Greasepaint

"Greasepaint" is my debut feature film. Shot with a crew of 10 people in 15 cold, winter days in a decaying house in the middle of Tokyo.

A story of identity, affection, and the lack of it.

Pierrot is a young con artist who lives his life by stealing other people's identities. When something goes wrong he has to hide out in what would seem like an abandoned house in the middle of Tokyo. In which he happens to find a collection of cassette tapes belonging to Hiro Nakamura. A young, brilliant university student, who also happens to be Pierrot's doppelgänger. Pushed by a desire to survive and attraction to this seemingly perfect human being, Pierrot begins studying Hiro's mannerisms to become him. All seems to be going smoothly until Pierrot's sister, Soon-Bok, suddenly appears at the doorstep.

Credits:

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"Greasepaint"

Written & Directed:
L. P. Beuthan

Starring:

Ryusuke Kobayashi (Pierrot /Hiro)
Ryo Matsuura (Soon-Bok)
Sho Kitami (Kaito)
Takao Kawaguchi (Kitazawa)

Executive Producer:
Dixon Wong

Producers:
L.P. Beuthan
Dixon Wong
Netwoon Soo

Co-Production:
Nakama
DMBZ
Okidoki Inc.

Director of Photography:
Shun Kitagawa

Editor:
Rumi Suzuki

Costume Designer:
Itakura Hokuto

Original Music:
Justin Frieden

Assistant Director:
Yohei Okada

1st Assistant Camera:
Aya Tabayashi

2nd Assistant Camera:
Osawa Yoshiki
Kango Kawai
Ryota Moriishi
Sora Shimizu
Tsubasa Watanabe

Gaffer:
Yusuke Nakada

Best Boy:
Shohei Matsushima

Electricians
Inori Kokai
Rui Seki

Sound:
Daichi Mikasa
Toshihiko Torigoshi

Make Up & Hair:
HAMA

Make Up & Hair Assistant
Junko Asami

Post-Production:

NOMAD team
Executive Producer:
Yoshinori Fujisawa

Producer:
Miu Uesaka

Editor:
Rumi Suzuki

Assistant Editor:
Sota Ito
Comley Mayumi Brigitte

Colorist
James Daniels

Color Assistant
Takashi Sonoda

Lead VFX Artist
Iori Iwabuchi

VFX Artist:
Kaito Harana
Manami Oguri
Ayaka Hasegawa

ADR recordist:
Shunpei Yokoyama

BTS:
Ao Kraken

Sound Design:
Nicolas Amblard

Sound Mix
Gregory Germain

Additional Music
Hiroko Hiwatashi

Special Thanks:

Basil Kräher
Kowatanda Films
Anshul Chauhan
Mina Moteki
American School In Japan
Tai Dirske
David Neale
Tsuji Takafumi

The characters and events portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious. Any similarities between them and actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events or names, are purely coincidental.