"Ora Ora de Hitori Igumo" Director Shuichi Okita I don't want to see "warm everyday life" (lol) [Director's Interview Vol.90]

I watched ``The Waterless Pool'' without telling my family.

Q: Please tell us about your encounter with director Okita and movies.

Okita: When I was in high school, I used to play around with my friends by filming various things with a video camera, but when I tried editing them myself, they only ended up being about 5 minutes long. I thought it was amazing that a movie was two hours long (lol).

At that time, I was watching a lot of movies, and there was a video rental store on the second floor of the local bookstore called ``Book Center Yomuyomu'', so I watched every single video there. I really liked ``ATG'' and `` Kazoku The Game '' (1983). I watched a lot of movies by directors Masayuki Suo, Juzo Itami, and Shinji Somai, such as watching `` Waterless Pool '' (1982) without telling my family. I was especially influenced by director Yoshimitsu Morita. It's a little embarrassing to say too much (lol).

Q: What kind of movies will Director Okita make in the future?

Okita: I think I'll continue to do the same thing one by one, but as I get older I'm getting more and more cloudy, and I can't make movies like I used to (laughs). Anyway, I think it's no good if we don't take on each challenge one by one. This time was also a great challenge.

But maybe I'll make a movie where people die.

Q: Huh! really! ?

Okita: I think there will be a lot of challenges, and I think I'll enjoy it a little more if I can try different things without thinking too much about myself.

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Director/Screenplay: Shuichi Okita

Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1977. In 2001, The Graduate from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Film Studies. After making several independent short films, in 2002 he won the Grand Prix at the 7th Mito Short Film Festival for Nabe to Tomo. In 2006, his first full-length novel, ``This Subarashiki World'' was published. In 2008, he wrote and directed several TV dramas including ``Korakuen no Haha''. In 2009, he made his commercial film debut with ``Antarctic Chef''. The film was released nationwide and won the 2009 Kaneto Shindo Award Gold Award, the 29th Fujimoto Award Newcomer Award, the 1st Japan Theater Staff Film Festival 2nd Place for Best Picture, and the Director Award. The Woodpecker and the Rain, released in 2012, became the first Japanese film to win the Triple Crown at the Dubai International Film Festival, and the February 2013 film Yonosuke Yokomichi, based on Shuichi Yoshida's novel, won the 56th Blue Ribbon Award. It won all the Japanese film awards, including Best Picture and Best Picture at the 5th TAMA Film Awards, and won the Soleil d'Or Audience Award (=Grand Prix) at the KINOTAYO Film Festival in Paris, earning high praise both domestically and internationally. . He won many Japanese film awards, including the 10th TAMA Film Award Special Award and the 40th Yokohama Film Award Screenplay Award, for ``The Place Where the Mori Is'' released in May 2018, and is expected to be a writer who will lead the next generation of the Japanese film industry. ing. Among the works awaiting release is ``Kids wa Understand I Don't'' (released in 2021) starring Moka Kamishiraishi.

Interview and text: Fumio Koda

Editorial staff and writer for CINEMORE. My favorite movies are ``The Goonies'' and ``Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.'' My recent favorites are 4K digitally remastered classics by Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu.

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