"Lin Jun, are we going to visit Takakura-san like this?" Koishi Takashu asked still in disbelief.

As Japan's national treasure movie actor, Ken Takakura has starred in fewer and fewer movies in recent years. To invite this big-money actor, Toho Films directly promised Lin Junxiu that the film's production budget would be unlimited.

It is true that film companies want to make money, but for those film companies that have reached a certain level, reputation and awards are also indispensable. Otherwise, why would Lin Junxiu want to remake "Always 3-chome Sunset"? He has nothing to do with making a few youth movies.

Aren’t idol movies or campus comedy movies good?

If to Lin Junxiu, Takakura Ken is a person who admires the mountains, then to Koishi Takaki and his generation of Japanese, Takakura Ken is a kind of belief and sentiment.

Ken Takakura's private residence is not as luxurious as he imagined. It is just a simple one-family house located in a quaint and quiet community. Of course, compared to ordinary one-family homes, Ken Takakura's residence is still much larger.

After Lin Junxiu rang the doorbell, he saw a strange young man coming to open the door. After exchanging pleasantries, he realized that he was an apprentice actor who studied under Ken Takakura. Ken Takakura retained the habits of the previous generation of Japanese entertainers and regarded the master-apprentice relationship as a

Very important. Anyone who is not personally recognized by him will never be accepted as a disciple, and a disciple will never be allowed to leave the disciples until they can be independent. Since the private house also serves as a teaching studio, Takakura Ken's house is a bit crowded. Takakura Ken's house is a bit crowded.

After seeing Lin Junxiu come in, he took him to a Japanese room next to him and ordered his disciples to serve him tea.

"Is this the script that Jun Lin mentioned?" Ken Takakura took Lin Junxiu's script and started reading it slowly.

After changing the tea three times, Takakura put down the script. He did not speak, but closed his eyes and meditated for a long time.

"This is really a good story!" Takakura Ken suddenly opened his mouth and said, "Can I take the liberty to ask, what prompted Lin Jun to write this story? At Lin Jun's age, it is inevitable to think about such things.

Is it too early? This seems to be something only an old man would do."

"Takakura-san should know that according to American genre films, there is a type of movie called 'road movie.' The characteristic of this type of movie is that the protagonist's journey allows the protagonist to reach his destination both mentally and physically. Therefore, this journey

In fact, it is a journey of self-redemption." Lin Junxiu said calmly, "This movie is actually a road movie, and what I want the hero to look for is himself. If a person's time is running out and he is alone,

So what is the meaning of his existence in this world? Just like in my script, I asked passers-by to ask the male protagonist, "Are you traveling or wandering?" Because traveling has a destination but wandering does not; and there is a way to go back when traveling.

There is no place but no wandering. This is the hero's self-salvation, and it is also a spiritual exploration for everyone. In the end, these are actually the three classic questions in philosophy: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where will I go?

Where to go?”

"After discarding the character setting and story background, this story actually expresses those three questions." Regarding Lin Junxiu's explanation, Takakura Ken nodded with approval. "Sure enough, people who study literature prefer to think. Jun Lin is so young.

Then I started thinking about philosophy.”

Ken Takakura closed the script and put it on his knees. According to the habits of Japanese actors, this means that he has accepted the film, and the only thing left is to negotiate the salary with the agency. The Japanese actor circle has not yet

It’s confusing, what level of treatment should be given to actors, and agencies will not increase the prices of their actors at will, so negotiating the salary is basically a matter of process.

After accepting the script, Ken Takakura asked, "Jun Lin, what do you think of the other characters in the script? If you don't mind, I'd like to hear your arrangements."

Unlike other countries, the protagonists of Japanese film and television dramas or the titles of radio and television programs are responsible for the ratings or box office of the work. Therefore, they have greater power than ordinary actors and can even negotiate actors with the director.

