Progress
Under the original plan, "BOO" would have been nearly complete by now.However, because significant scenes were added and a multi-screen projection format—like that used for "Zashikiro"—was adopted, time is currently being consumed primarily by production for the sub-screens.Since video material must be created for the sub-screens in addition to the main screen, the workload and production time have effectively doubled.While adopting a standard single-screen format—like a conventional movie—would have made both production and screening easier, Harada believes that a "Terayama-esque" spectacle or gimmick is essential to actually draw people to the theater.He has realized that the nightmares depicted in his own works are now becoming reality.The far-right rhetoric voiced by the villain in "Zashikiro" has actually begun to be loudly proclaimed by the Japanese government.His next project, "MAZE," begins with global tycoons and neoliberals raping a young woman—a scenario that has now manifested in reality through the Epstein scandal.In 1976, the film director Satsuo Yamamoto—a member of the Japanese Communist Party—made the movie *Fumō Chitai* (The Barren Zone). It depicted bribery and corruption involving the US and Japanese political and business worlds regarding aircraft procurement. Shortly thereafter, the Lockheed scandal—which bore a striking resemblance to the film's plot—broke out.In any case, a work of art must be closely intertwined with the social and political movements of its time. Harada disagrees with the current trend in Japan of creating films and artistic works in isolation from politics and society.
