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G: Right! That's why in the end you can eventually do it. You were always someone who could do it. A person who didn't have that within themselves could never do it. But everyone wants that kind of catalyst. I think there are many ways those catalysts come about. There are those who jump by watching others around them quickly crossing over, and there are probably those who jump by watching those who quit. I think it'd be nice if this movie can be one of those catalysts.
I like this, I like the example he has used. And for me, the catalyst is Gakuto himself ^___^
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Q: The setting of Maleppa is a city of the future that presents a unique view of the road taken by the world; is that also related to your intent?
G: The usual image of the future is of really tall high-rise buildings all lined up, but to me it's not just that. Countries falling into disorder start collapsing; the moment the movie starts, that country (established in 2000) is already in chaos.
Ohhhh that's something I've always liked very much from the movie, the future setting is different to the other films.
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H: So the other characters and I are wishing for peace, but there's also the impression that if there was peace then that feeling of being alive will get weaker. That passionate feeling might be the backdrop of the story of Maleppa.
I like this

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G: In the movie, the events occur in an imaginary city, but when we were thinking about how to create a setting with people from various Asian countries, I wanted the feelings of "what is important" from within the characters
Ohhh and you managed to do it ^O^
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H: The stupid things that regular people do in their teens, Kei was finally able to do when he was past 100.
Hahaha xDDD
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H: but because the manager is such a happy-go-lucky guy, before the scene where Sho says, "My child, her name is Hana" and shows Kei the picture, the manager would say "Wouldn't it be funny if that was a picture of Hana Hajime"
OMG

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H: Gacchan really put forth a lot of ideas. And that's really interesting, you know, his ideas. When I first started to participate...... I don't know if the director came up with those ideas, or who did, but from that time to forward, I heard all of Gacchan's ideas directly from him and it was really interesting. I thought, this person is smart. I felt like that was all condensed into this movie.
Oh Hyde, I agree with you so much