Behind the Scenes of Master of Apology

The Kingdom of Montan is a fictional country in the film, and the producers originally planned to shoot in overseas locations such as Thailand and China, but in view of the exponential workload and other problems, they decided to shoot the film in Japan, with local people in the roles. The locations were chosen in the mountains of Sawanamachi, Chiba Prefecture, and the crew also created a fictionalized version of the Montan language. EXILE choreographed an original apology dance at the director's request. Director Mizuta revealed that he has apologized on his knees twice. -At the preview screening on September 25, 2013, director Mizuta and Takashi Abe, together with the audience, set three Guinness World Records: A) 1,061 people holding apology towels to form the world's longest apology chain; B) 1,000 people bending down at 45 degrees for three minutes to apologize; and C) 1,047 people apologizing with a paper crown on their heads. Since the last record had been set not long ago by more than 700 Britons at the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession, Abe, who broke the record, also made a point of apologizing to the Queen. After the preview screening on August 12, 2013, in keeping with the theme of the film, the creators were late for the press conference, and the 12 of them staged a "press conference" in which they bowed their heads and apologized, making the media in attendance burst out laughing. Mio Inoue shouted "Bald, bald" at Katsumi Takahashi in the movie, "I was confused (at the many seniors and juniors), but it was very painful," she corrected in a panic, saying that she was very happy, and that she couldn't have done that if it wasn't for acting, and said that she had gotten a kick out of the role. She said that she used the role to get a kick out of it. Shogo Okada touched Makiko Ono's ass many times during the movie. He said the photography was great, and that every day was exciting and fun, but when he was exchanging pleasantries, he didn't dare to look up, and always felt awkward. Takenouchi Yutaka performed the ultimate thank-you in the movie "Master of Apology" with hilarious and exaggerated body movements. The director asked him to perform "lots of armpit hair" in the scene, and the movements were so funny that it caused him to NG many times. In order to promote the movie, Takashi Abe (Sadao Abe) and Yutaka Takenouchi traveled to New York City and danced in the Statue of Liberty and Times Square, which was very funny, and Yutaka Takenouchi laughed and said that shouting "armpit hairs" in such a bustling place as New York City was a big breakthrough in his life. At the press conference, the trailer was released, and when the subtitles read, "Creating a new record for the number of viewers mobilized around the world," "The strongest candidate for the Academy Award for Best Picture," "Nominated for five Golden Globes," and many other honors. " and many other words of honor. However, when the words "All lies" and "Overstated advertisement" appeared on the screen, followed by a funny scene of Takashi Abe's hero Kuroshima shouting, "I'm so sorry, I'm kneeling down and apologizing! The movie is a fun and entertaining experience.