Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 96 I Can Act as Kamen Rider Too
If he was just a killer and an actor, Shotaro Ishimori would certainly not feel anything special.

However, what he valued was the expressiveness brought by the action. And in his film-watching experience so far, Shotaro Ishimori had not found anyone who could do that.

When the two met at this moment, they burst into laughter at the same time.

a ha ha ha!

You kid/you old man.

Shotaro Ishinomori put down the tea tray, and the two of them hugged each other politely but awkwardly.

"So Mr. Onodera has a pen name! How unexpected!"

"It's just so-so. I only served as Tezuka-sensei's assistant for a few days. It's not a great experience. On the other hand, I didn't expect that Furuya-kun even served as a killing formation master."

"No way, what's so great about being a killing master? I'm just an ordinary actor. How can I compare to Mr. Onodera's achievements?"

"I am over-flattered!"

"Each each other!"

After exchanging some strategic advice, the two of them sat down.

Shotaro Ishinomori originally wanted to give Gu Ming a few tens of thousands of yen as a thank you, but now, he has changed his mind.

Shotaro Ishimori looked at Gu Ming for a moment. This was the first time he noticed this in the past few days.

Gu Gu Ming's body is well-proportioned and just right, and there are indeed signs of exercise.

"I said……"

"how?"

"Have you ever tried modeling?"

Gu Ming: ...?
Ishinomori Shotaro clapped his hands, having made up his mind. "Actually, I recently received a commission to design an image, and I was planning to travel around Japan to gather material. However, I recently got injured, so of course my travel plans have to be put on hold for now."

Of course, Shotaro Ishimori's trip around the world was not for show.

In fact, he not only has to design the image, but also has to produce the corresponding Kamen Rider comics for Kamen Rider.

Whether it is Kamen Rider or the monster in Kamen Rider, Shotaro Ishimori needs to put in some effort.

For example, Shotaro Ishimori plans to combine this experience and become a deer monster.

Deer are so mean!
Now that he couldn't go out to collect materials, he thought he could take advantage of the opportunity to promote the protagonist's image design.

Based on his many years of experience in comics, Shotaro Ishimori could tell at a glance that this was Gu Ming's standard 'comic style'!
He has a well-proportioned figure and a suitable height. Although he is not as outrageous as a nine-head body, he is also suitable for inclusion in some realistic comics.

Of course, Shotaro Ishimori didn't use it for free, he paid for it!

This time, Gu Ming did not hesitate and agreed without hesitation.

"As long as the compensation is right, that's fine with me, but I have one condition."

"Anything is fine except my motorcycle," said Shotaro Ishimori.

Gu Ming spread his hands and said, "It's not such a serious condition."

He raised his hand and casually pointed at the line drawing of the skeleton on the table.

"Can you give me this manuscript?"

Shotaro Ishimori was stunned.

Although he is a cartoonist, he is not a painter, and his paintings are worthless unless they are bound into books.

But since Gu Ming proposed such a condition, he certainly didn't mind. He immediately said that it was no problem. He also wrote Shotaro Ishinomori's name on it, rolled it up, and handed it to Gu Ming with care.

This thing is for you!
……

……

Gu Ming left. He and Shotaro Ishimori agreed that in the future, specifically before Shotaro Ishimori recovered from his injury, if Gu Ming had no work arrangements, he would serve as a reference nude model.

At that time, Gu Ming also asked Ishimori Shotaro what the painting was about. Ishimori Shotaro said that he had contractual requirements and could not tell him yet.

Gu Ming knew it at a glance without him saying anything.

That must be Kamen Rider!
Kamen Rider, after Watanabe Ryotoku set up the group, he found a lot of people, including Hirayama Toru - not Narita Toru.

Toru Hirayama was the producer, Shotaro Ishimori was the designer, Shozo Uehara wrote the script, and they found Hiroshi Fujioka, who had excellent martial arts skills and a family tradition of Fujioka-ryu karate, to be the actor, and finally created the work Kamen Rider.

