Japanese Filmmaker Masashi Kawamura on Developing Stop-Motion Feature 'Hidari' with Keanu Reeves
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Summary
Japanese filmmaker Masashi Kawamura discusses the unexpected journey of his viral stop-motion short film 'Hidari' (2023) being developed into a full-length feature film voiced by Keanu Reeves. Kawamura, whose background is in music videos and commercials, created a dream list of voice cast candidates with Reeves at the top, and was surprised when the John Wick actor agreed to join the project. The story is described as having a John Wick feel to it, blending stop-motion artistry with action-oriented storytelling.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledThere was a lot of luck getting Keanu.
After we finished proof of concept with the five-minute film, I just started making this dream list of people I wanted to use as the voice cast and he was obviously at the top of my list.
The story has a John Wick feel to it.
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