10 recommended movies starring Mayu Matsuoka, an actress who embraces her role and walks alongside her!

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2020.06.09SYO

Mayu Matsuoka is a hesitant actress. Her acting always has an exquisite sense of distance.

Being treated roughly despite being part of a popular group in class, feeling lonely despite being a genius, feeling fulfilled but feeling empty inside... These are characters who feel a wall between themselves and others and society, haunted by "but" and "however." She has played many characters who are lacking in some way and unfulfilled.

Human nature is confused between compassion and desire, unable to choose either. Matsuoka's pain and ambivalent atmosphere breathe life into these characters. In other words, when Matsuoka plays them, the "depth" of the roles increases instantly. She doesn't leave the characters "just" beautiful. That's why the anguish contained within the roles is properly conveyed to the audience.

Born in 1995, Matsuoka entered the entertainment industry while still in elementary school. After appearing in several films and TV dramas, he appeared on the variety show "Oha Suta" in 2008. After that, he co-starred with Tao Tsuchiya and Takumi Kitamura in the drama "Suzuki Sensei" (2011) before they had made their big break, and then made a big leap with the film "Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo" (2012) and the morning drama "Amachan" (2013). His subsequent success is now well known to everyone.

Although the release has been postponed, two movies starring her are scheduled to be released in 2020. She has also become popular on radio programs, making the most of her outstanding conversation skills. This time, we will introduce 10 carefully selected movies starring actress Mayu Matsuoka, who embraces her characters and walks with them.

Index

1. "Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo" (12) Director: Yoshida Daihachi 103 minutes

This masterpiece is often mentioned as one of the most memorable Japanese films of the past decade. The debut novel by Ryo Asai, author of "Who Are You?" and "Cheer Boys!!", was adapted into a film by Daihachi Yoshida, director of "Show Me Your Sadness, You Cowards" (2007). It swept the domestic film awards.

Kirishima, a popular student at school and the ace of the volleyball team, suddenly quits the team. This "incident" spreads to those around him, including his girlfriend, friends, and teammates, and eventually ripples through the hierarchy of the school. Kirishima, who is at the center of the conversation, does not appear in the play, creating a "Waiting for Godot-esque" "absence of God" that corrodes the school society, making this a profound work.

The cast included young actors Ryunosuke Kamiki, Ai Hashimoto, Masahiro Higashide, Mizuki Yamamoto, Motoki Ochiai, Kodai Asaka, Tomoya Maeno, Nobuyuki Suzuki, and Taiga Nakano, and this helped raise their profile. Matsuoka played a member of a glamorous group in her class. She is an "unpleasant woman" who is always concerned about her status and feels superior depending on who she dates. She is a potential "flatterer," so to speak, but also a complex character who feels uncomfortable about admitting this fact. Matsuoka delicately embodies the inner turmoil of this girl who rebels against the position she has chosen.

Apparently, the audition process for this film was round three, with 600 people taking part, and the round was in the form of a workshop. Matsuoka's extraordinary talent is already apparent in the fact that he made it through the auditions.

Incidentally, he also won a role through an audition in the same year's Lesson of the Evil (2012), in which he plays a student who becomes the target of a psychopathic teacher (Hideaki Ito), alongside Shota Sometani, Fumi Nikaido, Kento Hayashi, Sari Ito, and Yukino Kishii.

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