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EXILE NAOTO stars in the drama "The Day They Call Me Papa Again" (*photographed by The Television Network).
EXILE NAOTO, playing a father for the first time, melts in love with his children "I'm feeling as if they are my own sons and daughters"
In this film, the main character Kenji Mikura (EXILE NAOTO),
who suffers from "anterograde amnesia" and is separated from his
family, is confronted once again by his children. (NAOTO), who is separated
from his family due to "anterograde amnesia," a condition that
prevents him from creating new memories, tries his best to live his life so
that his beloved children will call him "Papa" again. After an
accident, Kenji suffers from anterograde amnesia and asks his wife for a
divorce, fearing that his presence is a burden to the family. Two years later,
Kenji is still doing his best to live with his memory resetting every day when
he suddenly receives the news of his ex-wife's death. Kenji decides to face and
raise his children as a single father, inspired by the diary left behind by his
wife. ■"After reading the script, I thought it was brilliant." First
of all, he said about the offer for this film, "I felt that I was truly
honored to be asked to be a part of it. First of all, about the offer, EXILE
NAOTO said frankly, "I felt really honored to be offered the role. I was
happy because it has been a long time since I acted in a Fuji TV drama and it
was my first time to play the leading role in a Fuji TV terrestrial drama. I'm
very grateful to be able to challenge this kind of work. Although there are 4
episodes, each episode is filled with touching scenes and important things, and
after reading it, I thought it was brilliant. As for playing the role of a
father for the first time, he said, "I played the role while remembering
how my friends who have children and my own brother behaved toward their
children. I think that's the most important role I played in the film. I think
that is the best way for me to play the role." He revealed that he has
grown closer to his children in the week or so since filming began. In the
story, Yukio (Ririka), the daughter in the 6th grade of elementary school, is
disgusted by Kenji when she meets him again, while Haru (Rikusho Ishizuka), the
son who goes to preschool, is spoiled by Kenji in many scenes. Rikusho and I
spend as much time as possible together during breaks and I get to experience
what it is like to be a father. We get along well and he is very cute. I often
get nervous, regardless of the play, and I think it's really nice to be a
child. As for how she spends her time with Ririka, who plays Yukio, a reporter
asked her, "Did you ever think about not getting along with her too much,
like in the role?" EXILE NAOTO answered, "I thought so, but we became
good friends (laugh). They are both really good kids, and I have a parental
love for them. Ririka is in the first grade of junior high school, and I am
impressed that she was such an adult when I was in the first grade. I am also
impressed every time by her acting. Ririka pulls me along with her plays, and I
also experience emotional changes because of it. Kenji, who plays Kenji, is "clumsy
and straight-forward," he said. "I think he faces each day
differently before and after the illness. We all have memories every day, and
sometimes we are so busy that we cannot distinguish between yesterday and
today. But for him, there is no "yesterday. He continued, "Memories
with other people are the things that connect you to other people and form who
you are, and they are your life itself. Kenji's lack of such memories made me
think about whether I cherish each day more than Kenji does. When asked how
much he learned about anterograde amnesia, he replied, "I received various
materials and watched videos of people who cannot let go of their notepads and
people who do not know where they are every morning. But at a quick glance, I
could not see the difference. But at a quick glance, I didn't see that these
people were suffering from such diseases. As far as I could tell, many of them
were very confident in their answers, and I thought they were all very
cheerful. In one of the videos, a person with an illness said, 'If you don't
remember, it means you don't have yourself, you don't have feelings. It's
unfathomable even if we can imagine it, but it made me think about what it must
be like to wake up with nothing to remind you of yourself, what it must be like
to go to sleep at night and forget everything when you wake up tomorrow,"
he added. I wondered how I would feel when I went to bed at night, forgetting
everything when I woke up tomorrow. EXILE NAOTO has deepened his understanding
of anterograde amnesia from various materials, but "As we continue
filming, my feelings and thoughts for the children become stronger. But I
thought it would be better not to accumulate (emotions) because Kenji returns
to zero when the day is over. If it is a night scene, he reads his notes (of
what has happened up to now) and has feelings that have been built up since the
morning. But if it was in the morning, it would be the first time he sees the
view of his workplace, and the first time he sees himself living with his children.
Kenji starts from zero every day, so I played the role while thinking that I
shouldn't be thick," he said, also describing the difficulties of playing
Kenji as the filming continued. Finally, he sent a message to the audience:
"I hope that by watching Kenji Mikura, a man who is trying his best to
become a father despite his clumsiness, viewers will feel courage and a sense
of cherishing each and every day of their lives as they strive to achieve their
goals despite all the harm they are going through.
