An idea more than forty years in the making and two years since heading up crowdfunding efforts at Kickstarter and Motion Gallery, celebrated kaiju costume designer Keizo Murase will finally get his day with upcoming kaiju feature, Brush Of The God. Plans are in motion to premiere the film at the 19th edition of the Osaka Asian Film Festival in March, before scoring releases throughout Japan and abroad.
Thus, Murase’s Brush Of The God now has an official teaser going which certainly lends to earlier notions of Murase’s aim toward using old school special effects and practical filmmaking while crafting a story suited to delight today’s audience. Brush Of The God stars Rio Suzuki and Takeru Narahara, with a script by Takeshi Nakazawa, and with cinematography and SFX artistry by Daisuke Sato who also produced the film.
Below is more info on the film in the OAFF programming notes by Jason Maher:
Brush of the God is billed as the first and last movie by MURASE Keizo, the veteran sculptor, suitmaker who has made monster suits for many tokusatsu and kaiju classics including Godzilla, Gamera, and Kamen Rider.
His story follows a schoolgirl named Akari Tokimiya and the fantastical adventure which occurs when she visits the memorial service of her grandfather Kenzo, a master special effects man. She has unhappy memories of the old man and his passion projects, the last of which he died during the making of. At the memorial service, she meets classmate Takuya, a tokusatsu superfan, and a strange person named Hozumi, the star of the movie Kenzo was making when he died. Hozumi has with him a prop from the film, the titular “Brush of the God,” which transports Akari and Takuya into the world of the movie where they face fearsome Kaiju, including the legendary Yamata-no-orochi who is attempting to destroy everything. If they are to survive and get back to their homes, Akari and Takuya must find out the secret of the movie.
The 19th OAFF kicks off on March 1 and concludes on March 10. Enjoy the teaser!
