Spiral 螺旋 (short film )

Hello everyone ! how are you doing ?

 Its been a long  time since I post last blog . I've been filming "Spiral " in the forest  .It was so cold but Excellent experience with passionate film crew and cast .

Thank you so much everyone !

Offical first screening will be June 24th at" BFI "London. And also We would like to introduce some asian film festival too. Any suggestions & recommendations are wellcome !

Please check it out !

Have a nice day everyone !

Akira

(Introduction)

Spiral is the spiritual journey of a skilled samurai who is feeling conflicted about his violent role in the world. The tremendous number of lives he has taken in battle are beginning to weigh heavily on him. His maturity has gradually brought about an inner turmoil that has ultimately led him to question whether his existence has any value at all.

The story begins with his retreat into the deep forest where he reflects on his past in the hope of finding some answers and meaning to the life he's led so far.

Starring:

Tatsunosuke Ueda: Akira Koieyama

Toukichi Serizawa: Kenji Watanabe

Father:Eiji Mihara

Young Tatsunosuke: Suomi

Gang stars:

Junichi Kajioka

Saneyuki Owada

Tatsu Ozaki

Masaki Fukui

Kentaro Suyama

Saruyama Norikazu

Director: Taichi Kimura

Producer: James Pitt

Executive Producer:Junko Kimura & Hitoshi Kimura

D.O.P: Fabian Prell

1st AC:John

2nd AC:Zsuzsanna Lazar

1st AD:Sasha Denny

2nd AD:Sean Labode

Editor:Arthur Sloman

Sound: Sammy Herzella

Production Designer: Kentaro Ogushi

Make-up Artist:Topaz Knight

Special Make-up Artist:Hana Mikami

Runner:Sam Hume

Script:Daniel Palmer & Taichi Kimura

Original story:Taichi Kimura

Story Board:Fabian Prell & Taichi Kimura

Photograph by Sarah Rowlands