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Ryoma Takeuchi takes on the challenge of playing a difficult role with multiple personalities! Drama Special "Persona's Secret Report: The Suspect wit

 The film is a human suspense in which a former detective, whose wife was murdered in a past case, gets to the bottom of the case after a new series of kidnappings. Sawamura plays the main character, Wataru Shishimai, a former detective, and Ryoma Takeuchi plays Shuta Motomura, a young man with dissociative identity disorder (DID) who has multiple personalities and is a suspect in a serial kidnapping case. In this film, Takeuchi takes up the challenge of playing a difficult role with multiple personalities for the first time.

We asked him about the highlights of the drama, the difficulties he faced in creating the role, and episodes from the filming set. -You play the role of DID, a difficult character with multiple personalities. 　I had about a month and a half to prepare before the filming began. During that time, I read materials and books on DID given to me by the producers, and I had opportunities to meet children with DID, from which I got some hints. For the scenes in which personalities continuously change, I took videos of myself and watched them over and over again, and I studied a lot and focused on each person's alternate personality. -What did you find interesting about the script? 　

The story is based on a case of DID, but I think the moment when my alternate personality changes is the highlight. The character I play, Shuta Motomura, is a child who was not given enough love and affection in his childhood, and he is unconsciously trying to fill in what is missing or unfulfilled in his life, struggling to do so. I feel that viewers will be able to watch the film as a human drama and become emotionally involved in it. This time, however, the focus is not on what is good or bad, but on the way they live their lives in order to protect themselves and win the love of others, which I think is something that has never been done before. -Please tell us about each of the alternate personalities that you played this time. 　

First of all, there is the main personality, 24-year-old Shuta Motomura, and the alternate personalities of 7-year-old Kabuto, who is shy and timid but has a genius IQ, and Baku, a violent personality who lives his life always denying others. Kabuto is a personality born to pursue love, so when he meets Shishimai, he makes a discovery to be praised in order to receive love, and I think his hard work is adorable. Baku's personality comes out when he wants to deny others and insist that he is right because he has been continuously denied in the past. Each personality has its own personality, but they are all moving toward a single goal that they are seeking deep in their hearts. -What were some of the challenges you faced in working on this film?

　It was not so much the preparation for creating the alternate personalities that was difficult this time, but the script is very complex, so it took me the longest time to read and understand it. Once I clarified the meaning of my character, Shuta Motomura, in the story, I think I was able to figure out how to express each of the alternate personalities in the story. -What was the most memorable request from the director when you were playing the roles? 　

The moment when the eyes change from the main personality to each alternate personality character. I think it's just a few seconds, but the director said he wanted to capture the moment when the eyes change in a variety of colors, so I was very conscious of that while discussing it with the director. -How did you feel when you faced Kazuki Sawamura, the lead actor in the film?

 　I changed into various personalities and threw all kinds of balls at Shishimai, who is played by Mr. Sawamura, but he took them with open arms, so I really enjoyed working with him. There were many things that were born on the spot, and since he values catching the ball in front of him, I was able to play the role with a good sense of distance on the spot without having to make a set plan for the play.

-Do you feel that you yourself use several different faces? 　The main character, Shishimai, says this line, which I think is pretty much right on the mark for everyone. Some people consciously change their faces, but I think many people use different faces without realizing it, depending on where they are and what the situation is. I also think that my appearance is different when I go home than when I am at work, and while I am filming a drama, I think about how I should act in this team, and I adapt to it. I think I am naturally changing as I communicate with the people around me and live my life. -I have the impression that among today's young actors, you have appeared in many productions like this one, which approach the true nature of human beings. Do you yourself find such works attractive?

 　I myself am attracted to works that get close to the human being itself. Whether it is a human drama or a comedy, I always dig deep to find the humanity in the characters. -Finally, what are the highlights of the drama and what do you want people to pay attention to? 　I think you will be on the edge of your seat until the very end to find out who is the mastermind behind the case.

The scene where the alternate personality of Shuta Motomura, who I play, appears in a variety of colors and the scene where he and Mr. Sawamura interact with each other in the play is very profound and is the best part of the drama, I think. (Reporting and writing by Akino Komiyama)

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