"Although the rest of my life is not long"'Mr. Koro' Director Yutaka Matsushige tries with a reason (Roundup)

Oct 03, 2024

'Matsushige Yutaka returns to the theater version of 'Solitary Gourmet'

On the morning of the 3rd, the 29th Busan International Film Festival Open Cinema World Premiere Screening Film 'Solitary Gourmet the Movie' Yutaka Matsushige held a meeting at the Film Industry Center in Haeundae-gu, Busan. Director Yutaka Matsushige attended the site to tell the story of the work.

Director Yutaka Matsushige's feature-length debut, 'Lonely Gourmet The Movie', is a theater version of the popular late-night Japanese drama 'Lonely Gourmet', which has continued the series until season 10 since its first broadcast in January 2012. In particular, the theater version drew attention in that actor Yutaka Matsushige directed and directed it himself.

'The Lonely Gourmet The Movie' will meet with domestic audiences at this year's Busan International Film Festival ahead of its Japanese release in January next year. Director Yutaka Matsushige "I came to Busan a year ago to film a movie, but I didn't have a direct flight from Japan to Busan at the time, so I came through Seoul and thought "It's a troublesome film festival."After that, it is an honor to visit Busan again for the first time in a year and step on the red carpet at the Busan International Film Festival."

In particular, director Yutaka Matsushige drew attention by presenting 'Snack Mukbang' on the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 29th Busan International Film Festival on the 2nd. In response, he said " (The red carpet performance) I missed the in-flight meal in the work, so I had to eat Gun natto, and I thought it would be fun for those who saw this scene through the open cinema screening to find out later that what I ate on the red carpet was Gun natto.", he explained.

Director Yutaka Matsushige said, "Lonely Gourmet" is a series that has been going on for 12 years, but the Japanese TV industry is not in a good environment. Many on-site staff quit, but I thought the Japanese drama industry needed stimulation, so I thought I should make a movie. I wondered what it would be like to make a new blood transfusion if I was going to make it, and I wrote to him because I wanted to do it with director Bong Joon-ho. Director Bong replied, `I'm afraid we can't be together because the schedule doesn't match, but I'm looking forward to the movie.' I decided to direct because Bong was looking forward to it, and I thought it would be better for me to do it myself than for other directors"I thought it would be fun to grow the TV and drama directors' staff while directing."," he said.

Regarding the directing-focused part, "It's a movie, but half of it is like a documentary" When you visit an actual restaurant, don't the owner make you a delicious dish. I thought it was important to eat deliciously. I always emphasize to the staff that 'this work has to be done at once, and it has to be shot in order' is what it means. I thought it was important to establish the documentary elements well."

He also told why he cast actor Yoo Jae-myung in 'The Lonely Gourmet The Movie'. He said, `I was looking for a Korean actor because I wanted to film it mainly in Korea"I've been looking for various Korean works since the end of last year, and Yoo Jae-myung got better after seeing 'No Sound' among them. It's the first actor I thought of, and I'm really happy to be with you. Yoo Jae-myung's appearance in the movie makes viewers laugh. We can't communicate with each other, but I wanted to show that we can be together like this. The biggest achievement of this movie is that it was with Yoo Jae-myung."

Finally, director Yutaka Matsushige said, `I worked as a film director this time, but I started with the play at first.' `I actually came into this industry because I wanted to film a movie, but back then, it wasn't an era where I could use YouTube as easily as I do now. I started with an 8mm movie, but it was hard to raise funds. There was always a longing for movies, and I was curious about how the staff wrote the script. If we only ate the cooking table prepared by the staff when filming the drama, we did all the preparations together in the movie. It was that hard, but there was more joy than that. I'm 61 years old now, and I'm enjoying the fact that I can challenge myself even though I don't have a long rest of my life" he expressed his passion.

Meanwhile, 'Lonely Gourmet The Movie' is scheduled to be released in Korea in March next year.

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