In Solitude

Walking through the trees...

Beach. I love beach.

Sometimes I visit this place.

Just wanted to be calm.

Hate beach trash.

But what the fuck is this!?

What kind of son of a bitch threw DVD case on the beach?!

Saw many of them.

It was cold there of course, but I really love being there.

Saw a whale as well. lol

I'm going to edit my movie from tomorrow.

That's A Wrap!

The night before the last shooting day,

we celebrated "the Producer & Actor" Yoshihisa's birthday!

Look at his cute face... lol

We just enjoyed a little party on that night.

Okay so let's get things done!

The last day of shooting!

We had some troubles but we got things right together.

I'm so happy to work with this team. They all are incredible people.

And... "That's a wrap!"

Thank you so much to everyone who supported for this movie.

I really appreciate you all!

I'm going to edit from the day after tomorrow.

The last shooting day is just the first day of Post-Production.

Well, can I take a nap before that?

'cause I just slept for about a hour... lol

Avatar

Goddammit!

I just can't stop this feeling! Still exciting!

I just saw "Avatar" today.

And yes, it was F$%@ing AWESOME!!

I was completely feeling like I was in the planet called "Pandra"!

3D effect was amazing also. I believe this is gonna be a next generation of movie,

and this "Avatar" is just the beginning of it.

If you love James Cameron's film, You got to see this!

If you love Sci-Fi, You got to see this!

If you love movie, You got to see this!

...and I was so shocked about the news of Brittany Murphy.

I still cannot believe it. I really love her work...

R.I.P. Brittany Murphy

FILMING!

In the early morning...

A quick meeting.

And the shooting of "Kids Under The Bridge" just has begun.

YES! Lunch time!

Shooting continues...

Everything is going well so far.

This movie definitely will be a fantastic one!

The last day is this Saturday.

COMING SOON!

Before I Start

Everything's ready.

I will go to the location tomorrow, and start filming from this saturday morning.

It's definitely gonna be SO FUN!

So exciting. Or maybe I should be nervous a little bit more...lol

Today my cousin and his daughter visited my house.

Her name is Misaki.

She has unlimited energy to play.

And I got good energy from her, as always.

Okay, I believe I will be back here to report everything with tons of pictures and videos few days later.

Hope it'll go well.

Bad Acting??

Check this one out!

A classic, isn't it? LOL

My favorite is the guy screaming "Oh my god!"

Notice there was a fly on his forehead!

I guess those kind of acting and the visual-effects makes movie a classic sometimes.

A classic for some people, like me.

映画の楽しみ方はいくらでもある。

だから、たまらない。

Actors!

Met many actors today!

Yuko and Asami.

Toru and Sakura.

And Hiroshi! So happy he'll be a father in one month.

I stayed at Hard Rock Cafe in Ueno over 8 hours!

But I just didn't feel like so. I was enjoying the time with them so much.

They all will be in my movie "Kids Under the Bridge".

Can't wait to see them again on the location.

This Saturday is the first day.

楽しみだ〜^^!

Final Draft

This is the final draft of the script.

Our Pre-Production is almost finish.

Tomorrow I got a meeting with many actors.

Can't wait, I'm so excited.

Our shooting will be start on this saturday.

But few staffs, including me, will have to go to the location on friday.

(As you can see in this pic.)

(meaning, Staff only on 18th)

And we are going to stay there over the night.

That's because we got to have a meeting like again and again before we shoot.

How much we know about what we're gonna do and how we're gonna do on the location, that will change the quality of the film.

Okay, first somebody get me some Energy-drink!

Storyboads

Storyboads.

One of the most important element to make movies.

I know some professional storyboad artists like TOMO (see his blog on the left-side link) but this time I had to draw them myself 'cause we don't have any budget for that, you know.

I tried so hard but my drawings are terrible.

After all things done, I wanna learn how to draw.

It's almost 1 week left to shoot.

Got millions to do.

Crew's Blog Launched!

"Kids Under the Bridge - Crew's Blog"

http://kids-utb-jp.blogspot.com/

(Japanese/English)

Check it out!!^^

Location Hunting

It's only few weeks left to shoot "Kids Under the Bridge".

Things are getting busy and serious little by little.

