▲Sugata Shoko (Source: Nikkan Hyundai)
(ZENA/ Translation) The Japanese television series "Short Drama Begins" (every Saturday at 10:00 p.m.) starring Shoko Sugata (28) has been highly anticipated as a highly anticipated TV series, but the ratings have continued to decline. From 8% at the beginning of the broadcast to about 7%, the fourth episode of the 8th broadcast only had a rating of 7.1% (Kanto tv survey data).
The author of the report said: "I first heard the name of this drama as 'The Beginning of the Short Drama', and the character setting is a funny artist who is not popular, and I naturally thought it was a comedy before it started. But the show is actually about a group of young people with all kinds of troubles. If you know that this is how to watch it, it is actually a very interesting drama, but for those who think it is a comedy, after watching it, they can't laugh at all, so they may abandon the drama. ”
▲Jun Arimura (right), Arimura Lanli (before plastic surgery: left; after plastic surgery: middle)
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Screenwriter Shigeki Kaneko served as the screenwriter of "Kitazawa Family - Manage Your Own Affairs" (Nippon Television) in 2018, and in 2019, he wrote "My Business Is Long" (Nippon Television), and a person from a major Tv station in Tokyo commented that he was "good at writing rhythmic dialogues", and the person continued:
"The Kitazawa Family" and "My Story Is Long" are two dramas that depict the joys and sorrows of daily life, cleverly using character dialogue to promote the plot, making people laugh unconsciously after watching it. And such elements are relatively rare in the drama "The Short Drama Begins". Or that there are too many "crying" components in 'there is crying and laughing'. So maybe fans of the first two dramas will be disappointed to see it. ”
▲ Poster of "The Skit Begins"
Entertainment news writer and TV series loyal viewer Masaya Yamashita has a similar opinion:
"Whether it is Ryosuke Yamada, the star of "Kitazawa Family", or Doujin Ikuta of "My Business Is Long", his acting skills are very good, his expression when he encounters difficulties is very vivid, and his lines are also very rhythmic. The audience can keep up with the rhythm of the dialogue in the play, and gradually be attracted to it, unconsciously laughing. But in the drama "The Short Drama Begins", Sugata will have some unique pauses when he speaks his lines, perhaps with such an effect, but when talking to the other two members of the funny trio (Nakano Taiga and Ryunosuke Kanki), it does not feel particularly well connected, and sometimes the rhythm is chaotic. ”
Sugata is from Osaka and has been commented that he is "really serious about funny things", and his love of funny can be said to be well known. In the movie "Spark", released in 2017, he also played the role of a funny artist.
The person from Tokyo's main TV station in the previous article continued: "Shoko Sugata is undoubtedly the acting strength of the young actors now, but in this "The Short Drama Begins", he did not show a good acting tacit understanding with Nakano and Kamiki. Only if he doesn't look like a funny artist who acts in a short play, it will make people wonder if the show has chosen the wrong role. However, because he is playing a funny artist who is not popular, perhaps Sugata intends to deliberately play badly in the first paragraph, leaving room for the future improvement of the role. ”