Preface
In 2014, the well-known Japanese actor Ken Utsui passed away, and some of the post-80s and 90s generations may have watched the Sino-Japanese co-filmed TV series "Children of the Earth" in which he participated.
Ken Utsui is very popular in Japan, and his starring role in "Blood Suspicion" with Momoe Yamaguchi has left a deep impression on the hearts of many Japanese audiences.
However, Ken Utsui, who has been a superstar in Japan all his life, made a decision that shocked many people in his later years, and he married his first love at the age of 83.
What kind of feelings would make him make such a decision when he was dying?
1. Teenagers and girls chasing dreams
Born in 1931, Ken Utsui spent his entire formative years and adolescence under the shadow of war, when Japanese militarism was prevalent and almost the whole country was waging war, so the lives of ordinary people in Japan were not easy.
Ken Utsui was lucky, his father was a businessman, although the business was not particularly large, and it was not a top wealthy family, but it was not easy to open several branches in those days, and ensure that the family had no worries about food and clothing.
For Ken Utsui at that time, his biggest problem was his father's control over his life and future, his father wanted him to inherit his own business, but he had a strong interest in theater, and later applied for the drama major of Waseda University despite his father's opposition.
It was there that he met his first love.
Although Ken Utsui rebelled against his father to a certain extent by taking the drama major, he was still very distressed in his heart, the lack of support from his family, and the discrimination against actors in society at that time made him feel very depressed.
It was only when he chatted with Fumie Kase that he was able to forget all his pain and troubles for a short time.
Fumie Kase was about the same age as him, but he entered society early, and when he was still studying, Fumie Kase worked everywhere because of his family's difficulties.
They met at a tavern, where Ken Utsui drank a lot of alcohol to relieve his inner boredom, which attracted the attention of Fumie Kase.
She didn't understand why Utsui Ken looked like a boy who didn't worry about food and clothing, so he had so much trouble. After witnessing Ken Utsui return drunk several times, she finally couldn't help but ask him.
Unlike Ken Utsui's melancholy and depression, Fumie Kase is very optimistic despite her hard life, and she is not in a sad mood because of her predicament, but is full of expectations for the future.
After learning about Ken Utsui's predicament, Fumie Kase gently comforted him and told him that she would always support him in pursuing his dream of being an actor.
With Fumie Kase's relief, Ken Utsui gradually became more optimistic and became good friends with her, and Fumie Kase told him that she also had a dream, she wanted to open her own shop, and although it was difficult to achieve it now, she would continue to work hard.
In this way, both of them are constantly working hard for their dreams, and in the process they cheer each other up and become each other's best companions, and the two gradually develop feelings for each other.
2. Love that ends without a problem
But the obstacles in front of them are still difficult to overcome, and Ken Utsui's father will not agree to his union with Fumie Kase, and his own career is just getting better, and he is simply not capable of resisting.
As a result, Fumie Kase also understood his helplessness, so he did not ask him to make any promises to himself. Later, under pressure from many parties, Utsui Ken made a decision that he regretted for most of his life.
He left Fumie Kase and married a gentle and virtuous woman. After marriage, life was very peaceful, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to his career as an actor, and his wife took care of everything at home.
Later, his film and television works became more and more popular, and he relied on his own efforts to realize his dream of being an actor step by step, and even his father was finally willing to recognize him.
In 1975, he starred with Momoe Yamaguchi in the TV series "Blood Suspicion" released in Japan, which was widely acclaimed, and his acting career was also taken to the next level.
In 1985, he also won the Best Foreign Actor Award at the 3rd China TV Golden Eagle Awards for this role, and later he also got the opportunity to go to China to participate in the Sino-Japanese joint production of "Son of the Earth", which left a deep impression on the hearts of Chinese audiences.
3. Reunion
Ken Utsui is very successful in his career, in the family, although he and his wife do not have a deep emotional foundation, but the years of companionship have also made them already family, these decades of getting along with each other have taught him to be a trustworthy husband and father.
But over the years, he has always had a knot that is difficult to let go, and he left when the relationship between the two was strong, which was undoubtedly cruel to Fumie Kase, and he always felt guilty for so many years.
Later, by chance, he met Fumie Kase again, she didn't change much from back then, and really opened her own small shop.
Both of them have realized their dreams, and the only regret is that Fumie Kase has been waiting for him. Upon hearing the news, Ken Utsui had mixed feelings, he didn't know what to say, and he couldn't afford to promise anything.
In 2006, his wife, who had been with Utsui Fitness, died of illness, and for this wife who had been with him for many years, Utsui Ken's feelings were very complicated, he had attachment, reluctance, but also a hint of relief.
He and his wife are not united by love, but they have been together for many years, and now he can finally pursue his love.
In his later years, Ken Utsui spent his life with Fumie Kase, which was the most relaxing moment of his life, and it was because of this that he continued to participate in TV dramas at the age of 80.
In 2014, Ken Utsui proposed to Fumie Kase at the end of his life, a wish he had made when he was younger, and now he is dying, which he says he has always wanted to do.
The young couple finally had their own outcome in the last period of their lives. In March 2014, Ken Utsui died of illness, and this time, he left no regrets.
epilogue
The relationship between Utsui Ken and Fumie Kase is no longer a simple love, they are partners who chase dreams together, they are each other's regrets, and they are people who have gone through the last moments of their lives together. It is also commendable that they did not let go of the pursuit of their dreams because of love.