16-year-old Taiwanese beauty Mai Yutong will be the heroine of a Taiwan-Japan co-produced horror film | Fan Creation | Langlangyue Reading

The Taiwanese ghost film “Minxiong Haunted House” not only pioneered the horror and fantasy genre, but now also attracts Japanese film producers. The producer of “Japan Unification” Yusuke Suzuki and the producer of “Minxiong” Liu Fengqi have opened a bridge of cooperation. The two parties are about to join forces to create an international joint venture and co-production film. Recently, Yusuke Suzuki and Japanese director Kenichi Ugana visited Taiwan. Liu Fengqi recommended his hometown of Hsinchu as the filming location for this new Taiwanese-Japanese film. The Japanese side also personally invited Mai Yutong (彤彤) who starred in “Minxiong” to play the heroine. , making her a rare Taiwanese beautiful girl to participate in Japanese horror films.

“The Unification of Japan” produced by Yusuke Suzuki is a famous longevity drama in Japan and has been extended to many movies. He had previously come to Taiwan to film “Renji Himuro: The Unification of Taiwan by Japan”. In addition, Suzuki Yusuke has already planned to cooperate with Taiwan on horror themes. Because he noticed that “Minxiong Haunted House” has both local elements and international character that is not hindered by language and culture, he contacted the film’s Taiwanese producer Liu Fengqi to start an alliance and cooperation between the two parties.

Under the introduction of Liu Fengqi, Yusuke Suzuki and Japanese director Kenichi Ugana locked in multiple filming locations in Hsinchu and Zhunan. In response to the director’s needs, Hsinchu co-producer Lin Mingzhi led the team to scout the Hsinchu Shibajian Mountains, Litchi Park, and the 17-kilometer coastline. They also visited Taiwan’s tombs, air raid shelters, tunnels, coastal woods and other topography. The items made the Japanese feel novel and satisfied.

Producer Liu Fengqi said that Japan has always been good at the supernatural horror genre, and Taiwan has also seen an explosion of more and more diverse similar works in recent years. However, there are very few joint ventures and co-productions of horror movies between Taiwan and Japan, and he hopes to use this new film to start cooperation.70% of the new film will be shot in Japan, and 30% will be completed in Hsinchu and Zhunan, Taiwan. Filming is expected to start at the end of this year

On the 23rd, the Taiwanese and Japanese teams visited the Hsinchu City Government and obtained the Hsinchu City Government’s full support for filming there in the future. Qiu Chenyuan, deputy mayor of the Hsinchu City Government, said that he will convene relevant bureaus and provide strong support for the production and filming of this film in the future.

The Japanese producer and director went to Hsinchu for field training and personally visited and invited Mai Yutong, who is also from Hsinchu, to play the female lead, while the male lead will be a Japanese actor. Mai Yutong, who is 16 years old this year, was very excited when she learned that she had the opportunity to film in Japan: “I am already very happy to be filming, and I can also go abroad to film. It is like going international. I am very happy. I look forward to seeing snow, and I also hope to have the opportunity.” Go to Disneyland.”

Mai Yutong, who is in the second year of high school, is young. She once played Yang Jinhua’s daughter in “Minxiong Haunted Mansion” and also played Yang Youning’s daughter in “The Resurrection”. Now she will become one of the few Taiwanese actresses to star in Japanese horror films. Star Destiny Bullish! Although she does not speak Japanese, she plans to study Japanese and start acting classes again in the near future.

However, she actually didn’t dare to watch horror movies. She knew that the famous scene of Sadako crawling out of the TV was very scary, but the only Japanese horror works she had ever read were monster comics. She said that her favorite Japanese TV series is “Tomorrow Mom Isn’t Here” and she also likes the Japanese anime “Genki Shoujo Yukinami” and is looking forward to participating in Japanese horror films.