YAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON 7(MALE HOST BAR/IDOL/DANCER)

TitleYAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON 7(MALE HOST BAR/IDOL/DANCER)
BrandSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Product / ServiceYAKUZA: LIKE A DRAGON 7
CategoryF05. Cultural Insight
EntrantHAKUHODO INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Idea Creation HAKUHODO INC. Tokyo, JAPAN
Production TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION Tokyo, JAPAN
Post Production OMNIBUS JAPAN INC. Tokyo, JAPAN

Credits

Name Company Position
Hiroshi Okamoto HAKUHODO Inc. Creative Director
Kei Hirasa HAKUHODO Inc. Copywriter
Kei Kawabe HAKUHODO Inc. Art Director
Kiyomi Wada HAKUHODO Inc. Account Executive
Masahiro Horikawa HAKUHODO Inc. Account Executive
Kazuyo Goto Freelance Planner
Takahiro Mayuzumi Tohokushinsya Film Corporation Producer
Ikumi Nakajima Tohokushinsya Film Corporation Production Manager
Tetsuro Hirano Freelance DOP Lighting Cameraman
Tomohiro Takahashi Freelance Gaffer
Mao N/A Freelance Director
Etsuko Akiba ART LABO co.,Itd Production Designer
Shigeki Yoshioka GORILLA Editor
Masayuki Sato Freelance Sound Mixer
Naoko Shinohara Freelance Hair&Make-up Artist
Manami Ito Freelance Stylist
Shohei Hoshino MR.MUSIC,INC Music Producer
Akihito Narita ONPa Sound Designer

Write a short summary of what happens in the film

The series Yakuza: LIKE A DRAGON is a well-known game title in Japan in which a member of the Yakuza is the main character. In this series, a man who is chased by a Yakuza organization and becomes homeless will build himself back up through various work experiences no matter how low he falls. Male Bar Host: A career change from night service industry to a detective. Using entertaining skills he developed at the bar, the man is able to make a suspect happily confess to her crime. Idol: A career change from Accounting department to an idol. Using the skills she developed as a performer, she turns the troublesome paperwork into an entertaining experience. Dancer: A career change from a fortuneteller to a dancer. Fusing the skills he developed as a fortuneteller with dance, his performance provides the audience with fun and fortune, bringing the venue to life.

Please tell us about the cultural insight that inspired the work

Japanese labor environment still has deep-rooted custom of lifetime employment and the percentage of job change is the lowest among countries in G20. We will tell all business people working in Japan that how amazing career change is and innovate their awareness toward current labor environment in Japan. With a concept of JOB CHANGE ENTERTAINMENT, we depicted the people who made a fantastic career change using their skills they earned at previous job.