Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 426 Why did Akira Furuya hide the fact that he had been a suit actor?

The filming proceeded smoothly, showing Xingquan's journey from initial ignorance to mastering the weapons and even personally carrying out an assassination. The scene of the innocent girl in a sailor uniform wielding a machine gun and firing wildly was quite captivating.

It could even be said that this setting is absolutely outstanding, especially within the context of Japan.

"Unfortunately, our film is set in the city, so we only have pistols and submachine guns."

During a break in filming, Gu Ming joked, "I should find you a rocket launcher sometime."

Hiroko Yakushimaru laughed, "A rocket launcher? I definitely couldn't lift that."

"Believe in yourself."

Just then, Koizumi and Tanaka returned with a person whose appearance was strange and unusual, like a character from a martial arts novel.

"Master Yuan!"

Gu Mingha smiled and stepped forward: "You've finally arrived."

"Since Gu Sheng invited me, of course I'll come. Even if it's just to see my good-for-nothing junior, I'll still come."

Zhen Zidan has returned from filming in China, but Gu Ming has been deliberately ignoring him these past few days, not even contacting him while filming, which can be seen as some kind of punishment for the leak last time.

Although it was done at Gu Ming's behest.

"Let's not talk about Dennis today. Let's start filming. The script has already been written in Chinese. Please take a look, Master Yuan."

The contact person, Mr. Xu, was Gu Ming, who naturally wanted to find a real Chinese person to play the role.

Yuen Woo-ping looked down.

it is good……

It's all in simplified Chinese characters, so I can't really understand it.

He spent a long time studying the script and finally managed to understand it. It said he was a liaison, responsible for mediating between the assassin and the mission. Ultimately, he was the one who took Xingquan to Hong Kong.

It wasn't difficult to act, and the role wasn't large. In Yuen Woo-ping's view, it was probably just a cameo appearance.

Yuen Woo-ping immediately agreed and began his performance.

With little time to spare, Gu Ming told him to speak Cantonese directly, while Gu Ming responded in Japanese.

After several takes, the performance was fairly standard, and Akio Jisōji didn't have many complaints.

Then comes the next scene, but this is a scene to be saved for later use—the scene of Mr. Xu talking to Xingquan and taking Xingquan away.

There's nothing difficult about this; it doesn't even require Akio Jissoji's personal supervision.

During the filming, Gu Ming sat down and greeted Jisōji Akio.

"Mr. Jissoji, what do you think about us filming a second ending?"

"Um, what does 'second ending' mean? Is it some Nara dialect? I don't understand it."

"It's not a dialect, it's like this: we've set the ending in the story. The assassin, Otani, is ultimately killed and falls before the light, while Hoshino walks alone towards a new future. However, I think that although this ending is very good, the audience might also need a happy ending."

"You want to change the ending?"

Akio Jissoji instantly became wary, covering the film reel like a chick protecting its chick: "Changing the ending completely changes the entire message of the film!"

"We're just filming a second ending, which we'll call, um, the director's cut," Gu Ming said. "The director's cut is on the videotape; you won't see it in the final cut."

Want to see a happy ending? Then go buy the VHS tape of "Sailor Suit and Machine Gun"!

No money? No problem!

Uncle Akira Furuya opened several video rental shops for everyone!

If you want a happy ending, just stuff Uncle Akira Furuya with loads of cash!

Jissoji Akio got stuck, short-circuited, and then got stuck.

Is this okay?
This is not good!
He simply didn't want to film it that way.

But Gu Ming said that this was not the ending of the main story, and Jisōji Akio felt that it seemed okay!
After a brief moment of thought, he finally responded.

Okay, let's shoot it like this!

There's no problem as long as it's not cut into the final cut.

……

……

After several takes, the shots for the second ending were finally completed.

As evening approached, Gu Ming invited Yuen Woo-ping, the main creative team members, such as Akio Shisōji, the scriptwriter from the planning department, and the lead actress Hiroko Yakushimaru, and also asked someone to inform Zhen Zidan that they would have a small dinner party that evening.

The dinner venue was chosen to be a restaurant that was not expensive, but the food was quite delicious.

As soon as Zhen Zidan entered, Yuan Heping immediately stood up, his eyes wide with anger.

"Danny! Kneel down right now!! You beast, look what you've done!"

Zhen Zidan's legs went weak, and she was about to kneel down in front of Yuan Heping.

Gu Ming quickly raised his hand to stop her and helped Zhen Zidan up.

