[Translation] SMAP Magazine: "To me, SMAP is..." series (Katsuhito Ishii)

[elyn524]

Katsuhito Ishii (movie director, CM director): The first time I worked with SMAP was in 1995 for the commercial for “Knoll’s Cup Soup.” After that, I worked with them mostly on commercials such as “NTT East Japan Flet’s Hikari” and “Fujitsu FMV.”

The 15-minute mini-film “Birdman Fly” that was the promotional video for their single “Fly” left

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[sarachan81]

"We were filming the last scene where the 5 of them, as “Birdman,” were chased to the roof top of a building. With no where else to go, the 5 of them ended up jumping off the building."

~ I remember Goro talking about how he slipped when they were filming this scene. He mentioned it during the Drink Smap! concert and the rest of the members teased him coz their not supposed to say those things to the audience.

Thank you for the translation.

[elyn524]

I remember looking all over the place for the VHS of the PV (yes back then it was still in VHS), and I remember that jump-off-the-building scene clearly--they were so kakkoii. It would be fun to turn that into an actual movie don't you think?

[sarachan81]

reply came in sooooo late~ sorry...yes, a SMAP movie sounds really good :-)