Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 229 Two Scripts
"Huh?" The uncle looked puzzled.

The reason why Sakamoto Kiyoshi asked this question was because when he was flipping through the stack of scripts on the right side of the table just now, he saw two movies that he really wanted to act in.

"Love Space"!
Also, "Hot-Blooded High School"!
From the stack of scripts on the right, he took out two scripts with the words "Love in the Sky" and "Hot-Blooded High School" written on them.

"I want to act in both of these two films." Sakamoto Qing looked at the uncle firmly and said.

Uncle Ishida, who was stared at by Kiyoshi Sakamoto, moved his body for a while before saying, "Uh, two movies? Of course, as long as your schedule is suitable..."

With Uncle Ishida's consent, Sakamoto Kiyoshi was satisfied and looked at the script in his hand.

"Love in the Sky" is a youth pure love film.

And "Hot Blood High School" is an action movie.

What's interesting is that the production companies listed on the scripts of the two movies are Dongbao.

The Japanese call a movie a picture, and also write a picture.

When it comes to Japanese movies, we have to mention the five major film companies in Japan: Toho, Toei, Shochiku, Kadokawa, and Nikkatsu.

They have their own characteristics and support the Japanese film industry from different aspects.

Not to mention Kadokawa and Nikkatsu, which have begun to decline, since the 21st century, only the three major film companies can continue to maintain their giant status in the film industry.

Toho and Shochiku, and Toei.

As the film company second only to Dongbao among the five major film companies, Shochiku's status in the film industry is not as good as that of Toho, but its influence is much greater than that of Toei.

Shochiku, the full name is Shochiku Co., Ltd.

Founded in 1920, the earliest studio was located in Kamata, Tokyo, and was engaged in training directors.With the advent of sound films, the Kamata factory site was disturbed by noise in a heavy industrial area, so it was moved to Ofuna, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1936. Shiro Kido, an intellectual who graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, was the factory director.

Kido not only maintains the tradition of melodrama and comedy, but also pays attention to strengthening the rhythm of acting and editing.

At the same time, some directors such as Ozu Yasujiro and Shimazu Yasujiro, influenced by progressive ideas, produced several realistic works with distinctive characteristics.

Later, its creative strength also continued to strengthen, with well-known and powerful directors such as Shibuya Shiro, Toyoda Shiro, Kobayashi Masaki, Nomura Yoshitaro, Matsuyama Zenzo, Oshima Nagisa, and Yamada Yoji.

It is one of the largest production companies in Japan, and its business scope spans the performance, art and film industries.

In addition to movies, Shochiku began to operate in theater performances when it started its business.

Now, kabuki, bunraku, opera, cross talk, sumo wrestling, professional baseball, symphony, etc. are all covered by Shochiku. The well-known performing arts venues in Japan are all created and owned by Shochiku.

Shochiku participated in the founding of Fuji TV together with other major film studios, and now it has established several satellite TV channels on its own, broadcasting dramas and broadcasting self-produced movies and TV series.

Shochiku can now be said to be the leader of Japanese kabuki, and it is also developing some new categories of movies, such as special effects movies and animations for children, as well as movies with animals as the main characters.

The representative works of Shochiku include: "Izu Dancer", "Tokyo Story", Matsumoto Seicho series, "Eight Tomb Village", "Zatoichi", "Twilight Kiyobei" and so on.

However, compared to Dongbao, Shochiku is like a child.

Dongbao, the full name is Dongbao Co., Ltd.

It was formed in 1943 by the merger of Tokyo Takarazuka Theater Company and Toho Film Company.

As the head of the current five major film companies, Toho can be said to be a giant in the Japanese film industry.

As the largest and most well-funded film company in Japan, Toho has a relatively strong lineup of writers, directors, and actors, including well-known filmmakers Mikio Naruse, Kajiro Yamamoto, Chikichi Taniguchi, Masa Imai, Akira Kurosawa, Mifune Toshiro et al.

Its production policy is to produce blockbuster films, and also shoot some traditional literary films. At the same time, it also uses its own technical advantages to shoot many difficult works that make full use of special effects.

For example, the Godzilla series of films in the 50s and 60s, and other Tokusho monster films, the early work series of Akira Kurosawa, the series of Miyamoto Musashi, the sinking of Japan, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomo Miura and the golden partner series, and other classic works.

After entering the 90s, the films produced and released by Dongbao will be familiar to us a lot: "Detective Conan" series, "Midnight Ring" series, "Jumping Search Line" series, "Water Boy", "In the World The center cries out for love", "Now, I really want to see you", "Sea Ape", "NANA", "The Life of the Nasty Pine Nut" and other works.

