Chapter 263: It's been thirteen years since I looked back
Film supervisor Takashi Miike took the members of the crew to push the door in, and the first picture he saw was the scene of the two male protagonists of his movie talking happily.
And the two people who saw Takashi Miike coming in also stopped talking and bowed to the members of the director team one by one.
"First time we met, I'm Kiyoshi Sakamoto, please advise!"
"First time we met, I'm Takayuki Yamada, please advise!"
After the salute, although there were some doubts in his heart, the resolute Miike Takashi also nodded lightly and motioned for them to sit down.
Soon after taking his seat, supporting characters such as Akisa Kuroki, Yusuke Yabe, Kenta Kiritani, and Kenichi Endo all came to the conference room.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the meeting of the crew of "Hot Blooded College" officially began.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was sitting in the seat, looked around and looked at the entire crew, almost all of them were men, and when there was only one woman, Akira Kuroki, he couldn't help but complain softly.
"Did I come to a certain men's high school? This is really a serious imbalance between yin and yang... ”
However, this complaint was heard by Takayuki Yamada, who was sitting next to him, and echoed him with a smile.
"Big pinch (too). ”
Speaking of the cinematization of "Hot Blood College", it is also full of twists and turns.
"Hot Blood High School" is the work of cartoonist Hiroshi Takahashi, formerly known as "CROS".
"CROS" is a very representative "bad" manga of the nineties.
Since 1991, the manga has been serialized in the "Monthly Junior Champion" for a total of eight years, and the cumulative circulation of the single book has reached 32 million. Due to the fact that the magazine was not well-known, the manga was not a big hit, however, it has always had a rather avid following.
As early as when the manga was still being serialized, many filmmakers were interested in putting it on the big screen, but they were all rejected by Hiroshi Takahashi.
Hiroshi Takahashi is very distrustful of the move of remaking the manga into a film and television work, because he has also seen many comic works that have been filmed, which are completely consistent with the original comics.
There are also many examples of directly ruining the original work.
Because he himself has had a similar painful lesson, he doesn't want his cherished "CROS" to be ruined by others.
Interestingly, the producer who sat at the scene, Matachiro Yamamoto, was also one of the rejections back then.
However, in the end, this "CROS" was still cinematicized.
The key figures in all this cannot but be mentioned.
This person is the one who played the role of "Katagiri Fist" in the movie.
Yabe Yusuke is a good friend of Hiroshi Takahashi, he has always been a big fan of this work, and he loves everything about this work, so he has always persuaded Hiroshi Takahashi to agree to make the manga a movie.
At first, Takahashi only listened to the wind, but then he gradually discovered that Yabe Yusuke loved this work to a greater extent than he did.
So he was deeply moved, and finally nodded and agreed, and would consider cinematic things.
And the overjoyed Yabe Yusuke immediately brought Yamamoto Matsuchiro to Takahashi Hiroshi.
After a long period of discussion, an important decision made that Hiroshi Takahashi finally agreed to the request to make the manga a movie.
That is, the producers are ready to invite Takashi Miike to take the helm!
When he heard the name Takashi Miike, Takahashi was excited.
Because, the violent aesthetics of this ghost director can be said to be very consistent with the style of the entire comic of "CROS".
Moreover, in Takahashi's mind, Takashi Miike is the number one person in the list of ideal directors, and when he himself painted "CROS", he even put Takashi Miike's "Osaka's Strongest Legend Martial Arts Ikebana" series as BGM.
And after the two met, they hit it off at first sight.
The duo decided not to repeat the story of the manga in the movie version, but instead used a new original story to create a "CROS" that surprised fans of the original book
And the Chinese translation of the prequel "CORS ZERO" is "Bloody University"!(In order to make everyone listen to it better, I will directly use the name "Bloody University".) )
For a new story, of course, you need to choose the actor who best suits the role in order to make the movie more perfect!
So, in order to select all the bad students of Lily of the Valley High School, the production team held a large-scale audition event, and more than 800 people participated. This audition, which is called "Yanzhi Audition" by the director and producer, does not matter whether it is famous or not, but only seeks to find the candidate who best matches the image of the character.
The Endo Yao, Daito Junsuke, Takahashi Nu and others present all successfully got the role through this audition.
Maybe some of them have no acting experience, but in terms of their character image, it has made the manga author Hiroshi Takahashi nod deeply.
It is worth mentioning that the younger brother of one of the male protagonists, "Izaki Instant", was played by Aoi Miyazaki's husband, Aoo Takaoka.
However, because of Sakamoto Kiyoshi's intervention, Toho directly "kicked" Takaoka Cangfu out.
Therefore, Hyunjin of AMUSE finally got this role because of his excellent performance in the audition.
And Kiyoshi Sakamoto's actor is also hard-won.
