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According to Japanese media reports, director Keishi Otomo, who has directed the film "Ranger Kenshin" series, filmed in his hometown of Morioka, and his new work "Shadow" (released on February 14) released two new stills of Tsuyoshi Ayano and Ryuhei Matsuda. This game is adapted from the work of writer Masayuki Numata, who won the 157th Wasagawa Prize, and is a suspense film. The protagonist, Imano (Tsuyoshi Ayano), who migrates to Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, gradually learns his unknown side while searching for the traces of his suddenly missing colleague Hiasa (Ryuhei Matsuda). The first public stills are taken from the process of imano and Hiasa becoming familiar with each other.
Ayano's role of Imano, who was seconded to a position, left everything to come to Morioka, and is a young man who has closed his heart. On the other hand, Hinata, played by Ryuhei Matsuda, is the one who invites Imano to go fishing and drink, breaking the wall of his heart. The first public stills record the two men drinking in the tavern and driving to fish, and the expressions on both of them are relaxed.
Director Otomo said that staying with Hiasa made Imano "look like he had retrieved his late youth", and also talked about the changes in Imano in the film: "Experiencing ordinary ordinary youth with Hiasa, Imano gradually regained his ability to feel, watching the movie began to move tears, and gradually began to enjoy the details of life such as carefully ironing clothes." ”
In addition, "water" is an important clue to the relationship between the two. Director Otomo said: "The story unfolds in parallel with the action of the sun and the change of water. For Imano, the sound of the river water fishing with Hinata became a memory of Hinata, and gradually, the river went from a shallow beach that could only flood the surface of his feet to a waist-deep depth, and the sound went from being as thin as a mosquito to finally being deafening. I consciously make Hinata's presence so that the audience can smell little by little where Imano will be taken, "explaining my intentions." (River Water Translation)