Burning Hearts

Our new short film is being shown in Japan, Hong Kong and Berlin, so we can’t upload it yet. In the meantime, here are some images.

UNIJAPAN

UNIJAPAN, sponsors of Beaufort’s latest film Burning Hearts , along with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, have posted on their website a rundown of all the sponsored films:

http://www.unijapan.org/news/unijapan/post_36.html

I briefly saw some of the other films and they looked very beautiful.

UNIJAPAN will present Burning Hearts, along with the other films, at FILMART Hong Kong and a trades show at the Berlin Film Festival.

バーニング ハーツ Photos

Last weekend Beaufort shot a new short film called バーニング ハーツ/ which, in English, is Burning Hearts.

It will be finished just before the New Year, but in the meantime, stunt team BOS has been posting some behind the scenes photos. The leader of BOS, Hirokazu Iwakami, is seen here in red. The character in the top left hand corner is Hidetaka Ichiyama. He plays a taxi driver who must fight Hirokazu and his henchmen at the end of the film in a huge one-take 3 minute fight scene inspired by Final Fight and Streets of Rage.

See more photos on their blog.

Built On Some Wish

Since the Pia Film Festival, UNIJAPAN have decided to sponsor Beaufort in the making of a short film to be shot in Japan.

We have decided to collaborate once more with B.O.S., the Japanese stunt team whose suits, stunts and choreography featured in our music video for Bag Raider’s FUN PUNCH.

Incidentally, Sato from B.O.S. also played the role of a lecherous Yakuza in GIRL CRAZY GO!

B.O.S. have started their own studio in Tokyo where residents can take martial arts, stunt-work and exercise classes for young and old:

http://studio-bos.com/

Outside the B.O.S. studio for a production meeting. What lies in the darkness?

I think it’s heartache and martial arts.

JOSEPH CAMPBELL

“When a growing girl becomes aware of the pleasing effect that her blossoming womanhood is beginning to have upon others and takes the credit for this to her own ego, she has already gone a little crazy. She has misplaced her identification.”

-Joseph Campbell, MYTHS TO LIVE BY

Muscles EP “Younger & Immature”

Our friend Muscles whom we made the ‘Girl Crazy Go’ clip for has released his new EP called “Younger & Immature”.

Turns out “Girl Crazy Go” was just a taster. This is a lot of fun.

Get it at the modshop.

EDIT: New high quality Vimeo upload of Girl Crazy Go! here.

Tiger T-Shirt

The Tiger t-shirt will be available to buy in the new year.

See it in action here at the Pia Film Festival online diary.

In other Beaufort news, publication of the book ‘The Venus 200′ will also be pushed back, as we are now shooting another film in Tokyo that will be wrapping mid-December.

Bag Raiders New Album

Our friends the Bag Raiders, who we made the music video Fun Punch for, have finally released their first full-length album.

It’s full of fun dance and exciting electro.

Buy it on iTunes.

Along The Kanda River

New Music Video For Muscles

Here is our music video for Muscles’ new single called “Girl Crazy Go”. We shot it in Tokyo in August: