Duel Project was a challenge issued to

Ryuhei Kitamura (born May 30, 1969) is a Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter. Biography Early life Kitamura was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He dropped out of high school at age 17 and relocated to Sydney, Australia, where he attended a sch ...

and

Yukihiko Tsutsumi is a Japanese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nihon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, ''Office Crescendo'', from w ...

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/actresses battling in one principal location in the time span of one week. Kitamura's half was the film '' Aragami'' with Tsutsumi's being ''

2LDK ''2LDK'' is a 2003 Japanese film, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi as part of the Duel Project, starring Maho Nonami and Eiko Koike. Two ambitious actresses, who share an apartment, learn they have been short-listed for the same part and that they ...

''.

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The Duel Project: When drunken wagering leads to great filmmaking by Brian Mckay
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