Part 2 - 10

We cancelled the outdoor shooting session and mostly spent the day on meetings. We reconfirmed the standby of the shooting we were planning for the end of this month. We were dismayed to find that we had been wrong on an important point. It was a good thing that we realized this, because otherwise it would have caused quite a riot in Korea. Just in the nick of time!

Afterwards, we met up with the main staff at Shin Okubo Station, and reconfirmed the arrangements for the shooting to take place late tomorrow evening. We also completed the detailed arrangements with the station personnel as well.

We cannot go into shooting until the last train on the Yamanote Line goes through. We need to get everything done between 1:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. – everything from standby to backing out. Furthermore, it was a scene to take place in the cold winter season at 7 p.m. in the evening right after snow begins to fall. There was so much to watch over, such as instructing the extras that were supposed to crowd the platforms and getting the right amount of snowfall. We had no idea how much time all of that would take. We just had to tackle it!

But tomorrow during the day time, we also had to take the live scene on the streets of Yoyogi. There were plenty of things to fret over including the sound issue. What to do?!

I have the images all ready in my head, but what would happen in reality?

In the evening, while I talked to the producers on some ideas I had for changes in the script, something surprised me when I heard their update on the progress of our project.
It was again another strange coincidence.
Lawmaker N-san, who is a friend of the producer and has been supporting our film from the very beginning, was a member of an ethics corporation association in a certain region. On top of that, the his secretary was from Chita Peninsula!

The connections we come across in this project really goes beyond our imagination. Just why is it that these things come up every day?

We have so many of these strange stories that I don’t know where to stop.
I really should concentrate on tomorrow’s shooting for now.

(Originally posted in Japanese on July 6,2006)