What Lin Junxiu didn't expect was that after going round and round, the role of Kobayashi Daigo, the male protagonist of "The Embalmer", still fell on Masahiro Motoki. Since the male protagonist had not changed, Lin Junxiu was too lazy to adjust the latter part.

Instead, they directly copied the cast list from the parallel plane. The heroine in the movie, Kobayashi Mika, the wife of Kobayashi Daigo, was still chosen to play the role of Hirosue Ryoko.

Although Hirosue Ryoko started her career as a model, her road to stardom has been very smooth. Her first single sold 600,000 copies, and her second single reached the top of the Oricon weekly chart. You know, Hirosue

The era when Ryoko released records was 1997. It was an era when bands and singers complemented each other. It was a miracle that a newcomer could achieve such results. And in her childhood when she released singles, Hirosue Ryoko successfully appeared on NHK's "Kōhaku"

Before her, only Seiko Matsuda and Yoshimi Iwasaki had achieved the achievement of "female singers appearing on the Kohaku Song Gala in the first year of their debut".

In addition to her dazzling career as a singer, her career as a model and actress is also star-studded. Matsuda Seiko adopted the strategy of releasing two books at a time for her first photo album, and her final photo albums "H" and "R"

Cumulative sales exceeded 460,000 copies. Her first Japanese drama "Shouta's Sushi", which she collaborated with Kashiwahara Takashi, won her the Best Newcomer at the Japanese Drama Academy Awards. At the same time, she starred in movies, and she starred in the movie "20

"Nostalgia of the Century" won her the Japan Film Academy Award for Best Newcomer. It can be said that Hirosue Ryoko is not only beautiful, but she is also a beauty with outstanding professional abilities.

However, in "The Embalmer", Hirosue Ryoko does not have many shining points. This is related to the production process of the Japanese film industry. In Japanese film and television dramas, all characters and plots serve "Ichiban"

Even though Hirosue Ryoko occupies the title of heroine, she is still a tool that exists to highlight the male protagonist. Although Hirosue Ryoko later won an acting award at the Yokohama Film Festival with this film, the judges gave her

The award awarded was "Best Supporting Actress". You can imagine how little this character has a strong presence in the movie.

Although I don’t know who stipulated that the male protagonist must be paired with a female protagonist, and the importance of the roles in the movie is also the male protagonist, the female protagonist, the number one supporting actor, the number one supporting actress... and so on. Fortunately, in Japan

Movies don’t have so many troublesome rules. After all, Japanese movies also have the type that can be shot by three people, so it’s not uncommon for the whole movie to be made up of male actors. For example, the movie companies that start with C and the movie companies that start with K.

I particularly love shooting this type of film, and it saves a lot of money, after all, the installation costs are almost non-existent.

But in "The Embalmer", apart from Ichiban Daigo Kobayashi, the real Ichiban should be Hirata Masakichi, Kobayashi Daigo's boss and mentor at the funeral home, the old embalmer. In comparison, Hirosue Ryoko

Mika Kobayashi who plays the role should be ranked third or fourth. In the movie, Hirata Masakichi is played by Sasano Takashi, who is a gold medal supporting actor in the Japanese film industry and is also one of Yamada Yoji's regular actors.

Sasano Takashi was able to gain a foothold in the film industry precisely because he starred in Yamada Yoji's "The Story of Torajiro", and his highlight moment was when he starred in Yamada Yoji's "Samurai's Point" and won several film awards that year.

Best Supporting Actor. What makes Takashi Sasano outstanding in his acting skills is his "brain filling". No matter how simple the role is, he will design a character resume for him, so that he can show the depth of the character when he plays it.

However, what Lin Junxiu admired was the old man's fighting ability. Originally, the old man planned to live alone for the rest of his life. But when he was about to turn 50, the old man fell in love and married a woman 17 years younger than him. This time

It’s amazing to get married. The old man gave birth to four sons as soon as he worked hard! Now the old man is 72 years old, but the eldest son has not yet reached the age of 30, and the younger son has just entered the society (23 years old). Because the old man

He and his four sons are all actors, and the age range of the family makes the old man a favorite of invitations to various variety shows after entering the new century. No need to talk about other things, let the old man talk about those ages who can be actors

The stories about their grandchildren’s sons are a program content that Japanese housewives love to watch. Today’s variety shows that are not prime time cannot invite the old man to appear!

In "The Embalmer", the role that can be ranked three times, and can even be said to be more important than the heroine Mika Kobayashi, is Yamashita Aiko. Although this role is also a tool role that exists to promote the protagonist of the story, it is undeniable that her

The existence value is indeed higher than that of Kobayashi Mika. Yamashita Aiko is the female owner of the bathhouse in the hero's hometown, and this bathhouse is one of the beautiful memories of the hero's childhood. It is a key scene that connects the former hero's present and childhood. At the same time,

Because of Yamashita Aiko's existence, Kobayashi Dago could think of his father and review the significance of his father's existence in his childhood. In the end, it was Yamashita Aiko's death that made Kobayashi Dago realize his enlightenment and finally choose to reconcile with his father.

Therefore, this tool man role cannot be cast by just anyone, and the actor found in the original scene is Yoshiyuki Kazuko.

