Gackt - Bunraku

Bunraku is an upcoming 2011 computer-animated live action fantasy that revolves around a "Man with No Name" stock character known as 'The Drifter'. Directed by Guy Moshe from his own script, the title of the film is based on a 400-year-old form of Japanese Puppet Theater, a style of storytelling that uses 4-foot (1.2 m)-tall puppets with highly detailed heads, each operated by several puppeteers who blend into the background wearing black robes and hoods.

This classic tale is re-imagined in an entirely fresh visual context, set in a unique world that mixes skewed reality with shadow-play fantasy. The world of Bunraku is fantasy and reality, Samurai and Western all combined. 

The casting of the Japanese rock star came as a surprise even to him. Although Gackt Camui has starred in Japanese television drama and feature films, Bunraku is his first acting experience in an international-flavored movie to date. The involvement of the Japanese artist was officially announced on April 23, 2008. Gackt came to the attention of director Guy Moshe through his role in the 2007 television historic drama Fūrin Kazan, a year-long series produced by NHK. In this series, he portrayed the heroic warlord Uesugi Kenshin, winning him accolades, not only for his acting performance, but also for the single Returner ~Yami no Shūen~ and the video for the same that were inspired by his role. Moshe went to Japan to entice Gackt to join the project.