Source: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5e5b13af43e8eacd2b67da86489a8d1263d11162
In this film, the main character Kenji Mikura (EXILE NAOTO),
who suffers from "anterograde amnesia" and is separated from his
family, is confronted once again by his children. (NAOTO), who is separated
from his family due to "anterograde amnesia," a condition that
prevents him from creating new memories, tries his best to live his life so
that his beloved children will call him "Papa" again. After an
accident, Kenji suffers from anterograde amnesia and asks his wife for a
divorce, fearing that his presence is a burden to the family. Two years later,
Kenji is still doing his best to live with his memory resetting every day when
he suddenly receives the news of his ex-wife's death. Kenji decides to face and
raise his children as a single father, inspired by the diary left behind by his
wife. ■"After reading the script, I thought it was brilliant." First
of all, he said about the offer for this film, "I felt that I was truly
honored to be asked to be a part of it. First of all, about the offer, EXILE
NAOTO said frankly, "I felt really honored to be offered the role. I was
happy because it has been a long time since I acted in a Fuji TV drama and it
was my first time to play the leading role in a Fuji TV terrestrial drama. I'm
very grateful to be able to challenge this kind of work. Although there are 4
episodes, each episode is filled with touching scenes and important things, and
after reading it, I thought it was brilliant. As for playing the role of a
father for the first time, he said, "I played the role while remembering
how my friends who have children and my own brother behaved toward their
children. I think that's the most important role I played in the film. I think
that is the best way for me to play the role." He revealed that he has
grown closer to his children in the week or so since filming began. In the
story, Yukio (Ririka), the daughter in the 6th grade of elementary school, is
disgusted by Kenji when she meets him again, while Haru (Rikusho Ishizuka), the
son who goes to preschool, is spoiled by Kenji in many scenes. Rikusho and I
spend as much time as possible together during breaks and I get to experience
what it is like to be a father. We get along well and he is very cute. I often
get nervous, regardless of the play, and I think it's really nice to be a
child. As for how she spends her time with Ririka, who plays Yukio, a reporter
asked her, "Did you ever think about not getting along with her too much,
like in the role?" EXILE NAOTO answered, "I thought so, but we became
good friends (laugh). They are both really good kids, and I have a parental
love for them. Ririka is in the first grade of junior high school, and I am
impressed that she was such an adult when I was in the first grade. I am also
impressed every time by her acting. Ririka pulls me along with her plays, and I
also experience emotional changes because of it. Kenji, who plays Kenji, is "clumsy
and straight-forward," he said. "I think he faces each day
differently before and after the illness. We all have memories every day, and
sometimes we are so busy that we cannot distinguish between yesterday and
today. But for him, there is no "yesterday. He continued, "Memories
with other people are the things that connect you to other people and form who
you are, and they are your life itself. Kenji's lack of such memories made me
think about whether I cherish each day more than Kenji does. When asked how
much he learned about anterograde amnesia, he replied, "I received various
materials and watched videos of people who cannot let go of their notepads and
people who do not know where they are every morning. But at a quick glance, I
could not see the difference. But at a quick glance, I didn't see that these
people were suffering from such diseases. As far as I could tell, many of them
were very confident in their answers, and I thought they were all very
cheerful. In one of the videos, a person with an illness said, 'If you don't
remember, it means you don't have yourself, you don't have feelings. It's
unfathomable even if we can imagine it, but it made me think about what it must
be like to wake up with nothing to remind you of yourself, what it must be like
to go to sleep at night and forget everything when you wake up tomorrow,"
he added. I wondered how I would feel when I went to bed at night, forgetting
everything when I woke up tomorrow. EXILE NAOTO has deepened his understanding
of anterograde amnesia from various materials, but "As we continue
filming, my feelings and thoughts for the children become stronger. But I
thought it would be better not to accumulate (emotions) because Kenji returns
to zero when the day is over. If it is a night scene, he reads his notes (of
what has happened up to now) and has feelings that have been built up since the
morning. But if it was in the morning, it would be the first time he sees the
view of his workplace, and the first time he sees himself living with his children.
Kenji starts from zero every day, so I played the role while thinking that I
shouldn't be thick," he said, also describing the difficulties of playing
Kenji as the filming continued. Finally, he sent a message to the audience:
"I hope that by watching Kenji Mikura, a man who is trying his best to
become a father despite his clumsiness, viewers will feel courage and a sense
of cherishing each and every day of their lives as they strive to achieve their
goals despite all the harm they are going through.
Source: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/5e5b13af43e8eacd2b67da86489a8d1263d11162
