Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 87 An accident occurred and the machine was forced to shut down

Gu Ming looked at Kurobe Jin with a complicated expression.

"So the owner of the seafood store is Mr. Kurobe?"

"Yeah." Kurobe Jin didn't put on airs. He spread his hands and said with a smile, "Because I recently starred in a hit drama, TBS wanted me to play a guest role."

Gu Ming nodded.

Then he plays the role of a seafood store owner who gets beaten up, right?

Kurobe Susumu plays the owner of a seafood store who usually cheats on the weight and sells inferior goods as good ones. This time he thought he could get away with it, but instead he was beaten up by the Yakuza. His hood was scattered all over the floor, more than 70,000 yuan was robbed from him, and the fish he had just killed was gone.

In fact, Gu Ming was not very surprised. After all, Kurobe Susumu has been playing villain roles in Toho for many years, and Hayata Susumu is one of the few positive roles in his career.

but……

Even though he knew this, when he saw that the person being beaten was Kurobe Jin, Gu Ming still couldn't help himself.

He stretched his arms and legs.

Say nothing.

beat him!

This self-produced drama "Tomb of Kindness and Righteousness" is short in duration and has few characters, so of course it will not explain each character in detail like "War Without Kindness and Righteousness". The main focus is on the brothers Keiji Takamine and Akira Tani.

Behind Gu Ming and Takamine Keiji are several younger brothers, all of whom are the original young Yakuza found by Gu Ming. The most conspicuous among them is Manatsu Ryu. The director deliberately highlighted his position in the picture.

Later, he will be appreciated for being the most brutal beating man, and will be taken by Gu Ming's side. He will often appear as a background board in the following episodes.

With the sound of the clapboard, the shooting began and Gu Ming immediately got into the role.

"Hey, hey! Old man, it's time to take out the agreed money!"

Gu Ming, carrying a baseball bat and with a fierce look of a violent man on his face, jumped onto the counter and looked down at Kurobe Susumu.

Kurobe Jin wiped his hands on his apron and turned away, still looking uncooperative. "Are you kidding me? I'm not giving any money to you guys!"

The director nodded slightly.

Gu Ming's tongue-rolling sound was quite impressive, but he wasn't quite sure whether it was the authentic Jidao pronunciation.

Being able to speak with this accent must have taken a lot of hard work.

Gu Ming raised his hand.

Trick or treat if you don’t give me money!

The brothers rushed forward and smashed his eggs with a stick. Kurobe Susumu fell to the ground with a painful expression in the close-up shot.

Gu Ming led the Yakuza to beat up Kurobe Shin. Manatsu Ryu was the most brutal fighter and kicked the football very fiercely, as if he wanted to kick Kurobe Shin to death.

Keiji Takamine was watching from behind, and the camera gradually focused on him, blurring the figures of Gu Ming and others beating people into the background.

Of course, this is not a real fight, but just a show of gestures. In fact, they are all violent output dummies. Kurobe Jin only showed his face, and then put on makeup, preparing to pay Yakuza with a bruised face in the next shot.

After being severely beaten, the seafood store owner obediently handed over the protection fee. The two of them won the battle. Takamine Keiji was appreciated by the cadres, and Gu Ming also found the fierce fighting man Zhen Xialong among his younger brothers and took him with him.

The filming was proceeding in an orderly manner. During this time, Gu Ming glanced casually and saw someone coming over and whispering something to the director. The director showed a strange expression and then calmed down.

Although the filming was still going on, there were obvious changes in the director's mood.

Gu Ming didn't ask any more questions and just focused on performing his role first.

Unexpectedly, the director raised his hand suddenly.

"Stop... stop filming. Thank you all for your hard work today, but please go home first."

Gu Ming was slightly startled and said hello: "Then I wonder when the next filming will be?"

The director's expression became increasingly complicated.

"I'll let you know."

Just a few words made many people realize a possibility.

It seems that this drama is not being filmed anymore!
Gu Ming wanted to ask again, but the director was vague and didn't seem to want to say more about it.

Fortunately, Gu Ming soon saw someone who could help him solve his doubts.

TBS producer Yoji Hashimoto came to the shooting scene.

Gu Ming immediately ran over quickly.

"Mr. Hashimoto."

"You are... Oh, Furuya Akira, right?" Hashimoto Yoji still remembered him and nodded slightly: "What's wrong, Furuya-kun? What's the matter?" Akira looked around and saw no one was around, so he asked Hashimoto Yoji privately.

