Kensuke Sonomura / 園村健介 - Choreographing Pain (w/ English Voiceover) (Action Talks #42) from Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

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Kensuke Sonomura / 園村健介 - Choreographing Pain (w/ English Voiceover) (Action Talks #42)

48 minutes Posted Jan 4, 2024 at 9:00 pm.

Intro

Childhood and cultural influences growing up

Inspiration from martial arts films

Inspirations from Jackie Chan

Karate

Getting into stunts

Trainig at Kurata Action Club

Relationship between the Kurata Action Club and Japan Action Club

Difference in visual styles of Kurata Action Club and JAC

Early career

Process of action design for Japanese video games

Working with different types of directors

Camera and editing for video games

Filmmaking at Kurata Action Club

Kurata Action Club's action style

Traditional shooting style and new style

Films with extreme violence

Working with a foreign crew

"Merihari" = contrast

Japanese language and "merihari"

Tekken Blood Vengeance

Goals with action design for independent films

Changes of action design

Action design for Hydra

Fast punches in Hydra and its trainng

Startig to use Pre-viz

His Involvement in Pre-viz

Filmmaking influences for Pre-viz

Shooting Pre-viz for other directors

Designing action for actors

Training actors

Working with skilled fighters

Baby Assassins

Pre-viz for animation

Pre-viz for anime vs. Pre-viz for live action

Resident Evil 3

Bad City

Shooting action in one day

What needs to change in the Japanese action business

The future of Japanese action

Side interests

Drawing

Time restrictions on Chambara films

Kurata memories

Advice for Japanese stunt performers

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English voiceover version here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se1TqcdmSV4

Kensuke Sonomura / 園村健介 a director and action designer known for films

like Hydra, Baby Assassins, and Bad City. He talks about how he created

his unique action style. You can see his IMDB here:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2338317/

Edited by Yutaka Nozawa

English Voiceover by Phill Kismartoni

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