“Little Subculture Wars ~Villevan!” Even a mistake can turn into something interesting if you look at it differently. Actor Amane Okayama thinks from a “bird’s eye view” [Actor’s Interview Vol.8]

What I think now after 10 years as an actor

Q: Having been an actor for over 10 years, what is the current stage in your life?

Okayama: I think the speed and quality of growth has changed.

In the early days, I was growing no matter what I did, so it was easy to stay motivated. But gradually, it became more difficult to expand my horizons and increase my drawers. That's why I'm thinking, ``What should I do next?''

However, the fact that it gets harder is interesting in itself. I started thinking about things from a bird's-eye view, thinking, ``How should I conquer the game?'' and things that interested me changed...I feel like something new has begun since my 10th year.

Q: Is the mindset of thinking from a bird's-eye view a creed that is important to you?

Okayama: That's right. Because you're working so hard, before you know it, negative emotions and the obsessive feeling that you can't make a mistake are born. However, I believe that both manufacturing and acting are essentially an extension of "play."

My theory is that ``good things don't necessarily lead to good things.'' For example, in acting, it's not something that always accelerates in a positive snowball manner.

If you look at it subjectively, it may be an incident, or it may be a mistake or something that cannot be undone. However, even if you don't know the strategy yourself, there are quite a few things that you can turn into "entertainment" if you look at them from a bird's-eye view. I don't know what will make it interesting, so it's important to take a look at it once.

Q: Looking at Mr. Okayama's career, I see that he has been active in both major and independent projects, and has continued to appear in works. I was wondering how you make an effort to continue to be chosen, and it seems like this is the underlying idea.

Okayama: The same goes for "thinking from a bird's-eye view", and I think the face is just right (lol).

There are many beautiful actors, both male and female, but they shine overwhelmingly in certain scenes, but depending on the work they stand out too much and it is difficult to use them properly.

When I think about that, I think I have a visual style that can sway in a variety of directions.

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Okayama Amane

Born June 17, 1994 in Tokyo. Debuted in 2009 with ``Junior High School Student Diary Series: Transfer Student (1) ~The Boy Listens to the Sound of Heaven~'' (NHK). His performance in the 2017 film Poetry Angel (directed by Toshimitsu Iizuka), in which he starred, was praised and he won the Best Emerging Actor Award at the 32nd Takasaki Film Festival. He has appeared in dramas and movies such as the TV drama series ``Hiyokko'' (NHK) and ``Sakura of the same period'' (NTV). He has appeared in eight films in 20 years alone, including ``Blue, Painful, and Fragile'' (directed by Shunsuke Kariyama). ``Ora Ora de Hitori Igumo'' (directed by Shuichi Okita) and ``Hotel Royal'' (directed by Masaharu Take) are on the waiting list.

Interview and text: SYO

Born in 1987. After The Graduate from Tokyo Gakugei University, he worked at a film magazine editorial production site and a film information site before becoming a film writer/editor. Works on a wide range of topics including interviews, reviews, columns, event appearances, and recommendation comments. Contributed to ``CINEMORE'', ``Cinema Cafe'', ``Soen'', ``FRIDAY Digital'', ``CREA'', ``BRUTUS'', etc. Twitter「 syocinema 」

“Little Subculture Wars ~Villevan!” Counterattack~''

Cast: Amane Okayama, Aoi Morikawa, Moga Mogami, Riki Honda, Hinata Kashiwagi (Private Ebisu Junior High School), Kenji Mizuhashi, Fukushi Ochiai, Yutaka Kobayashi (BOYS AND MEN), Mina Oba (SKE48) / Masato Hagiwara, Adachi Yumi／・Mitsuru Hirata・Kenichi Takito

Director: Yosuke Goto Screenplay: Kiyotaka Inaga

Theme song: “Mekata” God Doesn’t Roll Dice (Virgin Music)

Production: Cogito Works Distribution: Aeon Entertainment Running time: 102 minutes

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