Gu Ming got straight to the point: "I heard from the director that filming is temporarily suspended. Why?"

Upon hearing this, Hashimoto Yoji suddenly stopped talking.

After hesitating for a moment, he whispered a few words to Gu Ming.

"This isn't a secret. Everyone should know it soon. Kawauchi Hiro was shot dead."

Gu Ming was slightly startled: "Who is Kawauchi Hiroshi? The director of TBS?"

Yoji Hashimoto shook his head, looking a little frightened.

"Kawauchi Hiroshi was a Yakuza leader! The movie that was released not long ago, 'Hokuriku Proxy War,' was based on him! It is said that Fukasaku Kinji received a lot of help from him in making this movie, but this man was shot and killed!"

"Hokuriku Proxy War," directed by Kinji Fukasaku, tells the story of what happened between a group of Yakuza in Echizen.

It's like a war without mercy and justice.

There are only bad people in there!

Kinji Fukasaku has filmed many similar works and has rich experience.

The Hokuriku Proxy War is his culmination of work.

But now, the prototype of the Hokuriku Proxy War was shot to death.

This was the "Mikuni Incident" that occurred in 1977. Due to a gang conflict, the leader of the Kawauchi Group, Hiroshi Kawauchi, was shot dead in a coffee shop in Mikuni Town, Fukui Prefecture by people sent by the rival gang "Sugaya Group".

Since the location was called Mikuni Town, it was called the Mikuni Incident.

This undoubtedly contains some anger among the Yakuza group towards Kinji Fukasaku.

——You old man, you make movies every day saying bad things about us. Believe it or not, if you do it again, we will kill you!

Gu Ming also knew why the filming suddenly stopped.

When the Yakuza don't behave themselves, everyone is afraid!
On the surface, the Yakuza are just a bunch of low-ranking thugs. In fact, those well-known Yakuza organizations are all giants with hundreds of thousands of members. Even in the later generations when the Yakuza is in decline, they can still be called large-scale commercial companies.

Especially in the 1970s and 1980s when they were still needed, the Yakuza group still had a considerable voice.

Gu Ming thought this through and didn't ask any more questions. He bowed slightly to Hashimoto Yoji and went back to remove his makeup.

The crew suddenly stopped working, and the young Yakuza didn't feel anything, but Keiji Takamine had performance experience and vaguely realized that something was wrong.

Seeing Gu Ming coming back, he raised his head slightly.

"What did Mr. Hashimoto say?"

Gu Ming shook his head.

"Just watch the news, we'll know soon. However, if nothing unexpected happens, the show probably won't be able to continue filming. Even if it does continue, I'm afraid the content will have to be significantly changed!"

After all, the Yakuza shooting incident had such a bad impact, and no one at TBS wanted to be shot and killed!
……

……

Just as Tong Gu Ming thought.

At this moment in the TBS headquarters, Kagi Wei was the most depressed.

I had originally planned a filming schedule, and I wanted to release the work while Hokuriku Proxy War was being released.

As a result, this happened halfway!

TBS responded quickly. It has only been launched for one day, so it is not too late to cancel it now.

However, Qujing Wei firmly refused to agree.

This is the project he promoted and led. If it is cut off halfway, his prestige will be greatly lost!

Not to mention making further progress in the future, it would probably be difficult to maintain the current position.

"Let's change it." Kagami Wei made up his mind: "Modify the script."

"Mr. Kashii," another director said bluntly, "It's because everyone's tired of watching the whitewashed Yakuza chivalric dramas that 'War Without Justice' has been able to rise to prominence. Now even Fukasaku Kinji is threatened by Yakuza, let alone us! If Yakuza comes knocking on your door, will you be able to withstand a bullet, or will the director be able to withstand a bullet? Even the actors can't handle it!"

Qiu Jingwei did not answer, but he knew in his heart that what he said was true.

No one can withstand a bullet!
If the script is overhauled and the series returns to its roots as a roman-style drama, then this series will definitely not become popular. After all, people are so tired of roman-style dramas that they are attracted to the Wurenzhizhan series.

But if you don't change it and continue filming, there is no guarantee that you will be shot by the Yakuza in the next few months!
Qujingwei sighed inwardly.

He is helpless now and can only think of another way!
(End of this chapter)