The movie “Winny” will be released on March 10

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Movie Winny March 10 national road show

The movie “Winny” will be screened nationwide on Friday, March 10, 2023.

A record of challenges and battles based on a true story, said to be the biggest incident in the history of the Internet. The movie “Winny”, which chronicles the 7-year journey of winning acquittal from wrongful arrest, will be released soon.

Crypto asset (virtual currency) media CoinPost conducted an exclusive interview with the production team of “Winny” with the full cooperation of international film studio NOMA.

The director is Yusaku Matsumoto, who is known for his feature films such as “Everything is my fault”. Masahiro Higashide will play Isamu Kaneko, and Takahiro Miura will play lawyer Toshimitsu Dan.

It has been 6 years since Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, published a white paper in October 2008. Announced.

This was a pioneer of blockchain, which is the core technology of crypto assets (virtual currency), and it was so revolutionary that it quickly spread. said.

Some Japanese businessmen hypothesized that Kaneko, who died at the age of 42, was “Satoshi Nakamoto.” He was the one and only genius programmer.

Why did a talented person like him have to spend seven and a half years on an “unfair trial”? And how did he win his acquittal? He covered events that had an immeasurable impact on the history of the Internet in Japan.

Public special memorial

In commemoration of the nationwide screening on March 11 (Sat), we plan to invite Yusaku Matsumoto, Producer Ito, and Producer Fujii to a special Twitter space (real-time talks). Please join us for a valuable opportunity to hear behind the scenes until Winny is released.

Winny limited books will be presented to 5 people by lottery from those who have retweeted the corresponding Twitter.the tweet ishere

trailer

Will the craftsman who made the knife used in the murder be arrested?

To protect the future and rights of engineers,

A true story of men who fought against power and the media.

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What is Winny

File sharing software developed by Isamu Kaneko (handle name “47”).

It is software that uses distributed file system technology to share files among multiple computers connected to the Internet. Anonymity was very high because it developed P2P technology, which was not widely used at the time, and transferred data using a bucket brigade method.

When Mr. Kaneko published “Winny” on the electronic bulletin board site “2channel,” the number of users increased in an instant, and it is said that at its peak, more than 2 million people were using it.

However, due to its high anonymity, copyrighted data such as movies, games, and music are distributed without permission, and it has been pointed out as a hotbed of copyright infringement.

In addition, viruses that exploit its characteristics are also prevalent. When infected, unintended data leaks, such as internal documents of the police and the Self-Defense Forces, customer information of companies, and files owned by individuals. Copies of the leaked files remained on many computers, making them unrecoverable. Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe held a press conference saying, “The surest way to prevent information leaks is to not use Winny on your computer.” became a social problem.

As a result, Mr. Kaneko, the developer, will be charged with “helping to violate the copyright law”.

Public special memorial: In commemoration of the nationwide screening on March 11 (Sat), we plan to invite Yusaku Matsumoto, Producer Ito, and Producer Fujii to a special Twitter space (real-time talk session). Please join us for this rare opportunity to hear behind the scenes of Winny’s release.

Winny limited books will be presented to 5 people by lottery from those who have retweeted the corresponding Twitter.the tweet ishere

interview

We interviewed Mr. Satoshi Furuhashi of the movie Winny project, Mr. Kentaro Kishi of the screenplay and cinematography, and Mr. Chikara Ito, who was the producer.

Actually using Winny

Furuhashi/Ito:I have.

Ito:“A nail that sticks out gets hammered down, but a nail that sticks out too much doesn’t get hammered down.” It was used as the most advanced technology at the time.

Furuhashi:In terms of the number of Winny users, I think there were over 2 million people. It had a culture similar to the current DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization), and the P2P (Peer to Peer) technology used at that time was anonymous, so it is said to be the forerunner of Bitcoin, which was born in 2009.

Highlights of this work

Furuhashi:The first theme was ‘a society where the nail that sticks out doesn’t get hammered down’. Kaneko, who was called a genius programmer, is at the center, and the human relationship such as Dan lawyer who tries to protect Mr. Kaneko is drawn.

shore:In a sense, I wonder if the trial is something that is done for the sake of the “future supporters”. In the process of interviewing, I felt the feelings of the lawyers and the people involved, and turned them into the energy to create the work. I wanted to convey their thoughts straight.

Ito:Regarding the work, the director and the production team of actors have the belief that they want to create something good. This is really amazing. Even if it is a mainstream SNS, any useful tool can be used for bullying if you use it badly. In this work, the theme of such a user’s “ethics” is linked. If the society was able to cherish the geniuses that Japan produced, new businesses might have progressed, and that might have led to international competitiveness (national power).

If you have any doubts about the current society or have thoughts about human relationships, please watch this movie.

“Interview with the movie ‘Winny’: The backside of the incident that shook the internet with a genius developer in Japan” Click here for details of the interview (continued)