CHAPTER1 Inc. (Headquarters: Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, Representative Director: Sho Nakajima) is pleased to announce the launch of its film project "HARUJI ~The Man Called Sugar King~," which depicts the life of the real-life entrepreneur Haruji Matsue, and the broadcast of the full AI short drama "Before the Rain Stops," produced by our team, on TOKYO MX's new program "AI EYES." We are embarking on new video production that fuses live-action and generative AI in both film and drama. CHAPTER1, Engaged in AI Video Production, Fully Launches Film and Drama Production Business Since its establishment in 2025, our company has focused its business on producing corporate promotional videos and videos for social media. Now, as a new challenge, we are entering the film and drama sector to create new video content that fuses live-action and generative AI. Film "HARUJI ~The Man Called Sugar King~" ~A Story of an Unknown Japanese Man for the Next Generation~ This film project portrays the life of Haruji Matsue, an entrepreneur who developed the sugar industry in the South Seas Islands before the war and was known as the "Sugar King." Haruji Matsue dedicated himself to industrial development, primarily in Saipan during the Japanese colonial period, making significant contributions to the regional economy and the livelihoods of its people. However, his achievements are not widely known today. This film aims to depict not only his challenges as an entrepreneur but also his interactions with people and his pursuit of an ideal society, posing questions to the present day. CHAPTER1 aims to reconstruct the life of this buried historical figure into a visual work and deliver it to the next generation. Our Vision for This Project CHAPTER1 utilizes generative AI not merely as an efficiency tool, but as an expressive technology to convey human emotions and history to future generations. By depicting Haruji Matsue's challenges and aspirations through contemporary visual express