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Wolrd first Rock'n Roll Samurai Movie
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SF is a code name as like a folder on the desktop computer,
so there are many ideas and concepts in the folder.
Basicly all the titles have S***F****,
Nakano made 140 titles and concepts already.
Now he made episode one," Samaurai Fiction".
Next might be episode 2002 "Stereo Future"
Story about Bright future and dark future.
Also " Short Films" project are running.
"Silent female" " Super Funky" " Soul Friend"
"Sunday Family" " Switch F" "Sonic Fiona" etc will be coming.




[Samurai Fiction information]

shooting 45days at 2hours from Tokyo, Nikko, Chiba, Oshima island.
15 april 1997 to 17 nov 1997
111min. 9999feet and 9 flame long.stereo dolby SR
Directed by Hiroyuki Nakano
written by Hiroshi Saitoh and Hiroyuki Nakano
Editted by KIyoharu MIyazaki and Hiroyuki Nakano
Director of photography Yujiro Yajima
music by Tomoyasu Hotei . He act as samurai Kazamatsuri in this movie.
He is a quite famous rock star in Japan.
He plays guiter in Terry Guiriam's " fear and leaving Lasvegas"
producers Takakaki Ezaki, Hiroto Kimura, Tsuyoshi Takashiro, Kaoru Hayashi
and Hiroyuki Nakano
Screening Japan : start at 8th august 1998 in Tokyo, and then
Osaka,Nagoya
Fukuoka, and at many city. Many People come ? Yes off cource.
They all love it.


more details----

[postproduction]

editted by lightworks and avid and also film.
96% Black and white color, 1200cuts had optical effects because of reducing
color, it tooks 3month. Computer graphics help many cuts with 1997 buildings
out of flame to be useful. Inferno gave me a lot of possibility .

[Q&A]

Why B/H? because it looks cool, and also I love Akira Kurosawa's old b/w samurai movie as like " the Hidden fortress" " Seven Samurai" "Yojinbo" " Sanjuro"


Why Samurai movie?

I love Akira Kurosawa samurai movies. I watch 100times but no more new movie come, I want see more!!
Quentin Tarantino or anybody who are not japanese could not make samurai movie good.That's why I felt " oh I shoud make it"
It is possible to describe good old Japanese mind in that classic decade. Shugoro Yamamoto is a autor and three his book gave ideas to Kurosawa movie.
So I starated to read, then I really love his peaceful world.
Finally script is 100%original, but we had a lot of influences from his philosophy.
It is very hard to say common standard truth in the movie by a dialogue.
But only fiction can make it as like "Starwars".