Japanese film and television dramas have been released frequently this year, which has also made us reacquaint ourselves with a vote of excellent Japanese actors,
For example, Ai Hashimoto, who played the popular geisha "Hyakoko" in "The Chef of the Maiko House".
It is the drama "The Cook of the Maiko House" directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, which depicts the daily life of a group of Maiko girls in Gion, Kyoto, 2023.
Japanese actress Ai Hashimoto, who has 13 years of acting experience, plays the most popular number one geisha Hyako among them. Under the warm and touching friendship of the two protagonists, as a supporting role, she also shines undiminished:
When you change into a traditional look, every god and rhyme is as charming as a real geisha;
The sisterhood of Pansy and Yagata's other descendants also portrays the frankness of this character. Audiences who often watch Japanese dramas will not be unfamiliar with the face of Ai Hashimoto.
He became famous in 2010 with the thriller film "Confessions", a horror film that is difficult to detect at first glance, about a mother who is on the verge of despair because her daughter is killed, and is determined to take revenge on the initiator of her daughter's murder, her daughter's classmate.
Ai Hashimoto, who was only 14 years old at the time, played Mitsuki Kitahara, the class president of a middle school student, who was docile and well-behaved on the surface, but in fact she suppressed her heart for a long time because she was bullied at school. At that time, Ai Hashimoto had her trademark black long straight hair, which is still her most representative look to this day.
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Audiences who like to watch "The Chef of the Maiki House" must not miss another movie starring Ai Hashimoto "Komori Shoko".
This movie, which also revolves around girls and food, is divided into two parts: "Komori Shokumitsu - Summer and Autumn" and "Komori Shokumitsu - Winter and Spring", in which the protagonist "Ichiko" played by Ai Hashimoto lives in Komori, a small village in the northeast that has no supermarkets and far away from large stores, and lives a self-sufficient life by farming his own land.
The two films unfold in the order of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and use the theme of each season's limited cuisine as the theme, telling the idyllic daily life of "Ichiko" and her inner dialogue.
It is reported that a lot of agricultural farming and cooking in the film are done by Ai Hashimoto himself.
The fresh and natural acting skills have been well received, and if you like the healing style of "The Chef of the Maiko House", you must not miss this movie.