Recommended classic movies in Japanese film history

◎Chinese name Wife Killing General Mobilization

◎Era 2004

◎Country Japan

◎Category Comedy/Drama/Mystery

◎Language Japanese

◎Subtitles in English, Simplified Chinese subtitles: Click to download from Shooter.com

◎IMDB rating 8.3/10 (55 votes)

◎IMDB link/title/tt0430651/

◎File format XviD + AC3

◎Video size 640x352

◎File size 2CD 2 x 49 x 15MB < /p>

◎Duration 120 Min

◎Director Sekiguchi Now

◎Starring Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto, Kyoko Koizumi

Hiroshi Abe , Ittoku Kishibe, Tomokazu Miura

Vinnie Jones, Shinichi Chiba

◎Introduction

Plot summary: Everything starts with killing his wife...

The Ishigaki couple experienced another sleepless night. Ishigaki (played by Tadanobu Asano) has been planning to kill his wife, but the murder plan was implemented again and again, but his wife Mimi (played by Hashimoto Reika) escaped the disaster time and time again, and Mimi became more and more... Savage and brutal. Just like this, you come and I go, and the relationship between the two people becomes deeper and deeper.

At that time, the extremely popular hypnotist Aoyama (played by Hiroshi Abe) was holding an unprecedented live show. Kobayashi (played by Ittoku Kishibe) enthusiastically boarded the show as a special guest. On the stage, a pair of killers broke in and killed Qingshan at the critical moment of the performance.

Aoyama’s lover Yoko (played by Kyoko Koizumi) is a well-known advertising planner. She believes that the most interesting thing in the world is advertising. In order to work, she carries a tape recorder with her every day. Any new ideas that pop up in her little head will be recorded on this "personal partner" in a timely manner. The conceited Yoko cannot tolerate fools with insufficient abilities, but on this day, the tape recorder she depends on for survival was stolen.

After Xiao Lin returned home from the interrupted hypnosis show, he always thought he was a flying bird. He climbed to the roof and started flying for the first time, but fell heavily into his yard, frightening his timid wife and eldest daughter. However, the younger son understood his dual identity of "both father and bird" very well.

Tsuda (played by Kanji Tsuda), Morishita (played by Noyuki Morishita) and J (played by Jai Wast) idle around all day long, always stealing and living when others are not at home. Tsuda was very envious of the busy working-class people. Morishita, who was gay, looked at J with eyes full of love, but J could never guess what Morishita was thinking. While taking a sauna, the three of them happened to meet a vicious foreigner and his funny translator.

This foreigner (played by Vinnie Jones) is a killer from London. He often takes a translator (played by Arakawa Yoshiyoshi) with him. His usual catchphrase is: "What is your mission?" His killing skills are amazing, but his translation is unknown.

The president of a pharmaceutical company (played by Shinichi Chiba) is very afraid of his wife. He just rejected an advertising project, but received a call from his wife.

The fates of these characters are complicated and subtly related to each other. As Christmas approaches, the story becomes more and more exciting...

Behind-the-scenes stories: Advertising elites make movies

They come from the advertising industry: Taku Tada entered Dentsu in 1987 and was 12 years old Later in the year, he founded "GBOAT" with fellow publishers Yasuichi Oka, Kiyokatsu Kawaguchi, and Tetsuro Aso. He is Japan's leading advertising planner. He has handled dozens of advertisements in the past few years, and his evaluation has always been high. He is an out-and-out all-rounder. In addition to advertising, he is also responsible for the MV and lyrics of the SMAP group (Ken Hirai and SMAP, etc.). Recently, he developed the "BURBERRY DOTS" series of products for "BURBERRY BLUE LABEL". Taku Tada's advertising awards include the TCC Award, ADC Award, ACC Award, New York Film Festival Gold/Silver Award, and the title of the youngest advertising producer in history. Director Sekiguchi has also been active in the advertising industry. The commercial "Running Girl" he directed for WOWOW company has won numerous awards in China and won a silver medal at the Cannes International Advertising Awards. Now the director's commercials have always enjoyed high popularity.

Intimate contact between the director and the director: Generally speaking, the relationship between advertising planners and directors is very close, but the screenwriter and director of this film are both advertising professionals, so their relationship during film shooting is also unusual. The advertising production process is as follows. The planner proposes a good project, and the director shoots the completed advertisement. It seems to be the same as filming a movie, but the biggest difference between the two is that even after the project is proposed, the advertising planner still needs to participate in the crew and provide suggestions on the shooting site. , complete the commercial with the director. In the history of Japanese films, there has never been a director-director combination like the Coen brothers, so "Wife Killer" can be regarded as a pioneering film.