Arrangements can also be made with the screenwriter to decide on plot points. As the main actor, Ken Takakura naturally wants to know who the other actors in this movie are, and he wants to ensure that this work does not tarnish his reputation. Of course, Ken Takakura will not interfere with all the actors.

The best choice is to understand the protagonist and supporting characters, and then pay attention to the guest actors.

"In addition to Takakura-san, the remaining main supporting characters in this movie include Chinese teacher Sugino Teruo, station lunch salesman Tamiya Yuji, restaurant owner Takiko Hamasaki and veteran fisherman Goro Oura," Lin Junxiu said.

In the list of actors, supporting roles can also be divided into main supporting roles, secondary supporting roles, minor supporting roles, and in addition, there are extra actors who have no lines and purely serve as human backgrounds. Lin Junxiu lists the main supporting roles. These actors are not only similar to the protagonist played by Takakura Ken

There are many interactive scenes, and they themselves are also key figures in promoting the plot. Lin Junxiu will not touch the actors who played these characters in the original version. After all, it is not easy to find more suitable ones.

"If possible, I would like to invite Takeshi Sugino to star as Sugino Teruo. The duel between Takakura-san and Kitano-san will definitely become the first climax of the movie, and Kitano-san's character will also be closely related to the character of Sugino Teruo.

It fits. As for Tamiya Yuji, I plan to invite Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, a member of SMAP from Johnny & Associates. Although Kusanagi-senpai was born as an idol, after years of polishing, his acting skills are no worse than those of ordinary actors. And

Kusanagi-senpai is also very generous and cheerful in his normal life, so this role is basically his true nature."

Lin Junxiu arranged the members of SMAP here not out of selfishness, but because this role was originally played by Tsuyoshi Kusanagi. Ken Takakura has always admired Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and has supported him several times. And at this time, SMAP was also in the midst of a

In their second peak period, having Kusanagi Go join the team is equivalent to turning SMAP into a promotional platform for this movie.

"As for Mieko Hamasaki, I would like to invite Kimiko Yu to perform. Although Kimiko Yu has not played a particularly important role in the past movies, she is a rare green leaf actor and a licorice actor, and it is very worthy of our invitation.

"

Green leaf actors and licorice actors are two very special types of actors. They are usually used to describe actors who play supporting roles all year round. Green leaf actors mean that this actor often plays supporting roles better than the protagonists, such as Chinese actor Wu Mengda. And licorice actors can be said to be

The evolved version of Green Leaf Actors. Green Leaf actors usually only need to "match" well, but Licorice actors also need to "lead" well. Usually if a crew can have one or two Licorice actors, then the atmosphere of the crew and the effects of the filming will be better.

different.

At this time, Yu Kimiko was not as famous as later generations. You must know that she received the Purple Ribbon Medal from the Japanese government in 2019. The only work that people can remember about Yu Kimiko now is "Okinawa Little Girl" released in 2002.

Hibiscus".

"As for the fisherman Goro Oura, I would like to ask Mr. Hideharu Otaki to play the role."

In fact, "To My Dear You", in addition to being the last movie starring Takakura Ken before his death, is also the last work of another national treasure actor, Hideharu Otaki. Hideharu Otaki's reputation is not prominent in China, but it is indeed famous in Japan.

Famous. Although he was only a supporting actor, and the movie award he won was also the best supporting actor. But he not only had the Purple Ribbon Medal, but also the Rising Sun Medal of Honor, Fourth Class. After his death, the Japanese government also awarded him the medal posthumously.

He was awarded the Second Class Order of the Rising Sun. Basically, it can be said that he has received the highest honor that a Japanese actor can receive.

In addition to these important supporting roles, some other important guest actors have also been explained. For example, Mieko Harada, who has collaborated with Akira Kurosawa and Kinji Fukasaku, Yuko Tanaka, who is famous throughout Asia for her role in "Oxin", and

Tadanobu Asano, the leading actor in Japanese literary films. As for other minor supporting roles, Junxiu Lin did not elaborate on them.

