Toyotomi Mizutani conceived his directorial debut film focusing on dance themes for 40 years

Toyotomi Mizutani directs and stars

According to Japanese media reports, actor Yutaka Mizutani will direct the film "Tap the Last Show" for the first time as a director. Mizutani Has been conceiving the film for 40 years, and the story focuses on the entertainment industry, a young protagonist who is a tap dance genius but has difficulties in communicating with others.

The project, which Washizu Mizutani conceived of for about 40 years, was launched in 2015, and the producers who were moved by the concept quickly completed the project of the film, and then the screenwriters Kazuyuki Ryozawa began to work on the script. The film tells the story of a former genius tap dancer who retired from the front line due to an accident and lived a life of self-indulgence and depravity every day, and met a disciple who came to visit in order to hone his dance skills, and a series of stories occurred between the two. Toyo Mizutani will star Shinjiro Watanabe, with Kitanoki, Natsuo Shimizu, Naomasa Rokuhei, Mipoli Maeda, and Kazutoku Kishibe.

Talking about the voice of running the film, Mizutani Yutaka recalled: "In the past, director Eiichi Kudo told me to try to be a director, but I didn't think that I really wanted to direct a movie, and I was worried about it for 2 weeks. The producer also stated that "the imaginary worldview depicted by Yutaka Mizutani can only be presented by himself." As an actor, Mizutani Has masterpieces such as "Hot Times" and "Xiang Stick", "I don't know what will happen in life, I want to challenge new things when I am over 60 years old, and it is my honor to be able to direct a movie." ”

The film began on April 5, revealing a scheduled set photo of Toyo Mizutani. Speaking of the director Mizutani Toyo, he said that "it is not as terrible as imagined", "The actor and the director are actually just different in terms of 'angle', and even if they hold two positions, they do not feel very difficult." Just from around there will be different eyes looking at you and will tell you what's wrong. In short, the faces are different, but I may be able to treat it from the good side. It is reported that Mizutani Seems to have become accustomed to people around him calling him "director", when he said: "It seems that there is not much time to think about the problem of starring himself, but I can clearly answer the roles of others." His role is still unplanned, because it is the first time to hold two positions, and perhaps his character image will appear on the day of shooting. ”

It is reported that the core of this work is to "depict the real entertainment industry", and Mizutani Also expressed his creative intentions: "Before, watching a play on Broadway was that tears would flow out unconsciously. Only a real dance will make you shed tears of truth. In order to realize the dance of the Benge school, Mizutani Feng gathered 300 people to audition and selected 5 young dancers from them, none of whom had any performance experience, but Mizutani Said that he would direct it from scratch and dedicate the most realistic dance scenes.

"Tap the last show" will be released on April 30, and the film will be released in 2017.