Behind-the-scenes production in Tokyo

Tokyo in the eyes of three world famous directors

Some people say Tokyo is the coolest city in the world. She is at the forefront of the times, with a unique culture rich in details and full of modern flavor, and she is the focus of countless eyes. Now, three film geniuses, active in new york, Paris and Seoul, have come to Tokyo to observe the city in their unique way, showing us a unique interpretation and interpretation-this is the short film collection-Tokyo.

For fans, michel gondry, Leo Calaque and Bong Joon ho are three famous names, representing three creative artistic souls. What kind of chemical effect will these three international directors have when they cooperate with local Japanese film teams in Tokyo? How will top Japanese actors such as Ryo Kase, Yuu Aoi, Kagawa Teruyuki, Renji Ishibashi and Tsuki Satoshi perform on the Tokyo stage set up by foreign directors? How wonderful will this miracle film cross language and cultural barriers? These are still unknown. What is certain, however, is that Tokyo, which was selected for this Cannes Film Festival, has become one of the most anticipated and eye-catching works from the moment it was released.

What am I living for? -Fable interior design

"Tokyo has a unique vitality, more personalized than new york. Being able to shoot in my favorite city is very attractive and full of excitement for me. " Michel Gondry

Michelle Gunn Delhi established a unique romantic comedy style with Eternal Sunshine of Beautiful Mind and Sleep Science. He pursued a universal theme in interior design: "What am I living for?" ! "The idea of this movie is absurd, but it doesn't make people feel absurd. Gunray said that he prefers to describe the similarities between people rather than emphasize the differences between different countries; Moreover, he doesn't want to deliberately show Japan from a foreigner's point of view, but just wants to shoot Tokyo reflected in the eyes of ordinary Japanese. Starting from a common and universal standpoint, this film brings a sense of closeness to life and a philosophical charm that touches the core of life. Gunray's feelings for Tokyo are revealed in the details of the film. He especially likes some buildings with novel and unique designs in Tokyo. These "strange houses" appear in this film in a traceless way. If you savor it carefully, whether it is a fairy-tale composition or a scene full of life, you can read the extraordinary ingenuity and interest.

Ayako Fujitani and Ryo Kase, the two main characters in the film, are the apple of Gunray's eye. As soon as Ayako Fujitani walked in, Gunray felt, "Here comes the heroine I'm looking for!" So this powerful actress with few works suddenly became the number one female in this film. At first, Ryo Kase only wanted to play a supporting role with few scenes, but when Geng Rui saw him, he felt: "If he plays Amin, this wayward role will definitely look warm and attract the audience's favor." At gunray's insistence, Ryo Kase finally adjusted his schedule and made time to become the leading actor in the cast. The performances of these two protagonists are completely integrated into the world of director Jun Lei, and the supporting roles Tsuki Satoshi, Naori and Diandian also add a lot of color to the film.

A Monster Highlighting Social Phenomena —— The profound farce Mildred

"Let's shoot something in Kenji Mizoguchi and the city where Godzilla was born-I accepted this invitation with pleasure and full of expectations." Leos Carax

Leos Carax, who touched the world cinema with films such as Bridging the Bridge, has not produced a new work for nine years, and this time, many fans are ecstatic. Write a good script in a short time and make it as soon as possible with very little money, "Tokyo! The film plan of "Short, Flat and Fast" attracted Karax. Just a few weeks ago, when Calaque was walking on the streets of Paris, he was inspired by the idea that "the weirdo who jumped out of the sewer began to kill people", so he conveniently put this weirdo in Tokyo, and the absurd comedy Mildred was born.

Calaque regards the green weirdo in the film as a monster like Godzilla and King Kong. In his eyes, imaginary monsters can better highlight real social phenomena. Callas explains his movies like this: The world is getting more and more depraved and naive, and Mildred, who is eccentric in the green, is like our children. He is not sensible, and his behavior is eccentric and simple. At the same time, he also represents a primitive civilization, so he is in conflict with modern society. It is not easy for a monster to climb out of the sewer. Sewer is a metaphor, which represents the memory of the past. The weirdo coming out of the sewer stimulated the pain of modern society. For economically developed Japan, the painful memories such as the Nanjing Massacre and the Pacific War cannot be ignored. Self and others are also a theme of this film. Mildred said, "I hate human beings, but I love life." His attack on pedestrians clearly showed his opposition to others. However, to some extent, the "life" in this line is equal to others, and the existence of individuals cannot be separated from the existence of non-ego. This intriguing remark reveals the duality and complexity of my relationship with others.

