YOU and Kishimoto Kayoko Fought With Tea Thrown 40 Times for 'Fujiko'
The anecdote shows the level of physical preparation the cast and director put into a single fight scene, which actor Lily Franky called a 'Heisei-era old lady fight classic.'
Reporting from 1 sources: Cinema Today.
At a stage greeting for the film 'Fujiko' in Tokyo, director Kimura Taichi revealed he practiced the tea-throwing technique about 40 times with actress Kishimoto Kayoko before filming a fight scene between her and YOU. The film, set in 1970s-80s Shizuoka, follows a single mother raising her daughter alone.
Director Kimura Taichi said he rehearsed the tea-throwing motion about 40 times with Kishimoto Kayoko before filming her character's fight with YOU in the drama 'Fujiko.' The scene required Kishimoto to hit YOU's face in one shot, and Kishimoto said she chose the teacup size carefully because YOU's face is small. Actor Lily Franky, also on stage, called the sequence 'a Heisei-era old lady fight classic' and compared it to a 'granny fight club.'
The film, produced and co-planned by MEGUMI, is based on Kimura's own mother. MEGUMI said she and the director argued during the four-year production but that the friction helped the final result. 'Fujiko' won the Golden Mulberry Award at the Udine Far East Film Festival, the first Japanese film to take the top prize there.
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- Cinema Today YOUと岸本加世子の修羅場「お茶の投げ方を40回くらい練習」 監督が明かす