Starring well-known Japanese actor Hidetoshi Nishijima and Seiyo Uchino, the highly popular BL Japanese drama "Yesterday's Food" launched a movie version, adapted from the popular work of the same name by Japanese manga artist Yoshinaga Shi, the story revolves around the daily life of the thrifty lawyer Shiro Kashika (Hidetoshi Nishijima), who lives in a two-bedroom apartment, is good at cooking and meticulous, and his hairstylist lover Kenji Yabuki (Seiyo Uchino), and describes the daily life of them at the dinner table every day. Also do not forget to describe the difficulties and moods that same-sex couples will experience in life.
Highlight 1: The original japanese drama team has returned strongly
The Japanese drama version of "Yesterday's Cuisine" was well received by the audience after it was broadcast in 2019, and won 4 awards such as the "Best Work Award" and the "Starring Actor Award" at the 101st Japanese Drama Academy Awards, and the upcoming film version was led by Hidetoshi Nishijima and Seiyo Uchino, such as Koshi Yamamoto, Isamura Isamu, and Sakiko Tanakami, who continued to bring more warm stories to fans.
In the play, Seiyo Uchino and Hidetoshi Nishijima, who play a male couple, became the strongest screen CP in Japan, capturing the hearts of a large number of fans. More Japanese media reports, Nishijima Hidetoshi filmed the Japanese drama version of "Yesterday's Food", the mother suffered from serious illness, so often in the hospital and the crew between the rush, Uchino Shengyang divorced, but also often go home to take care of the elderly mother, the two filming gap often exchanged and shared the mood of taking care of the elders, after the TV series, Nishijima's mother died, Uchino Shengyang also gave comfort and encouragement, the two are not only screen lovers, privately are also friends who can talk to each other.
Highlight 2: Sweet interaction with handsome uncle
In addition to the warm plot, the movie version of "Yesterday's Food" is even more laughable, and in order to present the most natural interaction between the two, the director often deliberately does not shout CUT, let the actors play on their own, such a way of directing makes Nishijima Hidetoshi and Uchino Seiyo have a lot of real cute dialogues.
In addition, there are also pictures of Uchino Shengyang improvising and constantly telling cold jokes. Uchino Seiyo generously said that he liked improvisational performances with a bit of color, and Hidetoshi Nishijima echoed alongside: "It's really a shame that he can tell that kind of cold joke and colored improvisational lines." ”
Highlight 3: There is a national treasure-level handsome man love enemy
Matsumura Hokuto, a member of the Janis group "SixtonES", will play a new role in the movie version, the poisonous, cheerful and talkative handsome hairstylist Tian Shugang, on one of the way home, Shi Lang accidentally witnessed Kenji and Tian Wei walking side by side, laying hidden dangers for the relationship between the two.
Matsumura Hokuto once won the "Japan National Treasure Handsome Man Vote" championship in 2021, and has participated in dramas such as "Private Malulan College", "Goodbye of 100 Million Yen", "Red Eyes Surveillance and Search Class" and other dramas in the past, active as an idol and actor, his popularity and popularity have risen rapidly in recent years, and he looks forward to seeing more rivalry between Matsumura and the two senior actors in "Yesterday's Cuisine".
Highlight 4: Adapted from the original manga
The movie version of "Yesterday's Food" is based on the fan-favorite "Kyoto Travel Chapter" included in the 8th episode of the original manga, depicting the story of Shi Lang and Kenji after the Japanese drama, and in order to welcome Kenji's upcoming birthday, Shi Lang carefully arranged a heartwarming trip to Kyoto.
Highlight 5: The story of Kenji and Shi Lang after they officially became family
In addition to depicting the interaction between couples, the film version of the plot will revolve around the story after the two "officially became family", director Kazuhito Nakae said: "The last episode of the Japanese drama Shi Lang took Kenji back to his hometown to greet his parents, which can also be said to be the wedding ceremony of the two of them and the ceremony of officially becoming husband and wife. In the story after this, I want to try to set them as family, what it would be like for a same-sex couple to become a real family, it is very difficult to describe it simply and clearly, although it can only show that the two of them live hand in hand and grow old together, but if the audience can feel that they have become real family, I think this is the right choice as the context of the film itself. ”
Hidetoshi Nishijima also talked about the highlights of the movie version: "In the Japanese drama version, all the family members who appear in the Japanese drama version are Shi Lang's family, and this time Kenji's family will also appear, and in the movie, everyone takes 'family' as the starting point and expresses their ideas to each other." In a 30-minute Episode of Japanese Drama, 4 or 5 characters tell a theme, and this time all the characters who appear together depict this theme. ”