"Sasaki, In, My Mine" Director Takuya Uchiyama x Gaku Hosokawa I was determined not to run away from entertainment [Director's Interview Vol.96]

Movies with a person's name in the title

Q: The title “Sasaki, In, My Mine” is very catchy and really embodies this movie. How was the title decided?

Uchiyama: Originally, it started with the title of the novel that Gaku was writing, “Sasaki,” but along the way it went through many twists and turns and changed many times. At the script stage, there was a time when it was called ``The Long Goodbye'' (tentative title), taken from the title of a play within a movie that appears in the movie, and there was also a time when it was written as ``Long Goodbye (tentative title)'', which is taken from the title of the play within the movie, and it was written as a song with a feeling of after reading, such as NUMBER GIRL's `` OMOIDE IN MY HEAD ''. We wanted to make a certain movie, and we even said we wanted to make it our own version of ``OMOIDE IN MY HEAD.''

Also, personally, I've always wanted to make a movie where the title is the name of a character. This sometimes happens in Western movies, but it is rarely seen in Japanese movies. That's why I suggested that we do it, and the three of us, Hosokawa, myself, and Mr. Shiota, who was involved as a producer, brainstormed ideas. “In, My, Mine” was Mr. Shiota’s idea at that time.

After watching the movie, you can feel the meaning of the title, and the lightness of the film makes you think about various things. That's how we gathered everyone's opinions and finally came up with ``Sasaki, In, My Mine''.

Q: This title is very strong, isn't it? And, as intended, I think the meaning will make sense after watching the movie. The character "Sasaki" mentioned in the title is said to be modeled after Mr. Hosokawa's classmate, but was he really like the boy in the movie?

Hosokawa: In the movie, it seems like girls hate her and boys like her, but in reality, both girls and boys wanted to watch her (lol). The "Cole Sasaki" that appears in the movie actually existed, but not only did he dance completely naked, but he also did things that I can't even describe (lol).

Q: The distance between Sasaki, Yuuji played by Seasons Fujiwara, Tada, and Kimura was very comfortable, and I felt nostalgic that this is what friends are like. How were the characters and layouts around here created? Also, as I was listening to you just now, I was wondering, is Mr. Hosokawa, who was thinking of quitting acting, actually a model for Yuji?

Hosokawa: Uchiyama told me this when I was turning the novel into a screenplay. He said, ``This is a story that is deep in your heart, so write down all the friends and events that remain inside you, and give it to me.'' In that sense, since it is based on my story, each character in the movie has a model. However, rather than identifying individuals, it is a hybrid of various people, including their relationships.

Uchiyama: Of course there were people I used as models, but basically I created the characters from scratch and built their relationships, just like I would any other movie. Also, the fact that "Sasaki" is in the title has something to do with it, but I think it would be nice if Sasaki, who is not the main character, is in the center.

I want to depict how the people around Sasaki looked at themselves and what they did by looking at him. Rather than telling Sasaki's own story, I decided to create the feelings of everyone watching Sasaki.

So, I wonder why Gaku isn't playing the role of Yuji...

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