L/R15 “Nano Ai” “The cat ran away” Hideo Josada × Rikiya Imaizumi The fun of changing the script I wrote [Director's Interview Vol.195]

From Compeito to Haribo

Q: Is there anything you would like to try next based on this experience?

Josada: No, what do you think about that? It doesn't always work out every time (lol). However, it was good that I was able to relax this time. Even so, at first we were trying to find out what each other was doing, asking Imaizumi-san for permission one by one, such as, ``Can I use Compeito or Haribo?''

Imaizumi: Yes, I thought I had seen something called Compeito, so I asked them to change it to Haribo. Also, since I have my own preferences when it comes to the names of the roles, there were times when I was like, ``Can I change the name of the role a little bit?'' I received a reply from Mr. Josada saying, ``Please tell me why you want to change the name for future reference.''

Josada: I just wanted to know what you thought about the role name. I'm glad they changed Haribo at all (lol).

Imaizumi: He said something like, ``Imaizumi-san seems to be the one who turns Competeto into Haribo.'' (laughs)

Josada: That's right. When I was asked, ``Can I use Haribo?'', I thought that Director Imaizumi was very fashionable, but I said something like, ``No, it's totally fine, but it won't hurt if I get hit.'' ( lol).

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Q: Will you continue to do projects like this in the future?

Josada: It would be great if we could do something with Imaizumi-san without being too particular about the project.

Imaizumi: That's right. Welcome. It was my first time having someone direct my script, and I was really happy that it turned out to be interesting. I don't only work on screenplays, so I would definitely like to work on a screenplay for a movie that Josada makes.

Josada: Mr. Imaizumi's script was very easy to work on. I purposely didn't write down the details, just the situation of the scene, and then there were the extremely long lines written in one go. The lines are so good that my imagination runs wild.

Imaizumi: I don't always write down the detailed movements, and leave it up to the actors. Mr. Josada interpreted this in his own way and moved it eloquently. There were many parts where I thought, ``I see.''

Q: This time I discovered a lot of things and it was really interesting. I think many people felt that way after watching these two films.

Josada: I think it's probably because he's honest. Rather than extracting only the beautiful and sad parts, the unpleasant parts also come out. Mr. Imaizumi's movies definitely depict such unpleasant things. already. I call myself the “writer of awkwardness.” I really learned a lot. `` On the street '' is also a lot more awkward.

Imaizumi: It just feels awkward to watch it again. I think director Atsuhiro Yamashita had a big influence on that. This is exactly the case with `` Realism no Yado '' (03). It just keeps getting awkward and makes the situation even sadder. `` Linda Linda Linda '' (2005) is also a youth movie, but there are a lot of awkward moments.

Also, there's a director named Ryutaro Ninomiya who invented the idea of ​​making a movie ``have'' the main character being in a bad mood all the time, and his films have a tense and awkward feel to them.

Josada: Sometimes I want to watch `` Donten Seikatsu '' (1999).

Imaizumi: Everyone is just getting worse (lol).

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Director/Screenplay: Hideo Shirosada

Born in 1975. Born in Tokyo. Started making 8mm films while attending Musashino Art University. After The Graduate from the same school, he built a career as a freelance assistant director, focusing on adult films and V-cinema. In 2003, she made her debut as a film director with ``Tasteful Housewives (Oshiire)'' and won the Pink Award for Best New Director. Since then, he has directed over 100 titles including V-cinema, pink movies, and theatrical movies. It won Best Picture at the Pink Awards for four consecutive years in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. His major directorial works in recent years include ``Sexual Medicine'' and ``Alps Stand no Hashi no Kata''.

Director/Screenplay: Rikiya Imaizumi

Born in 1981. Born in Fukushima Prefecture. Debuted as a commercial director in 2010 with “Tama no Eiga”. In 2013, he won the Best Director Award at the Transylvania International Film Festival for ``Little Cat''. “What’s Love” was released in 2019 and became a huge hit. Other major works include ``Sad Tea'' (14), ``Goodbye to Boring Days'' (17), ``Little Nights, Little Love'' (19), ``mellow'' (20), and ``his'' (20). . He has been active as a director in the Friday night drama ``Prescription Police Hajimashita'' and WOWOW's ``Kasumi Arimura's Shooting Holiday.'' In 2021, “Those days. ”, “On the Town” and “Kasokeki Sankayou” were released in quick succession.

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.

Photography: Kazunari Aoki

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