How Keanu Reeves Landed in Stop-Motion Samurai Epic ‘Hidari’ – and Why S.S. Rajamouli Wanted to Know How It Was Made

How Keanu Reeves Landed in Stop-Motion Samurai Epic ‘Hidari’ – and Why S.S. Rajamouli Wanted to Know How It Was Made hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Oct 30, 2026 9:38pm PT How Keanu Reeves Landed in Stop-Motion Samurai Epic ‘Hidari’ – and Why S.S. Rajamouli Wanted to Know How It Was Made By Naman Ramachandran Plus Icon Naman Ramachandran Latest Georgia’s ‘Guria’ Wins Best Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards as Thailand’s Sompot Chidgasornpongse Takes Director Prize 13 minutes ago Ranbir Kapoor, Yash Light Up Gold House’s Diwali Event as Group Launches South Asian Shorts Fund 29 minutes ago Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, Salman Khan Starrer ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ to Mark 30th Anniversary at Edinburgh Film Festival With Karan Johar 18 hours ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments Keanu Reeves joined Japanese stop-motion feature “ Hidari ” after watching the project’s pilot film, with his team getting back to the filmmakers about a week after the screening was arranged to set up a Zoom call, director Kawamura Masashi said at the Tokyo International Film Festival , where he also updated the film’s fundraising push.

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Kawamura, who created, wrote and is directing “Hidari,” appeared with co-director Ogawa Iku at a session reporting on Film Frontier, a talent development program backed by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs and run by festival organizer UniJapan. The program has paid for the team’s travel to markets and industry events.

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From then on, Kawamura kept Reeves at the top of his list for the lead voice. The film’s producers took that seriously, found a way to reach the actor and arranged for him to watch the pilot.

“About a week later we heard back, and it was, ‘OK, let’s do a Zoom,’” Kawamura said. “I was thinking, so this is how fast things move these days.

Then we got on the call and Keanu was there on the other side.” “Hidari” has also caught the eye of “RRR” director S.S. Kawamura said he met the Indian filmmaker at Annecy, showed him “Hidari” and ended up in a standing conversation of about 30 minutes about how the film was made.

“He said, ‘You’re amazing. How did you make this?’” Kawamura said.

Kawamura said an encounter like that, with a director he would rarely cross paths with otherwise, could only happen at a festival. “There’s the surprise inside the theater, and there are the connections after you walk out,” he said.

The team shot the proof-of-concept short around three years ago, paying for it themselves with help from crowdfunding, and posted it on YouTube. It has since drawn about 5.3 million views and roughly 120,000 followers, many of them overseas, according to Kawamura.

“Wood carving, stop-motion and a period drama – it’s a very austere project,” he said. “If we’d pitched it with just a written proposal, I don’t think anyone would have understood it.” With Film Frontier support, the filmmakers pitched “Hidari” at the Annecy Animation Showcase, part of the Cannes Film Market, carrying one of the hand-carved puppets with them.

Kawamura said the puppet drew bigger crowds than its makers, and the Cann

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