{"id":38030,"date":"2023-08-25T15:30:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=38030"},"modified":"2024-08-29T12:38:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T19:38:10","slug":"sundaymainichi880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/sundaymainichi880\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Mainichi<\/em>, August 17 1980 issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the rumor…<\/h3>\n

Be Forever Yamato<\/em> Producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki<\/h2>\n

Author: Kunio Nishina
\nPhotographer: Kimiyuki Fujita<\/em><\/p>\n

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The pre-release reviews for Be Forever Yamato<\/em>, the third film in the series, seem to be good, right? Just saying the title gets fans singing the Yamato<\/em> theme and talking about their generation. So we’ll just let him speak. The pen follows.<\/p>\n

“Yes, this time, in terms of the advance ticket sales, we’re selling 10% more than last time. The core generation of Yamato<\/em> is 13 to 15 years old, the generation that’s entering adolescence after elementary and middle school. But when I went to a local fan club general meeting, only 15% of the people there saw the second movie two years ago. The next generation is filling the gap left by those who graduated from Yamato<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

The theme that runs through the series is love.<\/p>\n

“Love is a word that’s often used cheaply, but isn’t love what humans ultimately need as they go through trial and error to survive? I tried to portray that through specific acts of love.”<\/p>\n

While enrolled in Nihon University’s drama department, he also trained as an actor at Bungakuza Theater.<\/p>\n

“I was not good at acting. The only person who told me I might make a good actor was Shishi Bunroku.”<\/p>\n

After that, he hosted at a jazz cafe. “I was an unpopular host.” So he became the manager of a jazz orchestra. “Either the way I sold it was bad or the product was bad. I wasn’t a manager with a good reputation.” In that case, he went ahead and became a promoter. “It was still the heyday of the Yakuza gangsters, so I was threatened at knifepoint and kidnapped.”<\/p>\n

Rather than promoting, he decided to produce his own work and became a producer at the pioneering Min-On Music.<\/p>\n

“I mounted 260 stage productions in three and a half years.” But he wasn’t satisfied working within the framework of an entertainment group. “I started a company and put works on stage in commercial theaters. But even if you make something good, it doesn’t mean it will be a success.”<\/p>\n

He liquidated his company and went to Europe. After returning to Japan, he became a secretary to a certain business person.<\/p>\n

“I learned to be effective rather than just attentive.”<\/p>\n

After serving as general manager of Mushi Pro, he is now here after the long journey that led to Yamato<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As a producer, “I think I’m the only one who can put everything together, from music to shooting to supervising the finished film. Haruki Kadokawa is a producer with a strong directorial touch, while I’m a producer who comes from a creative background.”<\/p>\n

He argued with composer Hiroshi Miyagawa, his friend of 20 years, over the music for Yamato<\/em>. “The music that came out was different from what I ordered. On the day of recording, we got into an argument, and I kicked him out of the room. As a result, the recording was cancelled. About 7 million yen was wasted. Even if it’s Hiroshi Miyagawa, I’ll stand up for what I need to stand up for.”<\/p>\n

Is arguing also a form of “love”?<\/p>\n

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