Yasuhiro Hamano Facebook update. Translation below:

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Kato Tokiko is also drawn to Ooyama Hikaru, played by GACKT, who loves the heroine Maumi who is 20 years younger, but with the age difference, Okinawa’s unique culture is learnt, including its textiles and pottery which it is linked to and built on.
Her mother, played by Kumiko Akiyoshi, is a weaver master too, but she also goes to practice to Miyagi house who perform circular agriculture in Yaeyama as well as running a textile business. The one playing Miyagi Miko is Kato Tokiko. Together with Miyagi Tsunehiko (played by Yui Masayuki) she teaches the importance of circular agriculture. The beautiful tune of the theme song ‘Become love’ written by Yasuhiro Hamano was composed by Kato.
Also look forward Marlene’s passionate singing.

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Karanukan’s important characters
Kumiko Akiyoshi was superimposed on the heroin of the novel I wrote around the end of the 90’, Sakanakami. But the heroin of the movie Sakanakami around whom revolve an old angler, played by me, a white wolf and an Huchen (*Sakhalin taimen, also known as the Japanese huchen, an East Asian species of fish in the salmon family) doesn’t make her appearance here. In Karanukan’s cast she appears as the heroin Maumi’s mother, as well as a textiles artisan that weaves cloths similar to the Hagoromo of a Tenyo (*feathered kimonos of tennin, spiritual beings found in Japanese Buddhism). I talked with her directly and she listened to my strong wish.
GACKT came to me during the shooting test saying ‘Director! Is it ok if I really end up crying?’. This is how wonderful was Akiyoshi’s performance.

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Karanukan’s important characters
Kimuka Suzuka the leading actress that appeared with me in the Okinawa film festival (A wild as well pure beautiful woman not even 20 years old) was selected among around 400 applicants that participated in the auditions.
The beauty and physical ability of a body trained with rhythmic gymnastics will be amazingly dynamic in the movie.
She thoroughly played the role of a mysterious being that goes back and forth from the world of a young girl and that of a deity.
Although she is a new face in the movie field, she is for example challenging the musical field as well, and her popularity is spreading.
She accomplished the important task of appearing in her first movie as GACKT’s partner with her splendid presence.

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA