Behind the scenes of The Red General’s Triumph

The movie "The Glory of Batista", released in February 2008, achieved excellent box office results of 1.56 billion yen. In the fall, the TV series version of the same name also achieved ideal ratings. The film is adapted from the best-selling medical mystery novel written by the former surgeon Kaido Takashi - the first work of the same name in the "Taguchi and Shiratori" series.

"The Glory of Batista's Team" draws a clear line with previous medical TV dramas. It not only boldly shows the surgical process, but also invites a "team" of luxurious star lineups, becoming a rare "team" in recent years. "Ingenious Medical Mystery" film has received extremely high praise. In early summer of the same year, in response to favorable reviews and support from all parties, the production company Toho decided to start filming the second part while it was still hot.

In November, the fourth novel in Kaido Takashi's "Taguchi and Shiratori" series, "Innocence: Celebration of the Guerrilla", went on sale, and its popularity surged again. The cumulative number of novels in this series has exceeded 7 million. book sales. The one that has been selected by Toho this time is "The Triumph of the Bloody General", the third most popular work in the series.

Koichi Hayami, the head of the ruthless Genius Emergency Center, was secretly accused of "murder and bribery". There are complex interpersonal relationships hidden among the team members of the emergency center who work side by side with him. Is Hayami, known as the "blood-stained general", black or white? One year after the "Batista Team" incident, another accidental murder occurred at Tojo University Hospital, and Taguchi and Shiratori also gathered again. The film "The Triumph of the Bloody General" not only has the height of an entertainment movie, but also deeply describes the social reality problems in emergency medical care, which has attracted widespread attention.

The director of the film is still Nakamura Yoshihiro. Although Director Nakamura does not have many works, he has been associated with representative works of Japanese mystery novels many times. Isaka Kotaro has collaborated twice.

The combination of "Taguchi and Shiratori" on the screen has also not changed, and the team of Yuko Takeuchi and Hiroshi Abe has been "resurrected". Beauty star Yuko Takeuchi has stepped out of the narrow scope of romance movies in recent years and tried various roles. Her acting skills and popularity have also continued to improve through experience. The doctor Taguchi she plays is a male in the novel, but the director changed the gender of the character in order to increase the contrast between the two characters in the combination. "The Triumph of the Bloody General" is Takeuchi's first time starring in a sequel film. She commented that her character, "Mr. Taguchi," stayed on the set the longest but had the fewest lines. He always stood like air. In a place that is not easily noticed, Takeuchi found it difficult to capture the character's personality. Unexpectedly, on the first day of filming, she immediately caught up with director Nakamura's rhythm.

Hiroshi Abe, who has an unusually tall and oppressive figure for a Japanese, plays an eccentric character for the nth time. His role as Shiratori, an official of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, is not only smart and decisive, He also often uses unusual actions to add comedy to the plot. Abe Hiroshi also continued to play the role of Shiratori. Shiratori's unique strong and arrogant tone continued unabated. Since Shiratori has always been in a wheelchair since his debut, Abe Hiroshi used the breaks in filming to practice the operation of the wheelchair. In the film There will be a section where he shows off his wheelchair stunts.

In addition to Takeuchi and Abe, Yoko Noki, who plays Nurse Fujiwara, Jun Kunimura, who plays Senior Dean, Shige Hiraizumi, who plays Professor Kurosaki, etc., digital "Batis" The main supporting roles of "The Glory of the Batista Team" have also been retained. In addition, Sano Shiro and Tamayama Tetsuji from the "Batista Team" also performed in "The Triumph of the Bloody General" due to their high popularity.

Like "The Glory of the Batista Team", "The Triumph of the Bloody General" also has a medical team-the hospital emergency team. The most noteworthy aspect of this game is here - the rescue team led by Koichi Hayami, known as the "blood-stained general". The actor who plays the most important role in this crime, Hayami Koichi, is Sakai Masato, who has quickly become the most watched and powerful actor in Japanese film and television with his wonderful performances in the NHK Taiga drama "Atsuhime" and the movie "After School" last year. . Before the filming started, Masato Sakai visited the front line of the emergency center and interviewed active doctors many times. "I was deeply surprised by the doctors' attitude of being able to work calmly while facing patients who were struggling on the verge of death. Their performance was so... So handsome." Masato Sakai had a pleasant collaboration with the director of this film in "Two People in Sportswear".

Under the "leadership" of Masato Sakai, Taro Yamamoto, Michiko Haneda, Shihori Kanjiya and others formed an "excellent first aid team". Through continuous and careful practice, they created a team that was as authentic as the real thing. The emergency team is in a state of incomparable cooperation. Dr. Haruhiko Tsutsumi of the Saitama Medical University Advanced Emergency Center provided technical guidance to the members of the emergency team in the film. Watching the young people in front of them working, the shadows of his own youth gradually overlapped. Dr. Tsutsumi believes that there are many problems in modern medicine that need to be expressed on the screen. In addition, Toho Daiken's emergency center has continued to receive support from many active doctors and nurses, who will use their work breaks to come to the filming site to provide guidance. Director Nakamura also constantly confirmed with them the authenticity of the lines in the script. The actors and staff also worked their best to create a sense of reality. In the eyes of real emergency doctors, several members of the emergency team in the film looked similar to those in the hospital. Internship is no different.

On November 19, "The Triumph of the Bloody General" was officially launched at Hibari Baseball Stadium in Fuchinobe Park, Sagamihara City. This baseball scene is connected to the end of "The Glory of Batista", which will not only please fans of the previous movie and lovers of the original novel, but also audiences who have never been exposed to this series. Enjoy it, and then the plot develops a plot that is different from the original work.

Starting in mid-December, the photography team moved to Gifu University Hospital to shoot in the real hospital. One day, when the staff was preparing to take a shot of a helicopter landing on the roof of the hospital, the camera team received news that a real emergency team helicopter was about to land here. Therefore, the staff and the actors hurriedly moved the equipment that had been placed at the scene, and witnessed with their own eyes the real process of the emergency team's helicopter landing and transferring the patient to the hospital. Director Nakamura immediately modified some details in the script and shot more realistic shots.

In addition, there was a scene in the film where a large shopping mall near a hospital caught fire and the hospital lobby was turned into a temporary rescue facility. At that time, more than 500 extras were involved. Serious injuries, minor injuries, full-body burns...all kinds of "patients" were carried into the hospital, and real doctors and nurses in the hospital also participated in the filming of this scene, creating a wonderful sense of urgency. This scene, filmed at Gifu University Hospital, became the most shocking passage in "The Glory of Batista Team" and "The Triumph of the Bloody General".

After a week of filming at Gifu University Hospital, the camera crew moved to the Nagoya location to shoot the scene where the "Ethics Committee" revealed the truth of the incident. This scene has 20 pages of content in the script. The photography team used the large conference room of the Nagoya International Convention Center for three days of filming. This section became the only time in the entire filming schedule that almost all the characters gathered together. large-scale scenes.

Soon, the five-week filming was completed on December 27. "The Triumph of the Bloody General" only took half a year from the time it was decided to be produced to the completion of filming, and only two weeks from the completion of post-production to the official release date. All the members in front of and behind the scenes of the film are like being on the battlefield of the first aid team, which brings a perfect ending to the film.