Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 546 I Really Will Donate Money
The Japan Assassination Masters Association was officially established.

On the first day, seven hundred people signed up to join the association.

This is not a small amount; after all, there are quite a few people who are still observing.

After a vote, Akira Furuya was elected as the first president, Shinichi Chiba as the chairman of the board, and the other initiators also took their places.

Haruki Kadokawa, the current chairman of the Japan Academy Film Prize, announced in a newspaper that after extensive discussions, the Japan Academy Film Prize has decided to add a new "Action Strike" award, which will include awards for action choreography in regular films and action design in animated works.

The Blue Ribbon Award followed four days later.

However, for most people, this is just a trivial piece of news.

An association that is not officially recognized and is merely organized by the spontaneous efforts of the people cannot be compared with other associations such as the Directors Guild.

After all, although everyone is doing the same thing, the other associations have received official recognition.

In contrast, many citizens are more concerned about this matter.

I heard that Akira Furuya plans to donate 20% of the proceeds from his new film to the association! Will he really donate?
After donating, it's just a matter of transferring money from one hand to the other, since he himself is the chairman!

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Kyoto, casting call for Onimusha.

Because the movie Onimusha leans towards the style of sword fighting films, Tani Akira specifically traveled to Kyoto to cast the roles.

Compared to the restless people of Tokyo, the people of Kyoto possess a calm and composed demeanor.

Really, it's not that Akira Furuya is praising the Kansai people.

At the casting ceremony, Kinji Fukasaku, with a somewhat teasing tone, asked, "Furutani-kun, are you really going to donate?"

"Of course, what else?"

Gu Ming shrugged.

Of course he really donated!
Moreover, Gu Ming will make the accounts public at that time.

Because he genuinely wanted to expand the Killing Masters Association into an officially recognized organization, making it a significant association in the Japanese industry, just like the Directors Guild and the Scriptwriters Guild.

Some people think that Japanese people don't make action movies, but that's not true.

Sword-fighting films are a distinctive genre of Japanese action cinema, and King Hu's works were heavily influenced by them. In addition, Japan also has many anime works that utilize action choreography.

Japan is simply experiencing a gradual decline in live-action films; it's not that the industry is being lost forever.

Having secured this market share, their influence is considerable.

Therefore, Gu Mingzhen donated, and donated 20% of his wealth.

Taking a previous work, "The Violent Man," as an example, his income from the distribution reached over one billion yen. After deducting the various shares with investors and Akira himself, and excluding the money returned to Haruki Kadokawa, his personal income was ultimately around three to four hundred million yen.

20% is 8000 million yen.

In 1980, that amount of money was enough to make a big-budget film.

Seeing how confident Gu Ming was, Fukasaku Kinji didn't ask any more questions.

Actually, he didn't expect to get the truth out of this kind of question.

Besides, whether it's true or false doesn't matter, since it's just a non-governmental association after all.

After tidying up and getting ready, Kinji Fukasaku took his seat.

The script is already written, and the roles have been cast; only minor roles require casting. The two most important roles are played by Gu Ming himself and Yuen Biao from next door. It cost over a million yen to hire Yuen Biao.

Yuen Biao's highest film salary in Hong Kong reached HK$300,000. Assuming the Hong Kong dollar and the British pound are equivalent, that's roughly US$200,000.

Two hundred thousand US dollars was by no means a small sum in the 1980s.

Fortunately, Yuen Biao hasn't reached that level yet, so he can still get it for 1.5 million yen.

In addition, the film will involve a large number of action scenes and blood scenes. Kinji Fukasaku has planned to produce two versions: one that will pass the ethics review committee in Japan and minimize the blood, and the other version that will be released overseas, in which the blood will remain unchanged.

Preliminary calculations indicate that the initial amount will be twenty tons of artificial blood plasma.

Besides the protagonist, there is a rather special character in the film, the tengu 'Aru,' who acts as an assistant in the game, always by Akechi Samanosuke's side, introducing the environment, assisting with exploration, and so on. This character will be created using computer-generated special effects. Although current technology cannot achieve CG generation, it is still possible to try using live-action footage first and then compositing it into the visuals.

However, for some personal reasons, this character is not the palm-sized tengu from the original story, but a tengu the size of an ordinary person.

Well, it's more accurate to call it a female tengu than a crow tengu.

Nyotengu is amazing! You absolutely have to have Nyotengu! Not playing Nyotengu is like not playing Dead or Alive, and people who don't play Dead or Alive are destined for a relatively unsuccessful life! A must-play in fighting games!
Legend has it that Minamoto no Yoshitsune received swordsmanship and military strategy instruction from Kurama Tengu of Mount Kurama.

Therefore, it is reasonable for Akechi Samanosuke, who is a samurai swordsman who slays demons, to receive guidance from Nyotengu!
However, the role of Nyotengu has already been cast, so there is no need for casting.

Right now, it's just a matter of choosing various fighting characters from both sides, including Mori Ranmaru.

Gu Ming opened his notebook, preparing to sketch out the name.

He has no shortage of actors for the battle scenes. He just needs to carefully select the actors who will get screen time.

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Daheyuanye has found a new job!

Of course, it wasn't working with Akira Furuya.

Not long after he returned, he received a job offer, which was also related to being a suit actor.

The workplace was at Singpot Company, where he was involved in the filming of "Gridman".

Dahe Yuanye was quite happy. Actually, he wasn't afraid of hardship or fatigue; he was only afraid of not making any money.

But if you have money, it doesn't matter if you're a little tired.

The requirement was to play a villain, meaning any suit actor playing an antagonist other than Gridman. The pay was quite substantial: four episodes filmed each month, with 80,000 yen per episode, totaling 300,000 yen per month.

Three hundred thousand yen is not a small amount.

Even after the bubble burst, the yen never recovered to its original value, and its face value skyrocketed, with many company managers only earning 300,000 yen a month.

Taikohara was extremely excited and put in almost all her effort for it.

Unexpectedly, 50,000 yen was deducted from my salary during the first week of filming.

The smiling guy told him that because the costume was damaged and the performance was not entirely satisfactory, he was ultimately deducted 50,000 yen.

Dahe Yuanye gritted his teeth and endured it.

What else could I do but feel sorry for him? He needs the money!
Thirty thousand yen is not a small amount.

However, this did make Taigahara remember the name.

Ten thousand valleys soar!
I heard he was the son of the Wan Gu family.

I never expected this guy to be so stingy!
(End of this chapter)