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- Movie: Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story (English title) / Road of the Beginning (literal title)
- Romaji: Hajimari no Michi
- Japanese: はじまりのみち
- Director: Keiichi Hara
- Assistant Director: Katsumi Ishikawa
- Writer: Keiichi Hara
- Producer: Hirotaka Aragaki, Yoshitaka Ishizuka
- Cinematographer: Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
- Release Date: June 1, 2013
- Runtime: 96 min.
- Genre: Drama / Biopic
- Distributor: Shochiku
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
Based on the life of movie director Keisuke Kinoshita.
As a young man, Keisuke Kinoshita (Ryo Kase) carried his mother on a handcart across a mountain. He grew up as a hotblooded young man and was monitored by the military. He then joined Shochiku movie company, to eventually become a movie director.
Notes
- Movie is made to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of director Keisuke Kinoshita's birth (December 5, 1912 – December 30, 1998).
- Filming begins November 9, 2012 and will take place in Shizuoka Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, & Gunma Prefecture. Filming will finish late November, 2012 and production will finish February, 2013.
- Filming finished November 29, 2012 in Hamamatsu,Shizuoka Prefecture. The last scene filmed involved Keisuke (Ryo Kase), his mother (Yuko Tanaka) and delivery man (Gaku Hamada).
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