After going through those days, ``Those days. "fart--. Tori Matsuzaka and Taiga Nakano talk about their career as actors over ten years [Actor's Interview Vol.11]

Comedy scenes make me nervous due to pressure.

Q: As a movie fan, I think of ``Those days.'' I think it's also worth noting that director Rikiya Imaizumi and director Masayuki Tominaga teamed up as director and scriptwriter for the film.

Matsuzaka: I understand. I was also excited. It's not every day that I get to be on site for a collaboration like this, so I was genuinely happy. It didn't seem to go in the middle, and it was a little distorted, but the relationship between the men was really comfortable, and the love was clearly conveyed. I felt that way even when I watched the finished product on video.

There are moments when everyone is cursing each other and hating each other, but they are making up exquisitely...or rather, are they making up? However, the scenes that we often see in our daily lives are depicted in a very The Natural way that makes us think that we are good friends. I liked the feeling of not pushing myself too hard or stretching myself.

Nakano: It's true that he doesn't tense up his shoulders and elbows. There's a sense of ``a sense of chaos that unfolds on the edges, not in the middle,'' which is unique to Mr. Tominaga, but the drama that occurs within it has a certain universality... The script itself was interesting, and I could feel on set that director Imaizumi had a lot of respect for Tominaga.

I felt good about the process of respecting the script and expanding on it through direction.

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Q: There are many hilarious scenes in this work, but what do you think of the acting that makes you laugh? Is it easy or difficult?

Matsuzaka: If I laugh during the script, I get nervous on set. What's interesting when I read about it is that it's the most difficult part when acting (bitter smile).

Nakano: I understand. The staff members also come to see it with excitement, thinking, ``This is an interesting scene.'' Then, when I saw the setup, I was like, ``Oh, that's not really it...?'' It was already hard (bitter smile).

Matsuzaka: There's a lot of pressure (lol). I thought, ``It would be faster if I read this already'' (lol).

Nakano: Certainly! (lol)

Q: As a viewer, I thought, ``She looked so natural and wonderful,'' but from the perspective of the performer, there was a sense of tension.

Nakano: Yes, it was. There's a lot of tension when shooting comedy scenes.

Matsuzaka: I think it's more difficult to make people laugh than to make them cry. I think comedians are amazing.

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Q: There are a lot of dialogue scenes this time, so there are some parts where you can't see what your opponent will do.

Matsuzaka: Oh, really. I was surprised when Taiga suddenly changed their relationship during the process (lol).

Nakano: (laughs).

Matsuzaka: In the lead-up to the actual production, we had sessions with director Imaizumi, and Taiga brought out various ideas (lol). Because we didn't know what was going to happen, there was a sense of tension and it kept things fresh.

In a sense, there was a sense of unity among everyone. How will other people come? It's a feeling of excitement. That was also the interesting part.

Q: What do you think of Mr. Nakano as the one who set it up?

Nakano: It was fun (laughs). There was a lot of freedom, and Wakaba (Tatsuya)-kun was behind the scenes pretending that he was the one who was going to set things up, and Serizawa (Okihito)-kun was also doing things behind that... From Tori-kun's point of view, there were various things. I think it felt like a trap had been set there (lol).

Matsuzaka: This time I was on the receiving end, so everyone was in the same field of view and trying various things, and I was getting a lot of information (lol).

Tori Matsuzaka

Born October 17, 1988 in Kanagawa Prefecture.

In 2009, he made his acting debut in the special effects drama "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger". 2011 ``We can't change the world.'' ” (directed by Kenta Fukasaku) and “Antokinoi nochi” (directed by Takahisa Zeze), he won the 85th Kinema Junpo Best Ten New Actor Award and the 33rd Yokohama Film Festival Best New Actor Award. His main appearances in recent years include the films ``Fuhan'' (18/directed by Koji Shiraishi), ``Nen of Prostitution'' (18/directed by Daisuke Miura), ``Inare Iwane'' (19/directed by Katsuhide Motoki), and ``The Bee and the Distant Thunder.'' ” (19/Directed by Kei Ishikawa) etc. In 2019, he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 42nd Japan Academy Awards for ``The Blood of the Wolf'' (2018, directed by Kazuya Shiraishi), and in 2020, he won the 43rd Japan Academy Award for ``The Journalist'' (1919, directed by Michito Fujii). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2021, in addition to this work, ``Inochi no Shijo'' (directed by Izuru Narushima), ``Korou no Chi LEVEL 2'' (directed by Kazuya Shiraishi), and ``Intolerance'' (directed by Keisuke Yoshida) are scheduled to be released. He will be starring in the NHK Saturday drama ``About the Crisis Now and My Likeability'' which will start in April.

Taiga Nakano

Born February 7, 1993 in Tokyo.

Debuted as an actor in 2006.

His main appearances include ``Kirishima, quit your club activities'' (12/directed by Daihachi Yoshida), ``Run Faster than Despair Can Overtake You'' (16/directed by Ryutaro Nakagawa), and ``Harmonium'' ( ``Haruko Azumi is missing'' (16/directed by Daigo Matsui), ``Pumpkin and Mayonnaise'' (17/directed by Masataka Tominaga), ``The Man from the Sea'' (18/directed by Koji Fukada), No matter how much my mother hates me” (18/directed by Osamu Mihogawa), “Silent Rain” (2020/directed by Ryutaro Nakagawa), “From today I am! ! Theatrical version'' (2020/directed by Yuichi Fukuda), ``I'm alive'' (2020/directed by Yuya Ishii), ``There's no crying child'' (2020/directed by Kaima Sato), ``Subarashiki Sekai'' (21/directed by Miwa Nishikawa) )Such. The drama series "Steel ga Hajime" is scheduled to begin airing in April.

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 」

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From Friday, February 19, 2021, TOHO Cinemas Hibiya and others

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