Chinese Herald News (reporter Jomachi) The 2019 film of the same name adapted from the famous mystery writer Keigo Higashino's series of novels "Masquerade Hotel" was the hottest big production of the year, with stars and rave reviews, and a high box office of 4.64 billion yen, which was also popular when it was released in China. Whether it is takuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, or fans all over Japan and China are eagerly waiting for when the sequel will start filming and be released.
After the postponement of the COVID-19 pandemic and the epidemic of the main actors, on September 7, 2021, the second film in the series, "Masquerade Hotel 2: Masquerade Night" (マスカレード·ナイト), finally held a pre-premiere test screening and meet-and-greet in Tokyo. The new 13-man cast, including the lead actor and director, is luxurious, not losing the first film, and the official premiere date is September 17, which is expected to be the biggest candidate for the king of Japanese cinema of the year.
From left, Kazuki Sawamura, Takuya Kimura, and Masami Nagasawa
On the same day, 13 stars starring Takuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Kazuki Sawamura, Kana Kimura, Takuro Watanabe, Kumiko Aso, Hayaki Takaoka, Hakata Kamaru, Hosei, Ishibashi Ling, Masanobu Katsumura, Apricot Nakamura, Ken Ishiguro and director Masayuki Suzuki attended the meeting. In response to the film's theme "Masquerade", everyone present was dressed in dresses, holding dance masquerade props, lined up on the high red stage staircase, and after the opening, they all threw away the masquerades together, and then led by Takuya Kimura, walked down the steps in a large V-shape, star-studded, and the scene was quite spectacular. The film industry, which has been addicted to the epidemic for a long time, can be said to be a rare grand event.
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"Masquerade Hotel" is a novel launched by Keigo Higashino in 2017, and the series circulation has exceeded 4.45 million, making it the most controversial popular IP in recent years. It tells the story of how Kosuke Nitta (Takuya Kimura), an elite criminal police officer in the Metropolitan Police Department's search lesson, and Naomi Yamagishi (Masami Nagasawa), an excellent hotel concierge, team up to solve a crime in a conflict with completely different personalities. From the trailer, it seems that Kosuke Nitta and Naomi Yamagishi are still as incendiary as the previous one, and Kosuke Nitta impatiently says, "Why are you here again?!" Naomi Yamagishi shot back, "I still want to ask." The "not a wrongdoer and no gathering" between the two people with full personality is brilliantly interpreted.
The second part, "Masquerade Hotel 2: Masquerade Night", is also directed by Masayuki Suzuki, the director of the first part, and the team behind the scenes is also the "HERO" team familiar to Kimura fans, which can be said to be the escort for the super-large-scale new cases encountered by the two protagonists. The new story tells that the Metropolitan Police Department received a tip-off letter saying that the prisoner of a murder case would go to the Cortecia Hotel in Tokyo on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve in order to appear at the Scene of the New Year's Eve Ball "Masquerade Night" and kill again. Kosuke Nitta once again has to disguise himself as a hotel clerk to infiltrate the interior undercover and work with Naomi Yamagishi to find the prisoner. But this time it was very difficult, because the ball had 500 guests on the spot, all wearing masks, and it was almost impossible to find the prisoners within 24 hours.
In order to make the story more exciting, the crew also spared no effort in casting to win many starring stars to "add chaos" to the protagonists. In addition to the return of Fumiyoshi Kohito and Toshiro Watanabe, who played the police in the first team, there were also powerful male stars such as Kazuki Sawamura, Masanobu Katsumura, Ken Ishiguro, and Hakata Kamaru, as well as various types of beautiful women such as Apricot Nakamura, Namimi Tamamura, Kanae Kimura, Kanae Akiko, Kumiko Aso, and Hayaki Takaoka, and it was bound to attract audiences of different ages and aesthetics at once.