"A man's knees are worth gold; how can he kneel before someone so easily?" "Gu Sheng, don't stop me! I'm going to beat this little beast to death today!"

Yuen Woo-ping rolled up his sleeves and kicked Zhen Zidan. Zhen Zidan hurriedly dodged, and the two almost got into a fight.

"Stop! Stop hitting!"

Gu Mingyi held the two men down from the left and right.

“Master Yuan, we’re all adults here, there’s no need for you to put on an act for me.”

Yuan Ping was somewhat embarrassed.

He wasn't acting; he genuinely wanted to discipline the child.

Gu Ming paused for a moment, then continued, "My things have been revealed by Dennis, and the most important thing is to come up with a solution to this. We worked together before, and I saw that this kid is very skilled and ambitious, so I wanted to mentor him. But this kind of thing can't be ignored anywhere. Master Yuan, I heard that in Hong Kong... this kind of thing can get your hand chopped off."

Zhen Zidan was shocked.

Don’t!!
His right hand, which can eat and wield a knife!

Fortunately, he is right-handed and doesn't use his left hand much.

Of course, cutting off the left hand is also out of the question!
Yuen Woo-ping's hand trembled slightly.

Gu Ming is right. In Hong Kong, such a leak would at least get someone's hand chopped off.

However, Zhen Zidan's mother entrusted Zhen Zidan to him, how could he really agree to such a thing!

“Mr. Gu,” Yuen Woo-ping took a deep breath, “Let’s be business. Perhaps we should try a different approach?”

Gu Ming laughed: "Then hand over your Yuan family's stuff to me. Do you like this solution?"

"Th-this, I..."

"Right? You know this kind of thing can't be solved by ordinary means."

The time was almost right, and Gu Ming finally spoke up: "We're all in the martial arts world, so let's not make things difficult for each other. I want to change the original part-time contract to a longer one."

Yuen Woo-ping looked at Yen Tsz-dan, who was still confused about the matter, but Yuen Woo-ping felt a sense of relief.

It's just filming!
Long-term contract it is, anyway, the Japanese are rich and it's not like they can't afford to pay the actors.

Regardless of future development paths, it's better than cutting off a hand!
Zhen Zidan didn't understand at first, but Yuan Heping explained it to him, and he finally understood. He quickly bowed to Gu Ming and said thank you, Brother Gu.

Gu Ming waved his hand casually.

Anyway, it's not really about punishing him; it's just a convenient opportunity.

"Let's leave it at that. Dennis, if you still can't control your mouth or do things properly in the future, I won't need your master to do it; I'll deal with you myself."

"Definitely!" Yuen Woo-ping replied, "It doesn't matter if you hit me a few more times or kick me a few more times!"

Zhen Zidan nodded vigorously.

Gu Ming secretly gave it some approval.

In fact, Donnie Yen is quite capable. She has good skills and acting ability. Although she is not top-notch, she is still quite good among action actors.

As long as you can control your tongue and avoid offending people, your future development will definitely be better than in another world.

"Take your seats and eat! Everyone's starving!"

"Alright, let's eat!"

Everyone then took their seats.

The television above his head was broadcasting programs incessantly. Gu Ming looked up and saw that it was TV Asahi.

"TV Asahi is no good, please switch to TV Tokyo... Wait, don't switch yet."

On the television screen, Wan Gu'ao's face was clearly visible.

Gu Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.

Is it an interview program?

He was quite curious about what Wan Gu'ao would say at this time.

Even the others looked up to watch the show.

Yuen Woo-ping naturally didn't understand foreign languages, but fortunately, Zhen Zidan had learned some and could translate for him in a simple way.

"As everyone already knows, his first role was in one of our productions. So why did Akira Furuya hide the fact that he had worked as a suit actor? The truth is, we had our eye on another actor, Hiroshi Fujioka, an artist from Shochiku."

"But at the time, a powerful figure in Furuya recommended him, thus eliminating Fujioka. As for why that powerful figure went to such lengths to recommend Furuya Akira, I can only say..."

Wan Gu'ao smiled knowingly.

"Of course, it is a source of pride for our nation that Mr. Furuya has won an award from a foreigner. If possible, I still don't want to belittle him too much."

Gu Ming gasped for breath.

What is this?!
He started acting because he was chosen by Narita Toru.

"Wait a minute, doesn't that make it even more terrifying? I'm not the kind of person who's interested in this!!"

(End of this chapter)