Two years ago, developer Sucker Punch Productions shipped Ghost of Tsushima. The game took roughly half a decade to ship, but once it hit store shelves became a future classic among many PlayStation users. But was not expected that the video game epic would already be receiving a film adaptation. Announced last March, the production is to attach John Wick director Chad Stahelski for the same role.
Since the discovery for the original announcement, we learned little on the project. For one, Jin Sakai actor Daisuke Tsuji shared his excitement for the movie. He went further to share he would reprise the role and even perform nude scenes. In a later report from Deadline, it was revealed that Takashi Doscher (Still, Only) will pen the script for the motion picture.
In a new interview with Collider, Stahelski shares he is ambitious to bring in an entirely Japanese case for the production and to further voice it in the native language as well. The effort is played in part by Parasite director Bong Joon-ho who created the philosophy that Stahelski is to follow.
So, I think if we did this right, it would be visually stunning. It’s character driven. It’s got an opportunity for great action, great looks. And honestly, we’d to try to do it, all in character. Meaning, it’s a Japanese thing about the Mongols invading Tsushima island. A complete Japanese cast, in Japanese.
Sony is so on board with backing us on that. I’ve been going to Japan since I was 16. I have a love of the country, love of the people, love of the language. To try to direct not only in my language, but someone else’s and culturally shift my mindset to bring apart that in a cool way that still entices a Western audience.
“Honestly, it’s probably the same things that would scare the shit out of most people. It’s a fantasy period piece. It’s done with reverence to Akira Kurosawa, who’s probably in the top five biggest influences of my life as far as film goes. It’s a chance to push technology and people in a story that’s timeless,” he explains.
“It’s your typical mythological story of good versus evil, finding a man, watching him change the world or the world changes him. It’s all the Joseph Campbell stuff that you’d love in a story. You put that in with, obviously, so I’m told I have a bit of a Samurai fetish, which is probably true from Manga and anime and stuff.”
As for a similar effort to be made, it would be appropriate for the same to be said for the upcoming Yakuza movie in production. With 1212 and Wild Sheep involved, there is no word if the film will follow that or simply create an English-voiced movie as a whole. You can read the full report by heading here.
Are you excited to see where the Ghost of Tsushima film goes?
Source: Collider
