The first season was released in August 2019, and the shocked scale and buzz made the show renew a second season after only one week of launch. Nearly 2 years apart, the second season officially returned triumphantly, in the past two years, there is the first season and the advent of "Alice in the Land of the Dead", so that Netflix's self-made Japanese dramas have gradually begun to have a position that cannot be ignored. The second season still lived up to expectations.
The second season inherits the first season, Murasai's career ambitions continue to expand, so he shifted his eyes from video tapes to "satellite TV", let A films fall from the sky, let A films expand to the world, so that as soon as the TV is turned on, they can see the A films he produced, which is the ultimate goal of Murasai Toru. The first season combines the rise of Murasai toto with the evolution of the Japanese pornography industry through competition among peers, while bringing out the sexual liberation of women's autonomy through the role of Kuroki Kaoru. The action scenes are sweaty, the actress's panting and Murasai's self-created train bento make people sweat profusely.
The second season has been scaled back, and although there are still many eye-catching pictures, the action scenes are gently brought over, and the focus is instead on the "downhill life" of the village west. If the first season is the cultivation of the Japanese dream, then the second season is undoubtedly the disillusionment of the Japanese dream. The year 1990 was a major turning point in the Japanese economy, the most glorious and darkest of the economy, and Murasai's career also reached its peak at this time, but it was also like a bubble economy that suddenly fell to the bottom.
The company collapsed, the debts were high, the people rebelled, the employees ran away, and the success of Murasita in the first quarter was based on failure after failure, and this failure again and again had good friendship and righteousness like revolutionary feelings around them; Murasai's failure in the second season was based on conceit again and again, and this time and again conceit, let the partners around him run away one after another, no longer follow his footsteps. But it is also because of his conceit that the supporting characters of the second season have become extraordinarily three-dimensional compared to the first season, and they all have their own highlight moments.
The friendship between Junko and Kuroki Kaoru, the ambiguity between Natsuko and Mitamura, the feelings of President Kawada that President Kawada has been hiding in his heart, the brotherhood of Amin who is forced to die, these are all particularly touching to see, perhaps some people think that the first season of the scale of the big scene and the burning is still relatively good, but the second season of the scale is more resonant in the story and characters, after the brilliant fall to the bottom, after the fall of the valley bottom, the restart, back to life itself, the end is just right, the downhill life of the naked director, Even if you fall to the bottom, you must live with grace.
In the second season, new director Kotaro Goto helped Takeshi Share part of the episodes, and the quality was relatively uniform, not as good as the early part of the first season, and the later stage was weak. The second season officially achieves the same level of all 8 episodes of the season, with a steady narrative, a good rhythm control, and a full afterglow of the story. Thanks to the abundant funds of the Netflix gold lord, the atmosphere of the mirror, the exquisite layout, and the clean and neat long shots, the special effects scenes on space on Takayuki Yamada's fantasy can also be practiced in person; the Shibuya set used by Alice in the Land of The Dying is used again to restore the 90S Shibuya street, and the intentions of Netflix can be seen everywhere in the production.
Takayuki Yamada once again played the role of Murasai Toru, still unmatched in the performance, this time the tenacious and conceited interpretation of Murasai was vivid, making people hate the teeth itching, but also could not help but sympathize with his life at the wrong time; Amin, played by Shinnosuke Manjima, this time served as a triad branch, until the end of the play. Even if he is mixed with the underworld, Amin is still a decent character who will help women escape from the underworld and be willing to help his brothers to die, even if he has long been swept out of the house by Murasai, he finally saved Murasai once, even two seasons were saved by Amin, Murasai This person is really lucky enough, Amin played by Shinnosuke Manjima is undoubtedly an unforgettable role.
Kuroki Kaoru, played by Morita Wangzhi, is still a straight-forward Kuroki Kaoru, the first 4 episodes gradually and gradually drifted away from the inner drama of Murasai, Morita Wangzhi acted very well, episode 6 in retrospect of the first season of the past in the fall of the building, the crew in the reality and magic realism between the right, the end with the mother to repair the old good, to study in Italy to start a new life, is undoubtedly the best ending of the role. The newly joined Hiramatsu Yuri plays Nogi Makoto, that is, the wife of Murasai Toru, who is a little pity in the portrayal, and cannot have a memorable self-liberation like Kuroki Kaoru, Andari's determination to take over this role is appreciated, but in terms of acting skills, it is still slightly too childish, and more training will be better.
Ito Sari, Toshio Tsubasa, Mamito Tomo, Tetsuji Tamyama... The supporting role has a lot of room to play this time, the makeup artist Junko played by Ito, this time even became a director herself; the younger brother of the right of the handle, Shisheng, in addition to being a director himself, and the relationship scene with Natsuko played by Tomita Mayu, is also impressive, if you don't shoot AV, I hope they can be together! Rich Ma Miao's role this time has improved a lot compared to the first season, and her figure is also hotter than Morita and Hengsong, and I really hope that she can play the leading role. The president played by Tetsuji Yuyama actually began to have feelings for the doll, but it is also this doll that the audience can see the love he has been hiding in his heart for Kuroki, and the last episode and the beach scene in the sunset in the west of the village are particularly touching, the times are changing, but we can never go back.
Overall, the two seasons of "Naked Director" have their own advantages, the first season can be watched as a hot-blooded inspirational entrepreneurial drama, and the second season has fallen from a hot-blooded to realistic career, and the sense of not being able to win the present and the past, combined with the background of the bubble economy, the story's afterglow is more intense. No matter what you shoot, even if you shoot AV, you must remember the original intention, do not forget the original intention, Murasai toto's life experience is undoubtedly a good theme, "Naked Director" season 2 will shoot the two sides of the Japanese dream, good can make you soar to the sky, bad can make you fall to the bottom, the vicissitudes of time in the last episode portrayed particularly strongly, keep pace with the times and do not forget the original heart of the people, will not be eliminated by the times, by the peers.