Tokyo Literary Godfather

Kevin Beach plays a "corpse" in this movie.

In fact, it is not a corpse, but a murderer, the boss behind the entire movie. When he first heard about this role setting, he was quite excited.

At first glance, I heard that it was a very challenging and ample role, but when I actually got the script, I couldn't help but feel disappointed.

He is said to be a murderer and the boss behind the scenes, but in fact he does not directly participate in many scenes in the whole movie. Most of the time he is lying on the ground pretending to be a corpse. It wasn’t cool until the end of the movie.

Although he was a little disappointed, he still took the role. After all, he is not the kind of actor who can be picky about the script.

In fact, I was able to get this role thanks to Ruan Minxiong and Fujiwara Kei.

Kevin Beach's idea of ​​becoming an actor stems from his love for film art. He often goes to see movies, not only domestic ones, but also foreign ones. There is a CD store that specializes in collecting movies from various countries, which he often visits. Besides American films, his favorite foreign films are from Japan and Hong Kong.

Needless to say, Hong Kong films once stood at the pinnacle of Asian films. Although they are now in decline, there are an endless stream of excellent films in the past, which are enough to satisfy movie fans.

And the Japanese film was once brilliant, especially the thoughts of material sadness and twisted beauty contained in it, which are intoxicating.

Not long ago, Kevin met a Japanese director named Kei Fujiwara and watched his "Confession".

Kevin liked this movie very much and even went to get to know the author. After getting to know him, he developed a feeling of admiration for him.

It turns out that he is also a writer and TV drama screenwriter, and he changed his career to make movies... And unlike most people, the reasons for changing careers are different. The reason why most people change careers midway through their lives is because they cannot succeed in their original career. However, he has reached the extreme and peak in his original industry, and he seeks a new identity in order to seek greater challenges.

It's really amazing. Kevin was extremely impressed in his heart, and he became even more silent when he knew that this man was only in his twenties.

It seemed that this man had a brilliant life, completely different from his own. When he was young, he also imagined that he could become famous, but after decades of wasted time, he still didn't achieve much. My dreams didn't come true, but others did.

The life you dream of is being experienced by others.

Kevin bought many more books written by this person and read them, and they were all very exciting. While filming a music video, he heard a young director in the same group suddenly talk about the movie "Confession".

"Confession" took the box office by storm in Japan, and also made great box office and award successes in Southeast Asia, but in Hollywood it can only be regarded as a niche film. There are thousands of Hollywood movies a year, and the local audience can't digest them. They don't have the extra energy to watch movies in other languages. The local ecological niche is well controlled by American filmmakers.

So Kevin was very happy to meet his colleagues, and chatted a little more with the young director named Ruan Minxiong. The two became friends because of this, and Ruan Minxiong also gave him a lot of English versions of Kei Fujiwara's new books, which are in short supply in the United States, because Kei Fujiwara's reputation is not so trusted by publishers in the United States, and the first printing was only 10,000 copies. It was distributed in major bookstores and suddenly disappeared without a trace, making it very difficult to buy.

Kei Fujiwara's "Infernal Affairs" was not released in the United States due to the copyright agreement signed with Century Fox, because it could not compete with the future American version of "Infernal Affairs" market. The reason why Kei Fujiwara charges such an expensive copyright fee is also related to this, which means that the Japanese version of "Infernal Affairs" has no chance to reach the United States and many Spanish-speaking areas.

Ruan Minxiong got the disc of this movie directly from Singapore, and specially invited Kevin to watch it at his home.

Century Fox also seems to be very optimistic about this movie, and has already begun preparations for filming. It has selected a director and a producer (the same person will serve as the director. This director is relatively strong and directly takes over the producer's career), and then begins to select actors. .

Kevin and Ruan Minxiong met again in this crew, and both of them applied for the job. Ruan Minxiong went to interview for the role of assistant director, while Kevin went to interview for the role of Black Boss, but unfortunately, both of them were rejected.

The two of them were used to it. However, what was unexpected was that just a few days ago, Ruan Minxiong suddenly called Kevin and told him that Kei Fujiwara planned to shoot a horror and suspense movie in the United States and asked if he was interested. Participate.

Kevin couldn't believe it at first, but after repeated confirmations, he confirmed that it was indeed a screenplay by Kei Fujiwara, and that it was his film to test the waters in the United States. Low cost, low expectations. And Kevin plays the protagonist...but a protagonist who doesn't have many roles.

For several days, Kevin lay on the ground to hide the body.

In fact, when he was pretending to be a corpse, the camera was almost not focused on him. Even if someone else was lying on the ground, or a dummy was simply placed there, the audience would never feel abnormal. However, Kevin still lay there conscientiously and pretended. corpse.

Even the camera lens didn't even glance at him.

The reason why he did this was that his salary was not higher than that of a supporting actor. It was not economical to ask him to be replaced by an extra as a stand-in. He also considered it for the crew;

Secondly, he didn’t want to finish the film after just one day of acting. His current emotional state is very bad, and his mind is filled with videos of his ex-wife and the young coach. He must do something to keep himself busy.

As a result, it took more than ten days to make the corpse.

Ruan Minxiong also heard something about Kevin, and expressed sympathy in his heart, hoping that this man could cheer up. But on the surface nothing is said.

Ruan Minxiong vaguely felt that Kevin was like a dull bomb now, with many things suppressed in his heart. If this emotion could be released in front of the camera... it would be wonderful.

Ruan Minxiong himself felt embarrassed for having such thoughts. His life had undergone such a big change, but he only thought about how to make the film more effective... It was really unscrupulous.

But after blaming himself, Ruan Minxiong firmly implemented his ideas. He deliberately arranged the scene where Jigsaw showed his face in the last scene. When he stood up covered in blood in the surprised eyes of others and said the words "Game is over", it was indeed quite oppressive.

After the filming of this scene, two more scenes were shot. Before the plasma on Kevin's head was washed off, Ruan Minxiong told everyone that it was finished.

"Is my role over?" Kevin asked with some regret.

Because his original plan was to die after filming this movie, but now it seems that it is time... Then why do he feel regretful? Maybe it is because he subconsciously hopes to live for a while longer.

"Yes, it's over, it's all over." Ruan Minxiong clapped happily, "This movie was finished in 18 days. Thank you very much Kevin for your hard work these days."

"What?" Kevin was stunned, so fast?