Sadistic and Masochistic Page #2

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and the camera started rolling.

I was psyching myself up for the scene,

getting into character.

Then I noticed

on the wall of the tunnel-

At first, it didn't register.

Then I noticed

the moving mass was maggots.

I swear.

I realized I'd leaned up against them,

touched them!

I was terrified.

It shows in the shot.

The thing about shooting on location-

compared to everyday life,

it's another world.

I really like that "reality gap."

The whole atmosphere on a shoot

is like a carnival.

On any shoot, everyone becomes fanatical.

But Konuma's crew gets even more intense.

They have to,

to keep up with his energy levels.

The ocean?

What will you do next?

I remember that scene.

I was drowsy.

That was my big chance.

I fell asleep inside the box.

It was so relaxing,

just the right temperature.

When the box was opened,

I had to say my line.

I was thinking that while I was sleeping.

HIROSHI HANZAWA - PRODUCER

I might be the only one

who thought so at the time,

but Konuma's crew

were all over the place.

Then the female lead,

that actress Saeko Kizuki-

her natural character seemed

to bring the production into harmony.

In high school, Konuma watched movies.

He studied in the art department

of Nihon University.

In 1961, he joined Nikkatsu

as an assistant director.

In the same year,

producer Yuki and director Tanaka

all joined Nikkatsu around the same time.

OHARA TANAKA KONUMA YUKI

Diligent Yuki, slovenly Ohara,

OHARA TANAKA KONUMA YUKI

faithful Tanaka, reckless Konuma.

A perfect description.

I didn't deliberately strike that pose.

Once I yelled and threw a book at Hasebe.

When Konuma was an assistant director,

he rarely did a lick of work.

MASARU MORI - CINEMATOGRAPHER

He was always off gambling

or playing games.

- The movies still got made.

- They got made.

So there were four ADs there?

We only needed the chief

and one assistant.

We didn't notice

the other two were missing.

Tanaka was an artist.

It was his plan originally.

We saved up

from our Nikkatsu salaries.

We wanted to make a movie

outside the studio.

KOYU OHARA - DIRECTOR

We put Konuma in charge of the money,

and he spent it!

He went and blew it all at girlie bars.

He blew a month's salary in one night.

He was buying drinks for all the girls.

All the money we'd saved

to make our film,

he went and spent every last penny.

Tanaka was absolutely furious.

Anyone would be.

Then what happened?

They reckoned it was their fault

for having trusted him.

That was it.

We started all over again.

After shooting Shameful School,

KATAGIRI KONUMA:

we began dating.

Really? I wanted to ask you about that.

It's ancient history.

Konuma was the AD

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