マンガ肉と僕 (2014)

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Kyoto Elegy is a 2014 Japanese black comedy-drama film directed by Kiki Sugino, starring Takahiro Miura, Sugino, Eri Tokunaga and Chisun. Sugino's directorial debut, it is an adaptation of the Shiki Asaka novel Manga Meat and Me and follows a university student and his relationships with three women.

Production

In September 2013, it was announced that actress and producer Kiki Sugino, who was then reputed as a "muse of Asian independent cinema", was to make her directorial debut with Kyoto Elegy, an adaptation of the R-18 Literary Award by Women for Women-Shiki Asaka's winning novel Manga Meat and Me, which also served as the film's title in Japanese.

The screenplay was written by Kotaro Wajima. Set in Kyoto, it was to follow Watabe, a 'loser', over a period of 8 years. It begins with him studying law in university shortly after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Struggling to fit in, he meets Satomi, a fellow student who is overweight, is ridiculed by her peers as a result and soon turns to leeching off of him. He then meets Nako through his part-time job and falls in love with her.

Principal photography took place in Kyoto over 11 days in September 2013. As a director, Sugino sought to "capture images of women from the past, present, and future, along with the beautiful scenery of Kyoto." For her role as Satomi, she would have spend nearly three hours daily applying special effects makeup for about four days straight, which was made "quite challenging" by the city's warm climate at the time.

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