Although Yoshiyuki Kazuko is an actress, her main identity is still a poet and prose writer. Yoshiyuki Kazuko comes from a scholarly family. Her father is a poet and novelist, her brother is also a novelist, and her sister is also a novelist and writer. Therefore, Yoshiyuki Kazuko's film and television

There are not many works, but they are basically high-quality films. For domestic audiences, the famous movies starring Kazuko Yoshiyuki should be "Summer of Kikujiro" and "Tokyo Family". Kazuko Yoshiyuki is particularly easy to create the kind of movie

At first glance, the character seems to have no sense of existence, but once you revisit this movie, you will find that Kazuko Yoshiyuki is an indispensable part of this movie.

After several important extra actors have been confirmed, the rest are the other actors. The names and images of these actors will not appear on the posters, and their names will basically not be displayed in the title of the movie. Their names will appear more often in the movie.

The list of actors at the end of the movie. But this does not mean that they are not important. Movies are always a group work, and everyone has his or her own value.

In countries with developed film industries, in addition to professional training, actors also have their own promotion channels and circulation channels. For example, in Japan and the United States, film and television actors and stage actors can circulate with each other. Stage plays are a good place to train actors.

Actors can slowly improve their acting skills by repeatedly appearing in the same stage play, and then they can move to the film and television industry; similarly, film and television actors can also move to the stage circle when their acting skills encounter bottlenecks, and use the stage to find breakthrough opportunities. In addition,

The upward path of an actor does not mean that a supporting actor must become a supporting role, and a supporting role must become a protagonist; it means that ordinary supporting roles must have the opportunity to become excellent supporting roles.

But in China, many outstanding supporting actors are not seen by others. They are not only famous but also profitable. The film and television industry is originally a vanity fair. If you only talk about dedication and not profit, it is really evil. Why are there so many people abroad?

With such gold medals and green leaves supporting roles, do people really have no ambition to become the protagonist? That is because the mature foreign film and television industry can give these gold medals and green leaves no less benefits than if they become the protagonists.

Almost all of the top supporting actors in China are those who have accumulated experience before the marketization of the film and television industry. It can be said that when they leave one day, the domestic shooting model of "traffic protagonists + acting supporting actors" will be completely over. Closer to home, Lin

The names of Junsu and Sony Classics also played a very important role in the selection of actors. Almost the entire Japanese actor circle knows that this is a film that is impacting mainstream film awards in Europe and the United States. But no actor has some ideas about his career.

He tried to refuse Lin Junxiu's call and set aside all schedules to wait for filming to begin.

"This is indeed a movie full of my personal ambitions." At the opening press conference, Lin Junxiu did not directly answer reporters' questions about whether this movie is an Oscar hit, but admitted in a roundabout way that he was interested in the film.

Expectations for this movie. "The original novel itself is very excellent, so I hope to create a work that satisfies everyone based on the excellence. To this end, I have invited the best actors in Japan who are most suitable for this movie."

Come get involved.”

As Lin Junxiu shifted the topic to the actors, the reporters naturally asked the actors interesting questions. After all, the reporters at the press conference all received red envelopes. Of course, the red envelopes for Japanese reporters are not given directly.

The vast majority of journalists will join the Japan Journalists Association, which is responsible for coordinating news organizations and their relationships with various government agencies and legal entities.

Of course, the birth of the Japan Journalists Association also has its positive significance. For example, the Journalists Association can not report certain cases under investigation. You must know that a hostage-taking case occurred in Taiwan Province because reporters in Taiwan directly connected to the live broadcast.

The kidnappers who ripped up the votes were okay, and the reporters who reported randomly were okay. Only the families of the victims were secretly hurt. And the person who helped these kidnappers get away with the crime is now the one who calls Taiwan Nanbo Bay every day.

They are a group of people. So don’t overestimate their shamelessness. After all, their heart has long been gone.

Most of the red envelopes received by Japanese journalists are collected through the Japan Journalists Association. Usually the agency being reported gives funds to the association in the name of sponsorship or other means, and the association then distributes the funds to the reporters in the name of journalist welfare, etc. Look,

Sure enough, he can play!

The launch press conference of "The Embalmer" was of course very successful. Not only did it be reported by major newspapers, but especially the seven major sports newspapers in Tokyo analyzed it on the front page and even in the form of special topics. The TV station also gave

received the highest treatment, not only news programs reported on it, but major news talk shows also analyzed the film’s launch as hot news. On the radio station side, everyone not only analyzed the film, but also specially commented on the original work. Japan’s

Compared with TV stations, radio programs are still a little more restrained. Many cultural and educational programs still account for a high proportion in Japanese radio stations. Even the three major radio channels under NHK have their own reading programs, and the listening rate is still very good.

Woolen cloth.

While the reporter was reporting, Lin Junxiu also started shooting with the film team. The main scene of this movie is in a rural town, so it is impossible to shoot in Tokyo. Fortunately, Japan's cities are very concentrated, and outside of Tokyo

There are many such small towns. However, Japan's population concentration is too high and the commuting requirements on the roads are also very high, so only some exterior scenes were shot outside, and the remaining interior scenes and some street scenes were still shot in the studio.
Chapter completed!