As of November 2006, the films produced and distributed by Dongbao have exclusively occupied eight of the top ten domestic box office box office rankings in Japan.

No.1, the undisputed animation master, Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away", the box office reached 308 billion yen!
After entering the 21st century, Toho has always occupied the number one position in Japanese film and distribution, and its box office revenue is far behind Toho's rivals Shochiku and Toei in the 80s.

Toho Film Company, basically, is already a dominant player in the Japanese film industry.

On the annual box office list of local movies, eight out of ten are produced and distributed by Dongbao.

So, when Kiyoshi Sakamoto saw that Toho was written on the two film production companies of "Love in the Sky" and "Hot-Blooded High School", he was not surprised at all, but was somewhat curious.

Curious why the scripts of these two films were sent to him.

Seemingly aware of the curiosity in Kiyoshi Sakamoto's heart, Uncle Ishida, who was sitting on the side, spoke out.

"Are you curious, why did Dongbao send you so many starring-level movie scripts all of a sudden?"

"Well, as the leader of local films, Dongbao probably doesn't like me very much. The first screen show is an actor produced by the Japanese branch of Warner Films, a foreign capital, right?"

The production company of "Death Note" is Warner Films Japan, which is the Japanese branch of Warner Films, a company controlled by foreign capital.

And Toho, as a native film boss, shouldn't take too much notice of these foreign companies invading the Japanese film market.

What's more, this year's "Death Note" two parts are both fierce, and the box office of Dongbao's movies released in the same period is much lower than expected.

With such new and old hatred added, Sakamoto Kiyoshi felt that Toho would not have any good feelings towards himself, a newly promoted popular actor, like other film companies.

Not to mention sending him a starring-level movie script. . .

However, in reality, such a thing happened.

However, Sakamoto Kiyoshi saw the scripts of the future hit "Love in the Sky" and "Hot-Blooded High School" among these leading-level movie scripts, which also made him puzzled.

After the uncle's explanation, Sakamoto Kiyoshi knew Dongbao's attitude.

Dongbao's attitude is that there is no attitude at all.

Uncle Ishida's words can sum it up.

"Dongbao's family has a big business, so there is no time to pay attention to you, a young new actor. Moreover, as a film company, Dongbao focuses on profit. If they think you can bring them benefits, then how could they not?" Working with you!"

Therefore, Kiyoshi Sakamoto simply thought too much. . .

Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who was a little embarrassed, had no choice but to quickly change the subject and ask.

"Well, I saw what was written on the two films. Although I have already found a supervisor, I have just started looking for an actor. Is it too urgent in terms of time?"

"You don't know?...Really." The uncle was attracted by his question, but looking at Sakamoto Kiyoshi's expression, he was a little bit. . .dislike.

"Eh? What do you mean?" Sakamoto looked at the uncle in confusion.

"Really, Qing, you should learn more about film production."

"Although I don't know much about it, I also know that in the production process of a movie, the script to be shot is generally determined first, then the director of the film is selected, and then the film company and the director choose the right actors. "

"Now that you have got the script of the movie, and the director of the film has been selected, it means that the movie is basically completed, and the initial preparations for the movie production only need to choose the actors. The last step is to start shooting.”

"So, if you take on the starring role of this movie, it will be the fastest. After a few weeks, after the casting is confirmed, you can start shooting directly."

The uncle gave Sakamoto Kiyoshi a speechless expression. . .

"Oh, so that's how it is." Kiyoshi Sakamoto suddenly realized, "Then I want to take over these two movies!!!"

After taking over the two scripts from Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Uncle Ishida looked at the supervision and plot in the scripts.

"Love in the Sky", supervision: Natsuki Imai.

"Hot-Blooded High School", supervision: Takashi Miike.

Compared with Takashi Miike, the "King of CULT Films" in Japan, Natsuki Imai's name is not well-known in the film industry.

Also, after all, this "Love in the Sky" is only Imai Natsuki's directorial debut. . .

The candidate for the supervisor, as an actor, cannot have the right to interfere, so Uncle Ishida, who was standing in Kiyoshi Sakamoto's perspective, just took a cursory glance and scrolled down.

He didn't read the plot carefully, so he just glanced at it.

He directly focused on the cast list.

However, when a movie starts to choose actors, it usually chooses the leading role first, and "Hot Blood High School" is no exception.

Therefore, since Kiyoshi Sakamoto got the scripts for these two films and let him play the leading role, there must not be a confirmed actor. After all, the leading role has not yet been determined, so how to choose other supporting roles.

After all, the leading role is the soul of the whole movie, and the supporting roles revolve around the leading role.

However, the cast list of "Love in the Sky" is not empty like "Hot Blood High School", but a person's name is written on it.

That name is, surprisingly, Yui Aragaki!

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