Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 78 Urashima Taro's Mood
Akio Jissoji is quite satisfied with Hiroko Yakushimaru.

It wasn't just about connections; she had already performed well in this small role. Although she hadn't received formal training at a drama academy, acting was a family tradition.

When it comes to acting, Yakushimaru Hiroko is similar to Da Ru in China. They both rely on talent. When she was young, her eyes were lively and the roles she performed were quite exciting.

The difference is that Daru's reputation collapsed later. Well, she was going to play in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, and finally people gave her the nickname Daru...

Yakushimaru Hiroko has always had a good reputation.

During the 1980s, when the Red and White Songs Festival was at its peak, Yakushimaru Hiroko was invited to the event, but she declined because she couldn't sing.

——When he said this, Hiroko Yakushimaru's album had just won the sales championship in Japan that month.

Later, when she got older, she was content to play the role of mother in various TV series. She occasionally produced some works, but she never played the role of an elderly girl.

After a long time of trouble, this part finally came to the end. According to the prior arrangement, the stage manager placed the big plaster hand in front of the green screen, and then asked Yakushimaru Hiroko to stand on the big hand. When the time came, several staff members lifted her up and Ultraman sent her back to the moon.

"Wait, no."

Jissoji Akio suddenly stopped, raised his hand and gestured to simulate the framing.

Over and over again, it’s just two words.

No!

It didn't have the effect he wanted.

Although special effects will be used in the later stage to create the effect of a huge Ultraman standing opposite, Akio Jissoji feels that the shot lacks a certain beauty.

"That look in your eyes, that look in your eyes, is wrong. You're going home, you shouldn't be like this..."

Looking at the confused look in Yakushimaru Hiroko's eyes, Jissoji Akio could only sigh.

He raised his hand and called Wan Gujie over and said a few words to him. Wan Gujie ran out and when he came back, he told Jissoji Akio.

"It's almost done over there. Brother Gu Gu's scenes are done."

"Then let Amin come over. He wrote the script, so he knows what's going on."

Wan Gujie ran out again.

There is no other way for the stage staff, they have to go back and forth.

Not long after, Gu Ming came and talked with Jissoji Akio for a few words. Gu Ming then suddenly understood.

"Hey, that's all! You dragged me here without even taking off my suit...it's so hot!"

Gu Ming probably understood the situation.

The emotion is wrong!

Gu Ming walked over, half squatted down, and looked up at Yakushimaru Hiroko.

——That’s right, the peephole of the suit is below Ultraman’s eyes, so Gu Ming has to crane his neck to see him.

Gu Ming doesn't know how to talk about opera.

But he understood the emotion behind these words.

"Have you heard the story of the sea changing into the earth?"

Yakushimaru Hiroko shook her head, her round face looking increasingly bewildered.

What is the ocean and what is the field?

Gu Ming casually told her the story of the great changes that had taken place over the past three hundred years, and she suddenly understood.

"You mean 'Urashima Taro'?"

Gu Ming paused.

I don't know who this person is, but he should be saying the same thing.

"Yes." Gu Ming said, "Can you understand Urashima Taro's state of mind?"

Of course Yakushimaru Hiroko couldn't understand that!
Her situation was not one of luxury, but she did have both parents. Although her father was a bit strict, her family was harmonious and they had good relationships. How could she possibly understand the feeling of Urashima Taro, who came back from going out and found that his whole family was dead.

Gu Ming couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. He understood the sentiment behind the words, but he couldn't interpret the play!
"Well, follow me."

Gu Ming raised his hand and explained, "Squat down, yes, squat down... squat again, like this, hug your knees. Look at me and follow my movements."

After speaking, Gu Ming took a few steps back, roughly aimed the lens, and squatted down with the camera's position as the central axis.

Gu Ming was tall to begin with, and now that Yakushimaru Hiroko was squatting, she looked even smaller than him.

Gu Ming slowly stood up, raised his hands, and made a classic Ultraman enlargement pose, standing tall in front of the camera.

Yakushimaru Hiroko tried hard to raise her head, almost looking at the ceiling, to see Gu Ming's face at the moment.

Admiring, longing for, feeling out of reach, and also with a vague sense of relief.

"Ugh!!"

Jissoji Akio suddenly raised his hand: "Yes, that's the look!"

It is not just about looking at something huge, but also about looking at something unknowable and sacred.

"Ah Ming, you're not bad! You can even tell a story now."

Gu Ming could only shake his head and said modestly: "How could I do that? I'm not explaining the play. At most, I can lead people into the play."

Jissoji Akio raised his hand and gestured in a circle, and Gu Ming walked behind the camera and officially started filming.

With the emotional change, the performance went exceptionally smoothly.

After the filming, Gu Ming moved closer and said with a smile, "It's just a children's play, but you have to do it to such a professional level. Mr. Jissoji, isn't that a bit too strict?"

"What's wrong with children's plays? Children's plays also need to be made seriously." Jissoji Akio raised his head from the viewfinder and hit Gu Ming on the chest.

"Years later, when those children recall the TV series they watched back then, they will be amazed and say, 'My childhood wasn't shoddy. That's great!'"

Gu Ming nodded slightly, thinking that it was indeed the case.

The production of the first and seventh films is the most sophisticated, so sophisticated that even the television at that time could not present it perfectly.

Later, Ultraman Seven underwent a Blu-ray high-definition restoration, and it was only then that people discovered that in the original Ultraman Seven, even the color of the starry sky was clearly presented.

It’s just that the television equipment at that time was limited and could only show a dark picture.

Gu Ming glanced at Yakushimaru Hiroko who had just gotten off the big plaster hand in the distance, and without stopping for long, turned around and left.

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Urashima Taro is one of Japan's classic myths and legends. Its overall structure is similar to Wang Zhi's story. In both stories, a man returns to his hometown after experiencing magical things, only to find that many years have passed, everything has changed, and he is left alone to endure the loneliness.

This kind of mentality is certainly not something that children can understand, but it does not prevent them from immersing themselves in such a work.

Outside the convenience store, I saw this through the glass window.

After the broadcast, the familiar kid poked Xiaoji casually with his elbow.

"That person's acting is much better than yours! You're not even as good as a girl!"

Xiaoji grinned, smiling like Paul Frank.

"What does it matter? I worked hard too, and I also contributed to Wangu's work!"

"It's more like a disturbance than anything else!"

"Are you kidding? I tried my best too!"

After some joking and playing, the few of them were finally taken home by their mothers.

Shaqin cleaned up the slightly messy stool at the scene, looked at the ending subtitles still scrolling in the window, and sighed.

Urashima Taro.

That's true. People like them now have no one to rely on, and Urashima Taro has changed a lot.

(End of this chapter)