MOVIES

YASUHIRO HAMANO FACEBOOK Jul 29th

Well! Towards the documentary film "Sayonara~ Great Mt. Oppai"
We've completed filming for the Okinawa chapter of Karanukan.
We'll be leaving this island
The shallow waters of the warm sea where humans were birthed from, the beautiful perspective of the scenery depicts a priceless aesthetic and philosophy
The value of culture that can be imagined from daily life
A life of CREATE
An anthem of love
The initiation of life and death that can support Koshinto and Nirai Kanai
In the present era where the weak creatures known as humans use their intellect to infest the world and self-destruct, this movie
earnestly suggests a new way of life, through love, death, and rebirth
In the Tokyo chapter, we will capture that perspective and aim to complete it early next year.
It will become a full-scale movie motion picture that was made using a lot of organisation and funds.
"Sayonara~ Great Mt. Oppai", like "Sakanakami", was made with a small fund and a small crew. For 30 years, Hamano Yasuhiro has gained a lot of wisdom from spending summers in the American Rockies' magnificent mountains of Grand Teton, and will speak of all there is about the way to cheerfully and healthily.

The intertidal zone, estuaries, Inoh, mud flats, tidal flats, rivers, waterfalls, sea, the climax forests,
to all the cast and staff who did trial and error with me, thank you. Miyagi
GACKT, Kimura Suzuka, Omine Nobutaka, Kato Tokiko, Akiyoshi Kumiko, Yui Masayuki, Ganeko Yoriko, Jinnai Sho, Shaun Kazama, Takaesu Ryo, Nakama Eriko, Konno Yuri, Nakamura Mamiko, Miyagi Yoko, Miyazato Kayo, Kiyoshi Hijikata, Yamada Minami, Chen Chao, Marlene, Kano Shigenori, Taira Kozue...
Acting, dancing, singing... everyone, thank you!
Production, direction, film, sound, lights, props, instruments, staging, Kiyan Yukio, Okinawa Rock Association, Okinawa Jazz Association, everyone thank you

Blue skies everyday, good friends everyday, time went pass without a fuss. We were happy everyday.
Everyday was a new day.
Movie Karanukan Director's Diary
I mentioned that GACKT became the teacher. "Directing the action" with exquisite skill.
I was moved.
Everyday, being called "director, director...", day by day he grew to become a director.

Source: Yasuhiro Hamano Facebook

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA

by SaiKaiAngel

SHAUN KAZAMA FACEBOOK - Jul 29th

Movie Karanukan Starring GACKT-san
Both yesterday and today, we've continuously had a wonderful shoot
This time, starting with director Hamano Yasuhiro who has a message to send to the world,
Kato Tokiko-san, Yui Masayuki-san, everyone had kept a wonderful mind about them
We are seriously aimed at Okinawa's environmental problems, military base problems, Hokkaido's railway disappearing, the Constitution, and various social problems
This is a really wonderful thing
Right now, a lot of people think that as long as its in their favour its alright
As long as its okay now, its fine
If its convenient, its fine
If ita fun, its fun
Even if I think about something that far in the future, it can't be helped
Because I can't change that as hard as I try...
I know that there are lots of humans who are like that
The most important thing and the biggest factor is each and every person's mind who has the intention to better the world
Since I can't change those around me, do I not change as well
If those around me have the intention for change too, do I change as well
Do I live for the sake of someone
I believe that from here on, the future is really in your hands, and in your mind
The participation in this production is tied to something truly wonderful
I'm glad that we were able to meet and talk to each other
The filming in Okinawa too, will completely end today!
I'm heading back to the hustle and bustle of Tokyo~

Source: Shaun Kazama Facebook

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA

by SaiKaiAngel

YASUHIRO HAMANO FACEBOOK Jul 28th

Live is born in the warm sea.
Born in the ebb of the tide,
there is something that you can only get from the water that comes and goes in the flow of the river, the flow of the tide.
Humans were born here
We cannot reclaim even more land going forward.
We should not kill even more.
Humans, and nature and animals
Feel and give together
And when given, it should be shared
As mangroves are weak plants,
they are forced to the waterfronts.
Because humans who have neoteny are considered as weak as well,
they are forced to the waterfronts.
The waterfront, where land meets the seas and rivers
Even if there is no nuclear power, or concrete, or wars,
life is protected and created.
You don't have to do anything, it's good as long as you can live everyday happily.

To the morning of cranking up the Okinawa chapter of the movie Karanukan

Karanukan Director's Diary
＼(^o^)／ Hooray!
Underwater filming, success! So
Everyone, the heroine, hair & make-up, the stylist, assistant director
are all in a sportive mood.
Only 2 cuts left on land!

We've finished filming.
We're done with the Okinawa locations for Karanukan. Just then, right before my eyes a stark white coral reef floated.
That's it! That long white coral reef still awaits.
Me and a few others headed over.
Gentlemen! Well done. While feeling so joyous that we could weep, not a person complained of the heat, and I was surrounded by only friends.
Tokyo chapter, editing, sound, and promoting awaits.
I am rather happy. Filling emptiness with uniqueness is what pushes me forward.

I wonder way? I ended up hesitating....
I'm good at wimming with clothes on but,
now there are only 2 shoots left untill the final one so,
even if it's not like me, I felt a strong sense of duty.
Anyway, my head starts looking toward the editing session in Tokyo and what is left of this Okinawan seasons.

Source: Yasuhiro Hamano Facebook

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA

by Sara

YASUHIRO HAMANO FACEBOOK Jul 27th

This? It's a picture.
A secret beach where we went to film the movie
No wind, no waves, no clouds, no islands, no boats, no mountains
I want to go into such a beach, I want to immerse in it.

Movie Karanukan Director's Diary
We enter into Ishigaki Akiko-san and Ishigaki Kinsei-san's total life, and delve deeply into textiles and agriculture. It will add further depth in terms of culture to the movie.
Kato Tokiko-san too, played the role of a teacher for the tidal bleaching of the bashofu.

Source: Yasuhiro Hamano Facebook

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA

by SaiKaiAngel