Therefore, after the script of "Wife Killer" was completed, the entire process of preparation, shooting, and editing was carried out through consultation between Sekiguchi Gen and Taku Tada. The story of Taku Tada and the video of the checkpoint created a brand new Japanese movie.

The actors are all members of the same family: the actors in this film all have industry connections with the director and director, and more importantly, their styles and genres are quite different. Tadanobu Asano and Taku Tada collaborated on an advertisement for Fuji copiers. Asano's strong personality left a deep impression on Tada. From then on, he thought, "If one day he makes a movie, Asano must be the male lead." In addition to modeling and catwalks, mixed-race beauty Reika Hashimoto has also extended her tentacles into the fields of advertising and movies. Ittoku Kishibe showed a very different comedic effect from the past in Fujitsu FMV's commercial. This commercial was created by Taku Tada. This time he played the weirdo Kobayashi. It was precisely because the two of them had been shooting the commercial for three consecutive years. During the years of cooperation, we have established a trusting relationship. When Sekiguchi was still the director's assistant, Koizumi Kyoko had worked with him, and Sekiguchi was even a fan of hers. Jai West, Kanji Tsuda, and Noyuki Morishita once starred together in Tada and Sekiguchi's commercial "Interesting". Since they have shot multiple commercials together, Tada and Sekiguchi know the most interesting aspects of the three of them very well. In Tada's script, the killer was a Japanese, but he couldn't think of a suitable actor. The name Vinnie Jones suddenly came to mind. Both Tada and Sekiguchi had seen his performance in "Kidnapping and Robbery", and they unanimously decided that he was the killer. After all, Vinnie Jones is considered a big name in Hollywood. In order to avoid being presumptuous, the two sent their portfolio and a letter. Soon producer Taniguchi flew to London to negotiate, and Vinnie Jones agreed to star smoothly. The killer became a foreigner, so a new translator was arranged. Tada also rewrote the script. As a result, every time the killer and the translator played a scene, the crew burst into laughter. As for Miura Yuka who made a special guest appearance, it was also because he had collaborated with Tada in commercials.

Comment: High-profile Japanese blockbuster of the year

"The Wife Killer" is a well-deserved Japanese blockbuster. Although this is the debut film of Taku Tada and Gen Sekiguchi, both of them are elites in the Japanese advertising industry and have won numerous awards at home and abroad. The novelty of the film is an absolute guarantee. In addition to this pair of Japan's most powerful advertising elites, title·Sato Kashiwa, photography Shikuma Makoto, music·JAMES SHIMOJI, costume·Utsunomiya Ikko, opening show·Koryu Drums, film advertising collaboration·Ishii Katsuto, etc. Industry experts also gave their full support and worked together to create this miracle in Japanese film history.

The film also has a luxurious all-star lineup: Tadanobu Asano (representative works of "Hajime", "Zapto", "Coffee Time"), Reika Hashimoto (representative works of "Idiot", "Encounter with an Angel"), Kyoko Koizumi ("Jumping Line", "Onmyoji"), Hiroshi Abe (representative works "Tokyo Raiders", "Platonic Sex"), Ittoku Kishibe (representative works "Hachi Tomb Village", "Shadow") "Same Man and Peach Girl"), Vinnie Jones (representative works "Two Smokers", "Kidnapping"), Aso Yumi (representative works "The Passion of Red and Black", "Tie"), Chiba New and old stars such as Shinichi (representative works "Demon World Reincarnation" and "Kill Bill 1"), Miura Yuka (representative works "Izu No Dancing Girl" and "Heavenly Station") will appear together.

In the unrealistic world in the film, various weirdos such as Ishigaki who relentlessly kills his wife, Kobayashi who thinks he is a bird, and a trio of burglars appear one after another. To create the feeling of "uncanny deja vu", several exciting episodes are all themed "love", and are presented on the screen through fashionable chaotic forms, cool humor, and gorgeous pictures. With its highly visually stimulating art design, machine gun-like dialogue, multiple styles of soundtracks and unique photography, "Wife Killer" has impacted the Japanese film industry with its strong and novel style.