The selfie of Koichi Tofumi can be seen in the actors enjoying themselves, and Takuya Kimura wears his custom mask very strictly
Because the film shooting is during the new crown epidemic, and involves a large number of actors and crews, so the crew has made great efforts in epidemic prevention, in addition to the air freshener on the spot, all kinds of disinfection supplies, from the tidbit photos released by Kimura Takuya himself, he even wore two layers of masks to prevent the epidemic, and also customized a batch of masks printed with the "masquerade" pattern in the movie to distribute to the staff, so that fans and netizens are envious.
At the meeting, Takuya Kimura, who had just made her public debut after returning from an overseas crew in Italy, said: "During the filming, everyone didn't get together like now, but I was really happy and enjoyed in the lineup that could exist." When talking about working with new film queen Masami Nagasawa again, he praised it, saying, "Two years ago, when shooting was not as severe as it is now, but I can feel the interpretation of each other's every move, I think this partnership relationship is really good." At that time, we talked about topics other than filming, but this time we were affected by the epidemic. ”
Masami Nagasawa responded, "I really don't dare." It is precisely because of Mr. Naga kimura that we have a 200% sense of peace of mind and trust. And he is a very broad-minded person, and if there is any question, I can directly raise and discuss it, so I can face the shooting with confidence. As long as Mr. Kimura is on the scene, everyone will become very cohesive. I am very grateful to him for creating such an environment for the actors, working with him can get more stimulation and make people enjoy the process of acting very much. ”
When asked how to rate Masquerade Night 2, Takuya Kimura replied, "It's awesome!" Masami Nagasawa echoed, "I also think it's great." She also consulted the actor Sawamura Kazuki, who stood next to Kimura, and Sawamura, known as the "Baron of Pornography", immediately teased, "I'm sorry I didn't hear it just now, I didn't pay attention to anything except (Nagasawa's) knee." Because Nagasawa wore a seemingly conservative turtleneck dress that day, only exposing his legs at the knees, the design was very different, and both the actors and the audience laughed when they heard this warm joke.
It was also the first public appearance of Kazuki Sawamura after contracting COVID-19 in August and announcing his return to health within two weeks. This time, he will play an important guest who comes to the hotel in the movie, HinataBe Tsuneya, in the words of Masami Nagasawa, "is a big troublesome guest." Sawamura, who has always had a personal relationship with Takuya Kimura, commented, "Kimura Jun, as the head of the seat, will get a lot of stimulation from acting with him, and the scene is very happy." Although it was done under very hard circumstances, we had a very happy and fulfilling time, and we are very grateful. Then he said to the audience, "This is a worrying suspense movie, I hope everyone can enjoy the next two hours, but everyone is coming hard, want to ask who is going to go back?" Immediately stopped by Kimura and other people around him laughing, "Please don't spoil it again!" Sawamura pretended to be helpless and said, "Anyway, everyone will know in two hours." The serious scene was once again surrounded by joyful laughter.
In addition to a number of well-known actors, there are also many unforgettable beautiful faces. Model and actor Nakamura, who will challenge the Argentine tango with Takuya Kimura in the play, said: "Although I didn't know what would happen at first, after countless practices, I finally stopped being uneasy and crossed this difficulty safely. "And the popular photo queen Tamaka Nomi, as a fan of the first film, is very happy to be able to participate in it." Because I had already seen the first one in a movie theater, it was really exciting for me to be able to perform in the same restaurant scene after filming. "I wonder if this movie can once again create miracles in the troubled year of 2021?
"假假饭 Store: 假饭" (Masquerade Night)
Cast: Takuya Kimura, Masami Sawamura, Kazuki Sawamura, Akira Watanabe, Fumiyo Obinta, Yoshikazu Kajiwara, Yuki Izumi, Eisuke Shinoi, Sakuhide Kaine, Koi Ishikawa, 鹤 Tatsugo, Ryo Ishijima, Yoshino Kimura, Ann Nakamura, Minami Tanaka, Akira Ishiguro, Masanobu Kasumura, Kaname Phoenix, Kumiko Aso, Hayako Takamaru, Komaru
Original story: Keigo Asano
Director: Masayuki Suzuki
Screenplay: Michinao Koda
Music: Naoki Sato
Release Date: September 17, 2021 (All over Japan)