"King of the World" lost 10 kilograms of Yamazaki Ken and gained 17 kilograms of Takao Osawa to cheer each other up

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On May 25, the live-action film "King of the World", adapted from the popular manga of Hara Taihisa, was held in Tokyo's Toho Movie Roppongi Hills, starring Kenji Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa, Takao Osawa, and director Nobusuke Sato. In the 36 days of its release on the 24th, the game attracted 3.5 million viewers and grossed more than 4.7 billion yen at the box office. Yamazaki said happily, "It's really like a dream." It's great to be able to shoot this work hard. ”

The work vividly depicts the adventures of a slave boy Shin (Yamazaki) who dreams of becoming a great general, and the young emperor Yingzheng (later became Qin Shi Huang: Yoshizawa) who intends to unify China. Nobusuke Sato, who directed the Library Wars series, is the director of the game.

Yamazaki and Osawa, who manage their bodies to create their characters, cheer each other on. Osawa, who was gaining weight for playing the shogun Wang Rider, praised Yamazaki, who wanted to lose weight by playing Shin, "I lost 10 kilograms. I was shocked to see him thin like that, and I was also very touched. I always felt that I had to try to gain weight too. Then Yamazaki shook his head in embarrassment, and admired Osawa's weight gain: "But (weight gain) 17 kilograms!" I was also shocked! ”

In addition, when asked about the NG scene, Yamazaki picked a rivalry scene with Kawame mink played by Kana Hashimoto. "Obviously it was a mink, but because they all called her 'Ring Nai' sauce, they accidentally pronounced the mink as 'Ring'." It's still a very important scene," Yamazaki said with a bitter smile, which also caused the audience to burst into laughter. To celebrate the success of the 5 billion yen box office, Yamazaki and Yoshizawa smashed the Easter egg, and the venue sounded with applause. Director Sato smiled and said, "I have been praying that the box office will exceed 5 billion, but I didn't expect it to be really realized, and I was very surprised." (Ice Knife/Translation)