Yamada Takayuki Audition Show Adds Asano, Takaishi, Muro as Guest Partners
The addition of three established actors as guest partners signals the audition project's emphasis on collaborative exploration of acting rather than traditional judging, a format the source describes as building the film's script from candidates' performances and dialogue.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
The documentary series THE OPEN CALL -MAIN PARTNER Yamada Takayuki-, which follows a large-scale audition to cast the lead roles in an original film slated for theatrical release in 2027, will begin streaming exclusively on Lemino on October 1. Guest partners Tadanobu Asano, Akari Takaishi, and Muro Tsuyoshi will join the project, which received about 14,000 applications from Japan and abroad.
The audition project THE OPEN CALL -MAIN PARTNER Yamada Takayuki- will stream on Lemino every Thursday starting October 1, with the first episode available free with ads. The show documents a public audition that drew roughly 14,000 applicants, including people in their teens through eighties across Japan and from 11 other countries. About 200 candidates advanced past the second round in May, and the third round concluded in July.
Guest partners Tadanobu Asano, Akari Takaishi, and Muro Tsuyoshi will not serve as judges. Instead, they will work with candidates on scenes and conversations while exploring the question "What is an actor?" Asano said he hopes the project continues and urged candidates to find their own methods. Takaishi said she wanted to participate as a candidate at first and hopes to "steal something" from the experience. Muro said the project creates a place where anyone can challenge themselves and face acting.
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- Cinema Today 浅野忠信、高石あかり、ムロツヨシ、山田孝之の俳優オーディション番組参戦！Leminoで10月1日配信開始