And we'll launch "K.U.T.B. Crew's Blog" soon.

Me, my Producer, Camera, Editing, Assistant, and maybe Actors will post on it.

It'll be in Japanese and English.

I'm kind of scared, cuz there might be tons of complains about me!

On the Way to Hiratsuka

Things are getting busy around me recently.

It's all for my movie and my fellas.

But this day, my father and I went to Hiratsuka to see my grandpa and grandma.

I didn't even say hi to them after I came back from LA, so I gotta go, right?

I really like traveling.

It reminds me I'm alive and there's always something I've never felt before.

If you're getting sick and tired of your circumstances, that's the time.

Slow Murderer Rules

Sometimes I still watch this short film again and again.

"The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon"

Directed by Richard Gale

This is a classic and my envy.

Made me feel like "Damn I wanna do it like this!"

Slow murder... what a great word! LOL

Soba

I remember there were very few Japanese restaurants in LA which had a good soba.

So I've been missing this one.

The restaurant called 'Choju-Ann (長寿庵)'.

The best soba in my hometown, I think.

Someday I wish I could make a movie about the food.

But first, I will have to know how to cook well^^;

Inspiring

I had an Okonomi-yaki in Nishi-Kasai with my friend.

It's been a long time to visit there, but looks nothing's changed.

The friend, he's an unique movie director. (as you can see in the pic...haha)

Which means my really good rival.

Actually I've been getting good inspirations from him since we know each.

Now he's preparing his own movie and will be shooting soon.

Hope we both become something in the near future!!^^

Yoshi The Actor

He is the one of my oldest friends and a great actor.

Take a look at him!

Full of energy^^

I'm pretty sure that he's going to be acting amazingly in my movies.

So exciting!

Kano & Toru

Met actors today.

Kano (on the left) and Toru (in the middle).

You gotta remember these faces because they'll be in my movies in the near future and will be the star!

Whoa, so exciting already!

We're getting ready to smack the world.

Just can't wait to shoot with them!

A Meeting

The very first step to make movies.

I will be shooting this movie in next few months.

And this is definitely going to be a controversial one, but that's how I want it to be.

Got tons of scripts I wanna shoot.

All I want is some lucky to make me do it.

The sweetest

Have you ever seen any pretty cake like this before?

This is the cutest!

Actually this was for my cousin.

Wish somebody get me something cool for mine next year.

Remind

Don't get me wrong.

They were just my co-workers and really good friends.

Meeting my old friends reminds me time passes so fast.

Damn, life is short.

Gotta keep going to my goal!

My Old Friends

Had drinks with my old friends.

Things change as your life goes, but nothing change our friendship never and ever.

We were just chillin' at the bar, and the picture is with the bartender who was really friendly and funny.

Love this place.

Pepsi Azuki

I just had the new pepsi called "PEPSI AZUKI".

I guess it's available only in Japan.

For your information, AZUKI is beans.

Mostly, people use them for some Japanese traditional sweets.

But for this time, Pepsi put them in the Pepsi.

So how was it?

The answer is, it's taste like damn piss.

You should never drink it unless you wanna try something awful.

Damn, what a waste of money.

BTW I just got back to Japan few days ago.

Home sweet home.

But I'm feeling like still wanna get out of this town.

And that's my will!!

Johnny Depp and the New Trauma

I met Johnny Depp at toy store today!!

What a lucky day!

He was with his son and they were enjoying shopping.

Unfortunately, I couldn't take a picture with him, not even shake hands.

But it's alright.

I MET HIM AND HE WAS AMAZING.

That's all.

After that, I saw "Paranormal Activity".

It was a terrifying movie.

I don't even want to remember it.

The most scary movie I've ever seen.

Whoa... it was kinda extreme day.

Last Week

Only one week left.

Actually I'm feeling weird in my heart.

Do I miss Japan? I don't know.

Will I miss LA? I don't know either.

But I know one thing that I will miss my last one year.

忘れないぜ〜。

In Da Club

Yay!!

Went to the club called "Level 3" with my friends.

I have not been to the club for a while so I danced like CRAZY!

If you love music, you gotta dance!

And Of course gotta have to be with beautiful ladies!!

That was a great %&*#'n nite.

Love ya'll^^