In production: info on the ‘Bunraku’ movie

Some people have asked me ‘what the hell is up with that Bunraku movie.’ Well, I must say I didn’t know much about it and I looked it up. So without further ado, here’s the first of hopefully many ‘in production’ posts.

Bunraku

Release date: TBA, 2009
Budget: unknown

Director: Guy Moshe
Actors: Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore, Ron Perlman, Gackt Camui
Produced by: Picturesque Films and Snoot Entertainment
Filming location: Romania

‘Bunraku’ is based on the similarly named theater puppets in Japan. These special type of Japanese puppets generally require three puppeteers to make everything move, from head to fingers. The main characteristic of the puppet is the face, which is able to transform quickly. A virgin can become the devil in a split-second.

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