Is it a good thing or a bad thing for a person to become famous at a young age? The reason why this question is thrown out is because the protagonist we are going to talk about today is Yumi Yanagi, who became famous at a young age and has been called "the youngest film emperor in the history of Cannes".
At the age of 14, he won the Best Actor Award in the main competition section of the 57th Cannes International Film Festival for "Nobody Knows", directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and was the first Japanese to win this award. Xia Yu, a famous actor in China, was only 17 years old when he won the Best Actor Award at the Venice International Film Festival.
In addition, when it comes to the movie "Nobody Knows", it is actually adapted from the real "Japanese West Sugamo Abandoned Baby Case". The incident was also revealed because a landlord from the Sugamo Department in Tokyo reported that someone was in arrears of rent, and after receiving the report, the police found that there were three underage children living in the rental house, the oldest was only 14 years old, and the youngest was only three years old.
After further searching, the body of a baby several months old was found in the closet. After investigation and inquiry, the police learned that the children's mother had long left, and it was the eldest man (that is, The role of Yumi Yanagi in the movie) who was taking care of his sisters. Xiaobian here is only a brief description of the next case, there are more cruel parts, interested students can search for this case by themselves.
Back to the point, After Yumi Yanagi won the film emperor, for a long time, the Japanese government also awarded him the "Minister of Culture, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Commendation" award, and his popularity in Japan can also be considered.
After winning the award in 2004, Yumi Yanagi also took on other films. For example, "Star Boy" in 2005 and "BABY BLUE" in 2007, these two movies are good in evaluation, but they are not popular, and the box office and popularity are not high. Because the identity of the emperor is both a stepping stone and a roadblock, others will come to him to shoot a scene, but Yumi himself began to doubt whether he deserved this identity.
Moreover, Yumi was not adapted to the Japanese entertainment industry environment at that time, and when he was on a variety show, he also said that "I did not experience what my peers experienced when I was a teenager, and I always felt a little lonely." On the one hand, he has doubts about his acting skills, and on the other hand, he is also confused about his future.
We always say that "if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight", but the burden on his body is too heavy for the teenage Yumi, and if he acts well, who should let him be the emperor of the film? Poor acting is not worthy of the identity of the film emperor. Yumi doesn't have much time to adapt, who will give him eternal tolerance? There are many newcomers in the entertainment industry, and if there is no good work, he will soon be squeezed out by others.
After all kinds of experience, Yumi Yanagi has been in the shadows for a year in 2008. In this year, he suddenly committed suicide by swallowing medicine at home, but fortunately was found by his family and sent to the hospital for rescue. The media speculated that Yumi tried to commit suicide because of depression, but afterwards he responded that he had a verbal altercation with his family and was impulsive, so he swallowed the drug. However, the reason is only known to Yumi himself, and through this incident we can at least understand that he was really miserable at that time.
After the "drug swallowing incident", Liu LeYumi returned to the film world in 2009. However, unfortunately, from 2009 to 11, Yumi did not have any fire works, and the reputation of the movies he starred in was also very general. In particular, his collaboration with Takashi Shimizu (the director of the curse) "Shudder Labyrinth 3D" can be said to be rotten to a certain extent.
During this period, Yumi not only did not go well in her acting career, but her figure also began to deviate and she became a lot fatter. Since then, Yumi has been making films continuously, but they are all tepid works, and this period can be regarded as his dormant period, waiting to break through the cocoon and become a butterfly.
The turning point of Yumi's career came in the TV series "What About the Loose Generation" that he starred in in 16 years, in which he played a repeat student who failed the college entrance examination one after another, and his wonderful performance in this drama gave him a lot of fans. And he also won the 89th Japanese Drama Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this drama! Heaven will not fail the hard-working man, and he also has talent. This award can be said to have given him great confidence and is the best proof of his acting skills.
Later, Yumi starred in many fire works, such as the "Gintama" series of movies, in which he played the role of Togata Jujiro is still quite handsome. In addition, he also starred in the movie "I Am Big Brother".
After talking about Yumi's acting career so far, let's talk about his life by the way. He married his girlfriend of 4 years as early as the age of 19 and his daughter was born at the age of 20. Now when I am not working, I take my children at home, meet and take pictures with friends, and live leisurely and relaxed.
In the end, I still have to lament the tenacity of Yumi, not everyone can get out of the trough, and not everyone can get rid of the outside world's comments and find their true selves. What do you think?