Political issues, cultural issues, historical issues, life issues, existing issues ... all kinds of thorny issues are entangled in Melde's short trip to Tokyo. You can laugh it off as a farce, or you can think it over and over again as an abstruse thinking object.

Love of the Crouching Family —— A Different Romance "Shook Tokyo"

"Tokyo is filled with special air. Showing something about this city through movies is exciting in itself. " -Bong Joon ho

Bong Joon ho, who has successfully directed masterpieces such as memories of murder and The Monster of the Han River, turned down the invitation from Hollywood and chose Tokyo as the stage for his first overseas work.

Bong Joon ho first went to Japan at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2000, and has been to Tokyo several times since then. What impressed him most in Tokyo was the surging and spectacular crowd. Interestingly, Bong Joon ho found that although there are many people on the rail transit lines and on the streets, people seem to try to avoid contact with others. Avoiding contact with others became the starting point of Shake Tokyo. The hero of this film is a family who has been in prison for ten years and has never left home. He hates contact with people and hides in his fortress. However, some things are unavoidable. The sudden love finally changed the middle-aged man. This love song written by Bong Joon ho is not dramatic, but it hits home. In fact, love is just an entry point he chose. Shake Tokyo is about people's inner demands and confusion. The biggest attraction of this movie is not only the interesting interaction between the perverted Kagawa Teruyuki and the lush Aoi sora. You may experience an unimaginable shock when you see the hero crossing an empty street alone. The crowded city is unrecognizable because there are no more people, and one person has undergone a decisive change because of another. It's hard to say which is more important. Bong Joon ho combined the two romantically, giving people a wonderful feeling.

The interior design is based on Gabriel Bell's cartoons. When Dambert and michel gondry wrote a script together, they first asked people to translate their lines into Japanese, and then asked people to translate Japanese back into English for comparison with the original text. They repeatedly discussed word for word with the cast, trying to make every line of the film appropriate.

The shooting habit in Delhi, Michelle Gunn is very unique, which made Japanese staff very unaccustomed at first. Without practicing with Shoot in advance, let the actors start acting directly and let them improvise. Don't stop after a scene, keep shooting. The staff prepared 20,000 feet of film for the film in advance, and shot 8,000 feet on the first day. Once, under the persuasion of the staff, Gunray went to shoot. Unexpectedly, the bed that was fine when shooting was broken when shooting. This accident led Gunray to insist on not doing as the Romans do, and completely gave up the practice of Shoot. In the Japanese film industry, filming in the middle of the night or even the early morning of the next day is commonplace, which makes Gunray very puzzled. On the second day of shooting, the film crew worked late into the night, and Gunray was furious: "Are you going to kill me? ! "

Kato Ryo commented that michel gondry, like F. Fujio Fujiko, the father of the robot cat, is an adult with childlike innocence.

The French word "merde" is a dirty word, which is roughly equivalent to the Chinese word "fuck" and the Japanese word "クソ". When written in Chinese, it means "dung", which means "excrement". Children will say the word "shit" without scruple, and the green freak in the film seems to be the child of modern people. Therefore, leos carax adopted "merde" which is indirectly equivalent to "shit" as the title of the film. In addition, Calaque liked the Chinese character "dung" so much that it appeared in the movie.

Leo Calaque watched Godzilla with his three-year-old daughter before shooting Mildred, and thought the music was great. Later, he used Godzilla's soundtrack in this film.

Green is Leo Calaque's favorite color, so he chose this color as the costume color of the movie Hero. In addition, Karax said that he had already shot red, blue and yellow, and it was difficult to shoot green this time.

Shook Tokyo is the first of three films. On August 22nd, 2007, the film was shot in an old dormitory building in Suginami, Tokyo. The first scene is the scene where the hero goes to the toilet.

In order to decorate the room of a man who is squatting at home, the art department brought in several trucks of old books.

No one in Tokyo in the film was inspired by Masahiro Nakano's famous photography collection "No One in Tokyo".

The hero of Shake Tokyo has no name in the film, but it is Kagawa in the script, which makes Kagawa Teruyuki, who plays this role, enter the play quickly.

Famous Japanese musicians Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi wrote the theme song for this film.

A special TV variety show about Tokyo, Japan: Impression of Tokyo

It's a TV program broadcast by Shanghai Life Channel. The program mainly focuses on Japanese culture and Japanese fashion life, and is recorded live by a local program crew who has been stationed in Japan for a long time. The content of the program mainly focuses on the travel behavior and interview of the host (Reiri Yang), and the host will explain it. Although the name of the program is "Impression of Tokyo", its coverage includes many other cities and towns in Japan. The program is also broadcast on other local TV stations in China.