Directed by Takashi Miike, Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga Midnight was brought to life and shot entirely on iPhone 15 Pro.
. Yukiyoshi Ozawa is an established character actor across TV and film, known for recent works such. Konatsu Kato is a young actor emerging onto the film scene with the lead role inMidnight is the name of a late night taxi driver — who in this live-action adaptation is played by Kento Kaku — who roams the streets of Tokyo offering help to those who need it.
Midnight intervenes in a conflict between a young woman, played by Konatsu Kato, struggling to take over her deceased father’s truck driving business and fight off a nefarious local gang, lead by a boss played by character actor Yukiyoshi Ozawa. He joins Konatsu in a thrilling car chase across neon-lit Tokyo as he helps her find her feet.
“Mr. Tezuka is something of a god among manga artists so it was an honor to take on the challenge of expressing his work using only iPhone,” director Takashi Miike says. “As we were shooting, I naturally began to challenge myself to think about how we could make a work unique to iPhone, beyond the usual approach to a film. I truly felt that the iPhone has the power to do things that a conventional movie camera can’t.
“While Cinematic mode gives the film a more cinematic look, I was even more impressed by the ability to adjust the focus after shooting. You can focus on whatever you want, whenever you want. I hope that game-changing features like this that are impossible with regular photography equipment will be added more and more, and that it will break the conventional thinking of filmmakers.”
Miike’s film was published in tandem with a behind-the-scenes video that showcases how the team rigged and used the iPhone to capture scenes across a wide range of conditions.The 19-minute short film can be streamed now above and on Apple’s YouTube.
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