Shiki-Jitsu

It had a special screening at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum due to its use of a 35mm format film.

Plot

The film tells the story of a director, played by independent filmmaker Shunji Iwai, who meets an odd young woman, played by Ayako Fujitani, who wrote the novella Tohimu the film is based upon. The story takes place over a period of 33 days. These two characters try to work their way out of a collective emotional funk.

Behind the Scenes

The screenplay is an adaption by Hideaki Anno and Ayako Fujitani of Fujitani's novella Touhimu, which was inspired by an emotionally difficult time spent in Los Angeles during her work in her father's 1998 film, The Patriot. The film was shot in Yamaguchi, the hometown of director Anno.

Shiki-Jitsu won an award for Best Artistic Contribution at the 13th International Film Festival in Tokyo.

Trivia

• Ayako Fujitani is the daughter of Steven Seagal. She played Asagi Kusanagi, the human protagonist of the Heisei Gamera trilogy. Steven Seagal was also once appointed for a Daimajin reboot attempt along with the Heisei Gamera trilogy where the Daimajin franchise was created from the Gamera franchise.
  • The Gamera franchise has associated with Studio Ghibli in distributions when Daiei Film properties were owned by Tokuma Shoten. The Heisei Gamera trilogy influenced the production of Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo, and Hayao Miyazaki noted in an interview on "Animage" that his experience in his youth to watch Showa Gamera films was memorable to affect his creations; he decided not to make productions with absurd plots even if they are child-friendly.^[1] Additionally, Hideaki Anno produced the 1999 documentary film GAMERA 1999. "Animage" is published by Tokuma Shoten, and several Gamera manga was published on the magazine.

References

External Links

• Shiki-Jitsu at the Internet Movie Database
• Shiki-Jitsu on Wikipedia
• Shiki-Jitsu on MovieWalker