Tuesday, January 08, 2013

 

KANO movie from 1931 period with Masatoshi Nagase starring as the Coach

Mystery man




Fans of American cult movies might remember Jim Jarmusch's 1989 film
"Mystery Train," which not only put Jarmusch on the world map but also
turned the then-22 year old Japanese actor Masatoshi Nagase, a high
school drop-out, into an international star.

Fast forward to 2012, and Nagase is now in Taiwan as part of the cast
of "KANO," a Wei Te-sheng (魏德聖) produced baseball flick about a 1931
Chiayi high school team that made history in both Taiwan and Japan.


Location filming has been going on in five cities around Taiwan for
the past few months, with an all-Taiwanese cast except for the man
playing the role of the strict high school coach Hyotaro Kondo --
Masatoshi Nagase -- who has been on set every day with his translator
and agent by his side.

Shooting his first film in Taiwan has been a new experience for
Nagase, but the Japanese actor has been getting accustomed quickly to
Taiwan life and culture. He has told locals that he feels that he is
becoming Taiwanese more and more every day, and as an example, he
explained how he now has learned to cross the street here without
looking at the traffic lights, and just going on instinct, which is
the usual Taiwanese way of crossing. In Japan, of course, everyone
obeys the traffic signals and never crosses without traffic light
permission.



Casting Nagase in the Taiwanese movie appears to be a stroke of
casting genius since Jarmusch is a big name in America and Europe and
Nagase's star turn will be sure to bring in a lot of Western viewers
to ''KANO'' -- not to mention his many fans in Japan where over the
past 20 years where he has appeared on TV shows, movies and
commercials.

How did producer Wei find Nagase? He was recommended by a mutual
director friend in Japan who felt the "Mystery Train" actor would be
perfect for the role of a strict baseball coach in the 1930s,
according to sources. "Kano" is set to be released in early 2014.

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國片「KANO」 請來日本實力派助陣

永瀨正敏(左)在「KANO」中飾演戲分吃重的近藤教練。
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魏德聖監製、馬志翔導演的「KANO」正在南部拍攝中,該片由真的棒球員演出,豪華的日本卡司也紛紛加入。性格男星永瀨正敏飾演該片主角近藤教練、「仁醫」的大澤隆夫客串飾演「嘉南大圳之父」八田與一、「刺蝟的優雅」資深演員伊川東吾則演近藤教練的師父佐藤。
「KANO」以1931年打進甲子園決賽的嘉農棒球隊為背景,片中棒球隊靈魂人物近藤教練選角階段就鎖定永瀨正敏,但他因檔期一度猶豫,後來在他與魏德聖的共同友人日本導演林海象出面請託下,以該片迎接他出道的30周年。
永瀨正敏與日本女星坂井真紀在片中扮夫妻,他的認真與專業改變魏德聖與馬志翔的工作模式。以往馬志翔導戲習慣教演員演戲,但永瀨主觀強且做足功課,雙方不斷討論後,變成讓他自由發揮。
從岩井俊二「花與愛麗絲」開始就注意到大澤隆夫的馬志翔表示,大澤隆夫因演出「仁醫」在台灣觀眾心中有一種正向力量,是飾演八田與一的不二人選。至於伊川東吾則是馬志翔看完「刺蝟的優雅」就很欣賞的演員,在找飾演近藤教練師父佐藤先生時,馬志翔立刻想到他。事後才知道旅居倫敦多年的伊川東吾高中時也是棒球隊成員,甲子園是他童年的憧憬。「KANO」預計於2013年3月殺青。
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