In 2002, on a night in Berlin filled with alcohol, producer Shinya Kawai (The Ring), challenged directors Ryuhei Kitamura and Yukihiko Tsutsumi to a duel in filmmaking, with a number of peculiar rules:
1. The duration of the films ought to be 60 minutes, plus or minus 10 minutes.
2. The film could not be R rated.
3. The entire story was to be shot on a single set.
4. It could not have more than two characters
5. Kitamura was to cast male and Tsutsumi female protagonists
6. The movie was to be completed in a week, with an equal and miniscule budget
7. At least one of the characters was to die
The venture’s name was Dual Project, and the two films that were created were “Aragami” and “2Ldk”. The films were screened on successively, and, at the end of the screening, the spectators were asked to choose the movie they preferred. Unfortunately the result never became...
1. The duration of the films ought to be 60 minutes, plus or minus 10 minutes.
2. The film could not be R rated.
3. The entire story was to be shot on a single set.
4. It could not have more than two characters
5. Kitamura was to cast male and Tsutsumi female protagonists
6. The movie was to be completed in a week, with an equal and miniscule budget
7. At least one of the characters was to die
The venture’s name was Dual Project, and the two films that were created were “Aragami” and “2Ldk”. The films were screened on successively, and, at the end of the screening, the spectators were asked to choose the movie they preferred. Unfortunately the result never became...
- 1/5/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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