Kamen Rider is a groundbreaking work of Toei. Before that, Toei's special effects were the weakest among the weak.

After filming Judo Ichiran, he accumulated experience and created the first Kamen Rider in one fell swoop, establishing his position as one of the three major special effects in Japan.

Kamen Rider has been broadcast for two eras, from Ultraman Jack to Ultraman Ace.

——When Jack was in the show, the ratings could still compete with Kamen Rider, with both sides winning and losing, but when it came to Ace, the ratings collapsed completely.

The ratings of the first generation Kamen Rider are gradually increasing, while those of Ace are gradually decreasing.

The reasons are complicated, but the main reason is that Ace's photos are not good...

Tani Ming knew the reason. Although the first generation Kamen Rider had the setting of a lonely hero, the tone was actually warm. Tachibana Dad and the motorcycle club were always warm.

Oh, by the way, Tachibana’s father is Captain Muramatsu in the first Ultraman!
Both actors are played by Shoji Kobayashi!
But Ultraman Ace is different.

In Ultraman Ace, due to the dissolution of the planning department, the scripts were not written by the same person. The plot arrangement is chaotic, the character logic collapses, and Team Yamanaka is like a schizophrenic. He beats up Hokuto Seiji one moment, helps Hokuto Seiji the next, and then scolds Hokuto Seiji.

The personalities of the Yamanaka team members depend entirely on who wrote the episode.

Hokuto Seiji was still sad in the first half of the story, but in the second half he started flirting with girls.

Keiji Takamine tried his best. He worked hard to interpret the role of Hokuto Seiji, but he could do nothing if the script was not good.

The collapse of the script was the fundamental reason for Ultraman Ace's ultimate failure in ratings.

You should know that the production of the first generation of Kamen Rider was actually very rough. Although Toei found several disciples of Eiji Mantani to assist, the quality of the finished film was still not as good as the several Ultraman films shot by Mantani.

But the first generation Kamen Rider managed to hold on.

Even if Fujioka Hiroshi ran away in the middle of the series, it did not affect the broadcast of the series.

——The story of Fujioka Hiroshi is quite complicated, so I won’t go into details.

Simply put, Mengzi Ge experienced two withdrawals from the group. The first time was because he was injured and was replaced by Kamen Rider No. 2, Hayato Ichimonji, played by Tsuyoshi Sasaki.

The second time was because Fujioka Hiroshi himself didn’t want to shoot anymore!
At that time, Fujioka Hiroshi received an invitation to shoot a Taiga drama, which was more important than a special drama. Fujioka Hiroshi didn't want to continue filming Kamen Rider, so he put Toei aside and went to the next crew to shoot a Taiga drama.

The Toei crew waited for him for a long time, but he didn't come back. At that time, various plots had been planned, including the plot about Kamen Rider One, but he was gone.

In the end, Toei was so angry that it almost blacklisted Fujioka Hiroshi. Watanabe Ryosuke once said that Toei would not invest in any works of Fujioka Hiroshi in the future, and Toei's door would be closed to Fujioka Hiroshi forever.

Fortunately, someone interceded and he didn't end up like this.

So whether it’s Toei Studio or Bankyu Studio... the actor’s character really has nothing to do with the role. Some actors just have bad character, but it doesn’t prevent the characters they play from being popular.

Gu Ming came back to his senses and suddenly felt an inexplicable throbbing.

Kamen Rider, right?

Gu Ming thinks he can act too!
Fujioka Hiroshi has to hang on a wire, he can just do a flying kick!

Knight kick, Ryder kick!

"Give it a try, maybe it will work!"

Gu Ming just wrote it down for now.

Although judging from the fact that Shotaro Ishimori is still busy with the design, Kamen Rider will most likely be delayed for another year or two, and Shotaro Ishimori cannot decide on the choice of actors, but it is always a good idea to establish good relationships in advance.

After all, that was Shotaro Ishimori.

(End of this chapter)