''2LDK'' is a 2003

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film, directed by

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as part of the

Duel Project Duel Project was a challenge issued to Ryuhei Kitamura and Yukihiko Tsutsumi by producer Shinya Kawai during a night of drinking. The challenge was for the two directors to see who could make the best feature film with two principal actors/actresse ...

, starring

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and

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. Two ambitious actresses, who share an apartment, learn they have been short-listed for the same part and that they have to wait for one more night to see who wins the part. As they bicker throughout the night, their competitiveness and hidden grudges turn their apartment into a battlefield.

Synopsis

Although aspiring actresses Nozomi (Koike) and Lana (Nonami) share a Tokyo apartment that's owned by their talent management agency, they're a world apart. Nozomi is a soft-spoken country girl from

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who prides herself on being demure. City girl Lana, who grew up in a rough area of Tokyo, is more worldly, experienced and jaded. Whilst in apartment, they learn they have auditioned for the same part in a highly anticipated film called ''Yakuza Wives'' and that there will be a phone call in the morning that will reveal who wins the role. They decide to stay in for the phone call. A conversation between two actresses turns sour, bringing their hidden resentment to the surface, which pushes them into committing a series of violent acts against each other while arguing over their backgrounds, lifestyles, choices, and love lives. As they lay dying from severe injuries they inflicted on each other, their apartment phone finally rings at dawn. When it goes unanswered, it's switched to their answering machine. A male voice on the machine announces they both won the part.

Production

''2LDK'' was paired with

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's film '' Aragami'' as the

. Producer Shinya Kawai issued a challenge to directors Tsutsumi and Kitamura to create a feature-length movie each consisting a duel, two actors and one setting, along with a rule that the filming should take just one week. Tsutsumi's ''2LDK'' was filmed in eight days, with the cast and crew often working throughout the night. The title is a Japanese

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for a 2-bedroom apartment with a Living-room, Dining-room, and Kitchen.

Releases

''2LDK'' was released in DVD form in Japan, U.S. and Korean versions. It was also included in the 3-disc box set "Danger after Dark" (which includes '' Suicide Club'' and '' Moon Child'' as well). ''2LDK'', part of the

, was broadcast together with '' Aragami'' in Australia through Foxtel Television in 2005.

Remake

In 2012, ''The Wright Girls'', a remake with

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, directed by

Andy Fickman Andy Fickman is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, television director, television producer, and theatre director. His credits as a theater director include the premiere of the ''Reefer Madness!'' musical, the first Los Angele ...

, and written by

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, was announced. By 2014 Fickman was replaced by Kevin Connolly, and Arterton by

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References

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