Although Toho sent him an invitation to serve as the main servant from the beginning, Toho didn't just put his eggs in one basket, they were also ready, if Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't take on the role, then find someone to top.
And that person is Oguri Shun!
And this candidate is recommended by Takashi Miike.
Originally, Takashi Miike was intended to emerge with "Extreme Fresh Master", and then with "Boys Over Flowers", which became a hit.
However, because after Toho confirmed Kiyoshi Sakamoto as the leading actor, he, the film director, did not have much power to let the producer replace the actor, so he could only give up.
After all, in Japan, it is not the big actors or famous directors who have the most power in the movies, but the film companies.
Therefore, Takashi Miike, who has not seen Sakamoto Kiyoshi's film works, has a little bit of a complaint about the "airborne" Sakamoto Kiyoshi.
He believes that Sakamoto Kiyoshi is so young, and his acting skills can't be well shown, the ruthlessness and coolness of the actor, as well as the sharpness in his eyes.
He is very handsome, and he also starred in a hit "Death Note" two-part series, but he still doesn't approve of Sakamoto Kiyoshi who has only watched Sakamoto Kiyoshi's performance in "Dragon Sakura".
However, under Hiroshi Takahashi's crazy "Amway", Takashi Miike slowly changed his opinion of Kiyoshi Sakamoto after watching the "Death Note" two-part series.
In the movie, Kiyoshi Sakamoto's amazing performance also surprised him.
And the other "big guy" in the crew, the original comic book Hiroshi Takahashi, from the beginning, was a fan of Kiyoshi Sakamoto...
He was very pleased with Toho's decision to invite Kiyoshi Sakamoto to play the role of the actor "Genji Takiya".
Because he has long known Sakamoto Kiyoshi's acting skills, how intoxicating it is...
As a manga movie, "Death Note", as soon as it was released in June, Hiroshi Takahashi bought a ticket and went to the theater to see how the movie adapted from the manga was filmed.
The results were surprising to him.
Especially the "Night God Moon" played by Kiyoshi Sakamoto, which made him unable to calm down for a long time.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto's version of "Night God Moon" is awe-inspiring, crazy with a hint of dissatisfaction with reality, coupled with his bewitching smile, all make Sakamoto Kiyoshi's figure coincide with the "Night God Moon" in the comics.
This made Hiroshi Takahashi stay at ease with his friends after watching the movie.
"This is the best manga adaptation movie I've ever seen!! Kiyoshi Sakamoto is simply a realistic version of the night god Tsuki!!"
This made him write down a young actor named "Kiyoshi Sakamoto" in his heart.
Therefore, for Dongbao's decision, he raised his hands in favor.
And under Hiroshi Takahashi's Amway, Takashi Miike finally recognized Kiyoshi Sakamoto's acting skills.
At this point, Kiyoshi Sakamoto completely won this role.
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The meeting of the crew of "Hot Blooded College" lasted for three hours before it ended.
After the end, Kiyoshi Sakamoto proposed that everyone go to a barbecue restaurant for a meal together on the grounds of cultivating feelings in advance.
In this "Bloody High School", speaking of which, except for Kenichi Endo, Goro Kishitani and several other old actors, they are all young people with little age difference.
Except for Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the "child" of the nineties...
However, although Kiyoshi Sakamoto is the youngest of all people, he is the actor designated by Toho, and he is also the first actor in Heisei to star in a box office of more than 10 billion, coupled with his status in the music world, naturally, he has become the focus of everyone.
Therefore, for Sakamoto Kiyoshi's suggestion, everyone readily agreed.
Even Akira Kuroki, the only girl, followed the big army together.
After the barbecue party, Kiyoshi Sakamoto naturally got the contact information of Takayuki Yamada, Akira Kuroki, Kenta Kiritani and others.
After sending off Takayuki Yamada and the others, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was waiting for Uncle Ishida on the side of the road, while flipping through the address book in his mobile phone, and slowly his thoughts began to drift into the distance.
"Unconsciously, there are so many artists I know?!!"
Names that he had heard or had not heard in his previous life were now quietly staying in his phone's address book.
And some of them are unknown, some are familiar, and some have even become an indispensable part of his life...
Masaharu Fukuyama, Yui Aragaki, Masami Nagasawa, Tomohisa Yamashita, and Yuriko Yoshitaka are names that float through his mind...
It made him a bit of a trance.
"Hmmm... Have you been in this circle for three years?"
"Time is fleeting ... ”
Suddenly, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was a little emotional, raised his head.
The winter sun seemed to be a little dazzling, so he involuntarily stretched out his hand to block the sun's rays.
"But how do I always feel like yesterday, I was still sitting on the rooftop of my hometown, drinking beer... ”
"Before I knew it, it had been thirteen years since I was reborn... ”