the script, please.
What a worm.
The script was stolen?
A downright blatant lie!
I say he never finished
it in the first place.
It doesn't matter.
Either way, nobody else will
want to write such a story.
But, doing what we're doing, are you
sure anything will come out of it?
Making a movie is the same
as committing a crime.
No matter how cleverly you hide it...
...your methodology and process
will reveal your motive.
Or the production scheme, that is.
Even if it's unfinished like this one.
Actually, all the more so
because it is unfinished.
There must be evidence
scattered around.
Oh?
So, you, as the incoming director,
also have a role as a detective?
A detective?
My client's request is for me to
complete the attempted crime...
...not to arrest the culprit.
I'm a criminal with no personal motive.
Simply put, sort of a hit man.
In Front of Happyakubariki
Next Stop: Wisdom Tooth
You wanted to see me?
One Alligator, Two Alligator,
Three Alligator...
Four!
What's this?
A filler until the script gets finished.
Six months from the kick-off,
both the advances and the...
...interim payments have
been completely spent.
You haven't even finished the trailer.
You must have cash-flow problems.
Well, you know a lot.
Before I can start directing...
...bringing this production into
existence is part of my job...
...as a migrant animation director.
Delivery is 3 days from today.
Make arrangements so the ADR
can take place as soon as tomorrow.
May I ask you a question?
The trailer and movie are
two different things.
But can you make a trailer for
a movie that has no story yet?
A trailer of any movie is nothing more
than a notice that the movie's coming.
That's also the condition
of being a good trailer.
A trailer simply establishes
itself by being a trailer.
Don't you agree?
I see.
What kind of bullshit is he giving us?
Prepare for the animation and
finishing work...
...and arrange for the
photography and print lab!
Oh, hey, Han.
What do you want
to do about the editing?
Quit sleep-talking!
The materials are gonna be on the
rostrum only once...
...before the print is made!
We're gonna replace 'em all with
negative-cutting is done, of course!
We'll pick up the timing from the
magnetic and synchronize pictures...
...to the sounds on the sheet,
so the ADR won't require any pictures!
So we won't need any film,
and therefore there's no editing!
You're being absurd again.
Good morning.
This is Handawara from Happyakubariki.
Is Ms. Shijimi available?
First of all, think of what the sound
effects people and editors will say.
It's always me, come on.
I'll take care of them! You book the
subcontractors for the finishing work!
Nice resources like that are long gone!
We don't have anyone left, I told you!
Have we just met or something?!
If you can't find any subcontractors, then
use your family members to do the job!
Call in your wife or whatever!
Call in the girl working at the
convenience store you go to...
...along with anybody else!
You crack me up, Han, really.
I should call in the
president's family too, huh?
Yeah, call them.
Call them now!
Call them this instant!
I definitely will!
I definitely will!
Thank you for your continued
business with us, this is Handawara.
Director.
This is Ms. Shijimi
with Omnibus, correct?
I'm...
The stalled project had started
moving forward again...
...and the crew's work environment had
started taking on a more dramatic air.
However, producing a movie is always
nothing more than a monotonous process.
In order to conceal the monotony...
...they rely on their numbers and
exercise their utmost skill.
But ultimately, not knowing what to do...
...they end up performing a
boring and stupid play on stage.
On that corrupted stage, the director
alone must put other players in order.
It's a difficult act
that's required of him.
While the true director,
waiting in the wing...
...gloats and