However, compared with the original version, Junxiu Lin will make adjustments to these actors. For example, Haruka Ayase will replace the actor of Naoko Hamasaki, the daughter of Mieko Hamasaki, with Masami Nagazawa, while Goro Oura's grandson Takuya Ohura will be replaced by Haruka Ayase.

Nakao Akiaki. As Lin Junxiu's younger brother, Nakao Akiaki is obviously doing much better in this realm.

"I have no objection to Lin Jun's casting. It would be great if Lin Jun could invite them all to this crew!" Takakura Ken said.

Takakura Ken also knew that what Lin Junxiu told him must be the first choice, and usually the producers would have alternative plans. Although the Japanese live-action film industry is not that prosperous, except for a few film actors who insist not to appear in TV series, other film actors

I will still go to the TV industry to make a living. Especially the actors listed by Lin Junxiu, many of them are well-known gold medal supporting actors in the Japanese film and television industry, so their schedules may not be able to be arranged. But if it succeeds, then Takakura Ken

I am looking forward to the whole movie again.

After coming out of Takakura Ken's house, Lin Junxiu immediately asked the show's production to send invitations to these actors. There was basically no problem with the guest actors, after all, Lin Junxiu and Takakura Ken's reputation was there. Anyway, the quality of the film was guaranteed and the pay was not bad, then

There is absolutely no reason to refuse. Generally speaking, scenes with guest actors can be filmed in two to three days at most, so there is still time to squeeze.

It’s not difficult for small supporting roles. For example, Nagasawa Masami’s schedule is completely arranged by Lin Junxiu, just adjust it. When Nakao Akiyo heard that it was the big brother’s call, of course he immediately agreed. As for Nakao Akiyo’s agency Horipro, he took a look

As soon as they got to the main cast list, they didn't even dare to complain. In the end, only Takeshi Kitano and Tadanobu Asano were a little hesitant. After all, these two are good at making movies.

At the same time, Vernalossom Club also announced the plan for AKB48’s second single, and the most important thing is the formal proposal of the concept of a selection group. According to Vernalossom Club’s explanation, the selection group will only have 7 members, and will be composed of

Fans are elected from all AKB48 regular members and trainees through voting.

Fans' selection tickets come from their consumption in AKB48 Shop. If you spend no 1 yuan, you can get 1 point, and 1200 points can be exchanged for 1 selection ticket. Why choose 1200 points, because these 1200 points are equal to

It costs 1,200 yen, which is exactly the same as the price of a regular version of the single.

In order to stimulate fan voting, Vernalossom stated in the description that only the 7 members who entered the selection group can appear on the CD cover and represent AKB48 in most media activities. Even PVs and stage performances are dominated by them;

The remaining team members can only appear in the backup dancer group, or can take their place in some activities when the selection team is really busy. To put it simply, if you fans don't vote, your "push" will not have many resources.

oh.

It has to be said that Akimoto Yasushi is very good at business law. After this announcement and explanation were released, the sales of various peripherals of AKB48 Shop began to rise rapidly. Even when the inventory was tight, some peripherals of some unpopular members began to increase.

With large-scale sales, it’s very simple. Since the peripherals I promote are not enough, I will just buy other people’s peripherals to accumulate points.

The voting for the selection group for the second single is in full swing. In order to combat private relations within the group, Yasumoto Akimoto issued a death order requiring all members to hand over their cell phones. If you really need to contact your family,

You also need to apply in advance. All canvassing activities have set time periods and are limited to canvassing in the theater and posting canvassing information through their respective social media accounts.

As for the selection list, Maeda Atsuko, Takahashi Minami, Kojima Haruna and Oshima Mai, who have always been highly popular, are not in a hurry. Although they cannot guarantee that they will definitely be the selection champion, there is still no problem in entering the final top seven list.
Chapter completed!