and stone. However, the change in the color tone of the picture and the increasingly sad melody made people clearly imagine one thing.

The outcome of this war seems to be doomed.

Even Yakushimaru Hiroko, who was not very interested in history, became more and more certain of this.

But she still couldn't help but worry about another thing.

Where did the thief go?
The answer was soon revealed.

The thief was on the battlefield. He witnessed the decisive battle and the fall of the Takeda clan.

The fall of Furinzan and the escape of Takeda Katsuyori.

The demise of the Takeda family was inevitable because the mountain moved.

Mountains should not be moved.

This means that Takeda Katsuyori, who is the main commander of the camp, must not move.

Even the shadow warrior who had been disguised as Shingen for three years could see this, but Takeda Katsuyori did not make the correct judgment.

When the elite troops fled and the main family scattered, thieves rushed to the battlefield and tried to carry the Takeda family's flag.

A volley of gunfire rang out.

The thief's body floated down the river, bringing the story to a final close.

After watching the movie for more than two hours, Yakushimaru Hiroko felt as if something was blocking her body, but she couldn't put it into words.

Outside the cinema, Yakushi Marusaburo casually gave popular science lectures about the battle and the historical aspects of the movie.

The Battle of Nagashino, Shitarahara, the defeat of Takeda, the legends of Yamagata Masakage and Honda Tadakatsu...

However, Yakushimaru Hiroko could not hear any of this. She could only think of that figure.

A shadow warrior with a sloppy appearance, unkempt beard, and melancholy eyes, yet he chose to carry the banner and die for it.

"You guy..."

She murmured quietly.

It really is, he contributed a wonderful role.

(End of this chapter)