Review on "全力扣殺 Full Strike" at the Osaka Asian Film Festival
Derek Kwok, Henri Wong, Susan Shaw, & Yusuke Hatano attended the Osaka Asian Film Festival with huge success as they were surrounded by a great number of supporters in Japan.
The article is a summary of their interview released by OAFF. The following is a quick English translation:
Want to share this to the young people who have lost hope! "Full Strike"
Hot-blooded badminton movie, a likely story that hasn't exist. At the stage greeting they mentioned,
"Even the Hongkongnese haven't seen this movie, so please enjoy. Sound team, make it 50% louder" (Director Derek Kwok),
"Laugh when you want to, jump around and enjoy it” (Director Henri Wong),
"My role this time is a kind, yet stupid little auntie. Please enjoy" (Actress Susan Shaw),
"After hearing the script I noticed the hot-blood going inside the directors. I also put my full strike into the music" (Composer Yusuke Hatano)
At the Q&A session after the movie, they revealed the fact that the main actress Josie Ho can really play badminton well and even won badminton tournaments before, while Ekin Cheng can use both hands to play badminton, as well as the fact that he met his wife through badminton. Derek also mentioned that he has been playing since his childhood, and its philosophy how it can related back to life was what he wanted to portray in the movie.
Derek continues, "there seems to be young people who have been losing hope about the future, and I wanted to make a movie that would encourage them. A hot-blood spirit and the power that existed in the 70s is inside the film. It could be something special for Asians." continued by Henri.
