964 Pinocchio (1991)

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964 Pinocchio , released in the United Kingdom as Screams of Blasphemy, is a 1991 Japanese cyberpunk-horror film directed by Shozin Fukui.

Production

964 Pinocchio was created on a low-budget using guerrilla-filmmaking techniques, with scenes filmed in Tokyo utilizing reactions from real crowds of people. The team had to get permits for most of the scenes filmed on the streets. The famous scene of Pinocchio parting a crowd of people while running through Tokyo was shot in Shinjuku in a pedestrianised area.

After working on Tetsuo: The Iron Man as an assistant director, Fukui was encouraged by director friend Sogo Ishii to direct a feature. After working on special effects and editing for Ishii's 1989 short film,The Master of Shiatsu, Shozin would finally have an idea for a story which would later become known to be 964 Pinocchio.

According to an interview with Fukui on the 88 Films Blu-ray release, the script was written while he was homeless.

The actress who played Himiko was initially just a crew member until she was cast a week before filming started. She is credited in the movie as Onn-chan, which was a pseudonym created for the film. 964 Pinocchio was the only movie she ever acted in. The actor who played Pinocchio, Haji Suzuki, had a personal life with his parents being farmers, he had returned to his hometown, got married, and has since taken over the farm.

Due to the limited budget, some improvisations had to be made during filming. Director Shozin Fukui stated in a 2007 interview included in the DVD release that they used an old wheelchair as a makeshift dolly. Filming and editing lasted 6 months each. The smoke bombs used during filming were quoted to have "smelled very bad" and were difficult to control.

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