DADDY ISSUES - Anime Style Action Comedy - 2 vs 1 fight

I got a chance to go to LA last year and teamed up with @TeamRedProductions to shoot this little action comedy short :)
Time was tight so we shot whatever we could in just 2 days. (with 2 days prior for planning)
Since there was no time to flesh out the finale properly, a lot of work went into creating an animated fight outro which took me many months to complete. (all done in Blender; no AI was used)
Big thanks to Michael Firmont for the awesome score and Paul Cless and Anna Schmikale for doing an amazing job at singing the Japanese lyrics (which was a fun challenge for me to write)
Hope you enjoy!
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DADDY ISSUES
Written & Directed by
Lorenz Hideyoshi
Joseph Le
Cast:
Lorenz Hideyoshi - Dad
Jay Kwon - J
Tarell Kota Bullock - T
Chau Naumova - Stefanie
Action Director
Lorenz Hideyoshi
Fight Choreography
Lorenz Hideyoshi
Jay Kwon & Tarell Kota Bullock
Action Design
Joseph Le
Lorenz Hideyoshi
Camera by
Joseph Le
Music by
Michael Firmont
“Daddy Issues”:
composed & produced by Michael Firmont
Lyrics by Lorenz Hideyoshi
Performed by Paul Cless & Anna Schmikale
Animation
Lorenz Hideyoshi
Editing & Sound Design
Lorenz Hideyoshi
Shot on Location in
Los Angeles
Special Thanks
Gui Da Silva
Kyla Hymas
Julia Strowski
Akihito Maruyama
Yumi Ogura
LHR & Team Red Pro
Co-Production 2023

[@TeamRedProductions]

thanks for having us Lorenz! also love the anime end credits!!

[@HideyoshiR]

It was an honor!

[@jamyangpelsang3099]

A live action and cel-shaded fight scene both in one video. What a visual treat!

[@calvincastillo3474]

This was absolutely amazing, incredible choreography!

[@diegofagundesmorales4275]

THE ANIME CREDITS 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I LOVE THE FIGHT

[@danlaw1991]

Great choreo and cinematography in this. Love the humour.
The anime section at the end is awesome.
Great work all round 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@JayKwon249]

Finally!!! So happy to have met and finally fight you. Bucket list for sure!!🙇🏻‍♂️❤️

[@HideyoshiR]

OUSS! You’re too damn fast Jay!!

[@edwardtownsendjr.]

You youngmen asked for this!!!

[@arokerdestany1968]

The camera man, cooked

[@ianleejavier17]

Awesome. Guys, greetings from Dominican Republic 🇩🇴

[@TeamRedProductions]

wahoo!!

[@RonHallKungFuBro]

Excellent work young man. I had lost track of your work for a while, but I'm pleased to have rediscovered you, and your new work is better than ever. I loved the way you've flawlessly integrated the Shaw Brothers style with the 90's HK action aesthetic, great stuff. Kudos to your entire creative team, you guys are onto something

[@HideyoshiR]

Thanks so much Ron! Really appreciate this!

[@RonHallKungFuBro]

@@HideyoshiR You go, Sir.

[@Er0nas]

I was so confused when I heared the german words! Ausgezeichnete Arbeit! 😂

[@elektrotwerk]

Was super fun watching it! Hope we see you all soon in your dream movie project!

[@swirvcreatives]

Sheeshhhh awesome work y’all! And that ending sequence was a whole anime in itself wth soo much work! Great job!

[@dariosusman]

AWESOME!! Great work everyone! Haven't had such fun in quiet some time! :)

[@Chevaux804]

Great choreography. Good work.

[@wes8098]

Did not expect that ending😆

[@augustuslodholz5453]

Haha amazing, love the end credits also

[@thedorejohnson3206]

out standing!!

[@saviouregu-my4ys]

God the fight scenes r so fluid, i wanna attain this level as a martial artist, men so good, the fighting style and humor am very much impressed!!!😊❤ good stunt

[@chris8691]

Loved it ❤

[@rickypoza1525]

👏👏💪🏻

[@demonyox-bq6lu]

Lorenz 💥💥💥

[@warden_ofthe_sands7414]

Ok everything about this video was absolutely amazing. I say the clip on Instagram at first but the full thing caught me completely off guard. The end of the live action part was funny but the second part was completely unexpected. I loved every moment of this video and had to comment on it.

[@HideyoshiR]

Thank you for taking the time to watch the whole thing!

[@mariemouroum9155]

Yessss 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@buddahand]

Wow wow wow that was brilliant 💯💥Enjoyed so much ❤

[@mohamadsami7131]

Commenting for the algorithm!

[@DeMarcelloAJFunes]

Yes 🔥🔥🔥 af

[@blockmasterscott]

The ending had me laughing out loud. 😂😂😂

[@rbimprovision22]

Great ending awesome job!

[@LawsonPhoenix89]

Baller

[@Notchnik]

damn! :D great one ;)

[@EmiLaPetiteNinja]

Awesome 🔥

[@middleeyethe5]

That was sick af!!! Looooved the ending. I was grinning hard af the whole time 😅... yal never disappoint

[@mohamadsami7131]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@SpaceAnimator_X]

Wow incredible.

[@ohtruebro]

Stillness is key to ascending above the Vegetative state

[@daniele.balconi]

😍

[@omegusprime5294]

1st time see one of these. I was not expecting the ending. Lol😂😂

[@DougMarv]

Hehe nice

[@maikalfredo6107]

Hahaha😮😮

[@danilojzapanta3880]

Talib uri having om

[@nicholaslandolt8912]

Love the Lei Wulong Jacket! Hope he makes it into Tekken 8!

[@YamilSunRay]

🤣 🤣 🤣 Ich dreh durch! Wie geil! 😍 Das outro einfach haha meeegaaaa! Schön nice neue choreos zu sehen 🤩🤩🤩🥳

[@eltonbormes]

Doing some sharp work!