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Oshii And Fukusaku Team On Elle Is Burning! Date: 10/21/2005 |
| Originally announced as one of the Tokyo Project Gathering presentation section works, new details have surfaced on Elle Is Burning! (tentative title) The story draws alot of influence from Kamagasaki, Osaka's Eishinari Boudou (Nishinari Riot) of 1990. Kamagasaki, is the largest slum in Japan. Located in the south end of downtown Osaka, Kamagasaki is a one square kilometer "city within a city". It is the home to some thirty thousand day labor workers, some three thousand homeless, and close to ninety yakuza (Japanese Mafia) offices. The Nishinari Riot involved a conflict between all these parties when tensions reached a head (images and more details). Director & Producer Kenta Fukasaku (Battle Royale II) will adapt a script written by Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) for the film. The original TPG announcement desrcibes Elle Is Burning! as "A big budget action movie about a battle between refugees and the armed forces of Tokyo Metropolitan Police in the near future." Fukusaku has said he wants to present the story as "realistic action". The temporary Japanese title is L No Ran. In the last year the director spent 3 weeks in the real world Nishihari district location hunting and picking up on the "energy" of the town where unrest is still common, although on a much more subdued scale. Mamoru Oshii completed his script for the film in August. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
