Interview with Jun Ichikawa

Interview with Jun Ichikawa One of the strength of the Italian movie has been to use several actors and actress from other culture. One of them is Jun Ichikawa she has answered at some of our question."

1)     Could you present yourself for a Swedish public?

Hello to everyone my name is Jun Ichikawa I’m a Japanese actress that live in Italy since I was 8 years old.

2)    What is the main difficult to be a Japanese actress in Italy?

I’m acting since I was 13 years old in the beginning it was quite difficult because there was not so many part that presented and ethical Asian but more part that had interesting and emotional complicate character.

3)    Could you tell something about your work with Ermanno Olmi and Burt Spencer in “Catando dietro i paraventi?

The experience with the great Maestro Ermanno Olmi has been without any doubt incredible. Sometimes it was quite near to a mystical one and without any doubt it was for me like a university course in cinema. It is thank to him that I learned, how to behave and to be in front of a film camera. , I learn the importance of a team work. Bud Spencer was a wonderful actor and a person with an extraordinary charisma and sympathy. To bring several days with him was really cool because he told me several anecdotes of his other film and the travel that he did as a pilot with his son. Unfortunately we had several problems on the end of the production the end of the production when we were stroked by a terrible tempest that totally destroy the ship that we had for the production (40 m length and 40 m high) so the military were forced to build some other cover set near us.  I remember well that it was always raining and the technical crew where oblige to clean over and over again the set from the weather even if there were a lot of problem we succeeded in shooting this really niece and beautiful art work.

4)    When you look at the situation of the Italian cinema right now what do you think about it?

Well I think it is going to be bather and bather there is some new young director that are going to give to our new cinema bather and bather work that will result in showing what the Italian can present for the world. I thin k is a big privilege to work in the Italian film industry

5)    Have you some favorite Japanese movie?

I love the entire Japanese cienma  and especially the work actor director. I love the attention for small detailers and the atmosphere in this movie.

6)    What do you know about the contemporary Swedish cinema?

I really like it and think is one of the best in Europe. I have like both the comedy that I have seen like Felix Herngren  “Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann ” and “Låt den rätt komma inne “ and mostly ”Milenium ”movie.

Robert Fogelberg Rota