{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7bcc0992ed3509e1b0ff6353","clusterId":"c_e9f5f451e415e28dd309db8b","slug":"iwai-toyokawa-yamaguchi-reunite-at-4k-undo-stage-greeting","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Iwai, Toyokawa, Yamaguchi Reunite at 4K 'undo' Stage Greeting","summary":"Shunji Iwai, Etsushi Toyokawa, and Tomoko Yamaguchi appeared at a stage greeting at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku on the 26th for the 4K remaster of 'undo,' 32 years after the film's release. Toyokawa said Kaori Momoi introduced him to Iwai. Yamaguchi recalled asking to meet Iwai after seeing 'Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?' Iwai said the three began talking at an izakaya in Sangenjaya.","whyItMatters":"The event ties the film's revival to the three-way friendship that produced it, with Iwai using the stage to propose another small collaboration with both actors.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;undo\u0026#39; opened for a limited one-week run at Cine Switch Ginza in October 1994, drawing long lines at late-night screenings before a roadshow at Theater Shinjuku in August 1995 set a theater attendance record. The film follows Moemi and Yukio, played by Yamaguchi and Toyokawa, in an atelier-like dwelling where Moemi begins tying the objects around her with string.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIwai also described how the film reached screens: a producer sought a grant from the Agency for Cultural Affairs ahead of shooting \u0026#39;Love Letter,\u0026#39; but grants cannot go to a directorial debut, so he was told to edit what he had shot. He said he is glad the three drank at that izakaya in Sangenjaya.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Iwai, Toyokawa and Yamaguchi trace 'undo' back to an izakaya in Sangenjaya, not a studio. The film's origin is a conversation among three people, which is why the 4K reunion reads as a re-formation of that table.","twitterPost":"Iwai says 'undo' started at an izakaya in Sangenjaya. The film's origin is a conversation, not a pitch.","threadsPost":"Iwai, Toyokawa and Yamaguchi all point to the same origin for 'undo': an izakaya in Sangenjaya. Toyokawa credits Kaori Momoi with the introduction. The 4K stage greeting is a reunion of a conversation before it was a film.","newsletterBlurb":"Shunji Iwai, Etsushi Toyokawa and Tomoko Yamaguchi took the stage at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku on the 26th for the 4K remaster of 'undo,' 32 years after its release. The three traced the film to izakaya conversations in Sangenjaya, and Iwai explained that a cultural affairs grant could not go to a directorial debut, so he was told to edit what he had already shot. Iwai closed by saying he would like to make another small film with Toyokawa and Yamaguchi.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157091\",\"title\":\"Etsushi Toyokawa and Tomoko Yamaguchi's 'undo' Began with a Chat at an Izakaya\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4652,"outputTokens":717,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791147565,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T20:55:24.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T20:58:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T20:58:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e9f5f451e415e28dd309db8b","canonicalTitle":"豊川悦司＆山口智子共演『undo』誕生のきっかけは居酒屋でのおしゃべり","representativeArticleId":"a_013137468cc9f7efa4b6f95d","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"undo\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Shunji Iwai\",\"Etsushi Toyokawa\",\"Tomoko Yamaguchi\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-26T09:11:38.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-26T09:11:38.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T20:58:23.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157091","title":"豊川悦司＆山口智子共演『undo』誕生のきっかけは居酒屋でのおしゃべり"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["undo"],"studios":[],"people":["Shunji Iwai","Etsushi Toyokawa","Tomoko Yamaguchi"],"type":"event","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}