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Nijiro Murakami and Kunichi Nomura talk about the movie "Inugashima" and Wes Anderson.

Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, "Inugashima" is an ambitious film that took four years to complete by the brilliant director Wes Anderson, whose previous film "The Grand Budapest Hotel," nominated for nine Academy Awards®, greatly expanded his fan base. While maintaining the intelligent and humorous spice of his style, the behind-the-scenes of this film, which was produced using stop-motion animation following "Fantastic Mr. FOX," was quite spectacular. What is the philosophy and style of director Wes Anderson that emerges from the conversation between actor Nijiro Murakami, who played the voice of an important role in "Inugashima," and creator Kunichi Nomura, who showed his versatility in both front and backstage?

• Photo_Keisuke Nagoshi
• Edit_Ryo Komuta