5 recommended movies starring Gen Hoshino! An edgy lineup that stands out!

Musicians, actors, writers... Gen Hoshino's momentum is unstoppable. His extraordinary talent as a musician has long been known to everyone, but his charm as an actor has also entered the mainstream as the TV drama `` It's Shameful to Run Away '' (2016) has become a social phenomenon. In the TV drama `` MIU404 ,'' which aired in 2020, he broke new ground by playing a dark former detective from the First Investigative Division.

In October, the much-talked-about movie `` Voice of Sin '', which is based on Takeshi Shioda's best-selling novel, is scheduled to be released. Here too, he shows off his serious yet naive acting, giving us a sense of his maturity as an actor.

However, Hoshino began acting in earnest after participating in a workshop with Otona Keikaku, a theater company led by Suzuki Matsuo, and has always been a very unique person. Although he has had more opportunities to play ``serious characters'' in recent years, his acting is characterized by the ability to play people who are so-called ``ordinary people,'' while delivering strong gags that will make people fall on their faces. .

A man who jumps from ``empathy'' to ``outburst'' and freely goes back and forth between the thinness and darkness of the shadows. To put it simply, Gen Hoshino's great strength is that he is an actor who can be "repelled." NHK's variety show ``LIFE! ~A comedy dedicated to life~'' is a good example of this.

This time, we will introduce five selected movies in which Hoshino has appeared. We hope you will enjoy this edgy lineup that highlights his individuality once again.

Index

• 1. “Boxed Son’s Love” (13) Director: Masahide Ichii 117 minutes
• 2. “What’s Bad in Inferno?” (13) Director: Sion Sono 130 minutes
• 3. “The Night is Short, Walk, Maiden” (17) Director: Masaaki Yuasa 93 minutes
• 4. “Moving Daimyo! ” (19) Director: Isshin Inudo 120 minutes
• 5. “Voice of Sin” (20) Director: Hiroyasu Doi 142 minutes

1. “Boxed Son’s Love” (13) Director: Masahide Ichii 117 minutes

Gen Hoshino's memorable first starring role in a movie. History of not having a girlfriend = A love story in which Kentaro Tenshizuku (Gen Hoshino), a 35-year-old city hall employee, falls in love for the first time with Naoko Imai (Kaho), a blind woman he met on an arranged marriage, and his life changes completely. .

If you just look at the synopsis, it might seem like a straight romance movie, but it's directed by Masahide Ichii, who later directed `` Typhoon Family '' (19). Incorporating an ``aggressive'' direction that oozes vitality, the work depicts pure love and sexual desire with swift strokes. Hoshino embodies this energy in his own body.

Kentaro, who has lived a completely expressionless life with little interaction with those around him, begins to feel a wealth of emotions and eventually begins to express passion. The gradation of the script and Hoshino's acting perfectly shows the wonder and humor of what love means to people. In addition to Hoshino's acting spirit, who boldly took on the challenge of fully nude action, this is a masterpiece that shines with the presence of Kaho, who played the role of a blind woman delicately and painstakingly. The excellent performances by Sei Hiraizumi, Ryoko Moriyama, Ren Osugi, and Hitomi Kuroki, who played the parents who watch over and sometimes stand in the way of the two, also leave a lasting impression.

This is a brilliant debut movie in which Hoshino's strong acting skills of combining ``ordinary person'' and ``passion'' are fully demonstrated, and his career as an actor greatly accelerates from here on. It has been 10 years since the drama `` WATER BOYS '' (2003), which produced the likes of Takayuki Yamada, Eita (Eita Nagayama), and Kei Tanaka, and this is a work in which he took a big step forward as an actor. Apparently, he was forced to battle with subarachnoid hemorrhage during this period, and in that sense, it can be said that it was a tumultuous period.

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