She said: “My character is of mixed ethnicity of Japanese and Spanish, and she does a puppet show with her father Fujin (Takehiro Hira), and then she comes across the bad guys led by Sugarman (Tim Roth), and she finds her destiny completely changed when she does something very big – I can’t say because it’s a spoiler – but it’s really about her finding herself and becoming a really independent and strong woman, so it’s an inspiring story, I think.”.
This year marks Glasgow Film chief executive officer and Glasgow Film Festival director Allison Gardner’s last time running the annual event.
She added: “I think the film is special because first of all it’s a lot of different cultures mixed together, and secondly the landscape is absolutely beautiful, the cast members, and I think a lot of special moments all gathered into one special film.”.
The film was shot in Scotland and features Koki’s titular character, Tornado, and her father, Fujin, who host a travelling Samurai show around the UK, only to cross paths with a gang of criminals.
Asked about producing a film in Scotland, he said: “It went really well considering it was January and we were in Scotland in the hills.
