Yakusho Mistaken For VIVANT Shoot While Playing A Homeless Man
A veteran lead's stray-set anecdote is doing the promotional work here, and it lands because Yakusho's new role is a forgotten actor, so the mistake reads as the premise leaking into the shoot.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Koji Yakusho appeared at the completion event for the Netflix series Did Anyone Say Anything About Me? in Tokyo on the 9th. He said an extra, seeing him dirty and bearded for a homeless scene, asked if he was shooting VIVANT. The series, written by Kankuro Kudo and directed by Fuminori Kaneko, follows a forgotten actor. It streams from October 22.
The series is a human comedy about Gen Takasegawa, a big-name actor forgotten by the world and his family, written by Kankuro Kudo. Yakusho said he had wanted to work with Kudo again since Kudo told him at a wrap party, "Let's do it again," and the call did not come for years. Kento Kaku, Kenichi Matsuyama, Noriko Eguchi, Hayato Isomura, Shusaku Kamikawa, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Maki Sakai and Yoko Yoshida also attended. Director Fuminori Kaneko said Yakusho does so much he worries whether it is okay to do that much.
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- Cinema Today 役所広司、エキストラから「VIVANT」撮影と間違えられる 新作でホームレス姿「汚れて髭だらけ」