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The Great Actress Reiko Inui

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The Great Actress Reiko Inui

Producer

Tetsuya Oya, Yoshiki Soejima

Written by

Kazuhiro Nakagawa

Production company

Picture Element

Distributor

Kazuhiro Nakagawa

The Great Actress Reiko Inui (大女優乾麗子 Ōjoyū Inui Reiko) is a 2019 Japanese comedy short film written and directed by Kazuhiro Nakagawa. It was first uploaded to YouTube on September 24, 2019,^[1] though the video was later privated and a new upload appeared on January 13, 2021. Its festival debut was held remotely through the Sapporo International Short Film Festival between October 10 and 31, 2020^[2] and it was also shown in the United States at G-Fest XXVII on July 17, 2022.^[3] The film follows a timid new director as he attempts to win over a famous actress cast in his debut feature, a kaiju film.

Plot

Renowned, ageless performer Reiko Inui walks onto the set of Gorgaga, the Giant Monster with a full entourage, including an assistant to disinfect the air in front of her. Today's scene calls for her to scream in terror as she is gripped by the King Kong-like Gorgaga, but she is dismayed by rookie director Yuichi Igawa's antiseptic set. Rather than a full-scale hand prop, she is meant to act opposite two actors in green screen suits wrapping her in a single green finger, with the monster's head waved around on a metal pole off-camera to show her where to look. After a disastrous first take, she threatens to walk off the set. Second assistant director Suguru Nemoto intervenes by fulfilling her every demand for references on his tablet: rushes from the tokusatsu unit, Gorgaga's roar, reaction shots from her costars, storyboards, and even the scene in which the Japanese government announces Gorgaga's name. Thus inspired, she returns to the set and gives a masterful performance, so convincing that she and Igawa imagine Gorgaga standing in front of them. After he calls cut, she shakes his hand and departs with her entourage.

Staff

Main article: The Great Actress Reiko Inui/Credits.

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Directed by Kazuhiro Nakagawa
Written by Kazuhiro Nakagawa
Produced by Tetsuya Oya, Yoshiki Soejima
Music by Yuji Iwamoto
Cinematography by Heita Tanaka
Edited by Kazuhiro Nakagawa
First assistant director Shinya Namikawa
Visual effects by Koichi Hirata, Naotaro Takahashi, Shuntaro Ono, Anni Ushio

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

Eima Tanaka as Yuichi Igawa, new director
Kazuki Takeuchi as Suguru Nemoto, Igawa's 2nd AD
Kanako Yamamoto as Reiko Inui, famous actress
Akihisa Muramoto, Shoko Hotta as Inui's entourage
Hitoshi Miyazawa as actor playing onlooker / Gorgaga
Kohei Ando as actor playing old professor
Kaidaio as cameraman
Zenken Miyazato as director of photography
Yu Yasuda as boom operator
Yudai Mitomi as best boy
Kazuhiro Nanba, Koichiro Takashima, Sae Sugawara as stuntmen
Etsuko Egawa as Inui's makeup artist
Takahiro Nakayama as assistant makeup artist
Makoto Sogo as veteran stylist
Riri Sunago as assistant stylist
Kayo Miyashita as script girl

Appearances

Monsters

Gorgaga

Videos

Full short

References

This is a list of references for The Great Actress Reiko Inui. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

↑ Nakagawa, Kazuhiro (24 September 2019). "短編コメディ、撮りました！
笑って、泣けて、楽しい作品になったと思います。
とある特撮映画撮影現場での、新人監督と大女優との奮闘記です。
１０分の短編ですので、ぜひ気軽にご覧ください〜！
《大女優乾麗子》 https://youtu.be/GgzobOGWQ8I @YouTubeさんから"
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↑ "SSF2020 オフィシャルセレクション：国内作品". Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market. 7 August 2020.
↑ G-FEST (11 July 2022). "Many people have asked about this year's Film Festival as the lineup was unfortunately left off the G-FAN website this year..." Facebook.

Films

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023) • untitled film (TBA)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) • untitled sixth Monsterverse film (2027)

Short films

"Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley" (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • Godzilla: The Real 4-D (2017) • CANAL CITY HAKATA GODZILLA The Destroy Mapping Show (2018) • Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) • "The Faceless Star" (2019) • Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D (2019) • Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020) • Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020) • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) • "The Impact of a Blue Day" (2021) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021) • Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) • Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022) • Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) • "GO YOUR WAY" (2023) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) • Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023) • Godzilla: Attack on Tokyo (2024) • "Yours Ever" (2024) • Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown (2024) • TOKYO GODZILLAs (2024)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

Short films	Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) • untitled sixth Monsterverse film (2027)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • ESPY (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • "FORESTER: The Attack" (2014) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Reiwa period	Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022)

Other Daiei films

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	Japanese King Kong (1933) • The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) • The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) • Magic Serpent (1966) • The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Heisei period	The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster‎ (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2024) • "Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024) • Showdown! Cosmic Trailblaze Saga of Heroes (2024) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (TBA)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Fan films	Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA)

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