Recently, Oda's new work "A Boatman's Story", which was written and directed by Oda, premiered in Japan after the Screening of the Japanese Section of the Venice Film Festival.
Oda Che, who has always been known as the "otaku in the circle", has made frequent appearances with his recent works and has become the focus of many people's attention, but the most surprising and shocking thing about this is his words in an interview:
Although I can't talk about it in detail, my previous health check results were not good, and it is an exaggeration to say that I have to reconsider the rest of my time, and I really want to make movies.
Although Uncle's tone was calm and said that it was not very serious, whether it was fans or related film and television people, they were still shocked by this, and they said worriedly, "Let Uncle, please take care of your body!"
In the Japanese film and television industry, Oda Chirang, as a personality strength actor, has always been popular. And because of its casual dress and lazy unique temperament, it can always leave an unforgettable impression.
Japan is rich in unique male stars, such as Matsuda Ryuhei, Yosuke Kuwazuka, Eita, Ryo Kase, etc., each of which can be casually picked out and charmed by people with their unique charm full of personality.
But among these actors with excellent temperament, Oda Isjeong is still the most unique one.
In his style of dress, many people call him "Johnny Depp of the East" and think that "there is no shape that he can't control".
Moreover, his courage to dress up is not only manifested in shooting fashion blockbusters. At the awards ceremony, he was also the most distinctive actor.
△ At the Japan Academy Awards Ceremony, Oda cut the shape to change
Many people think that Oda's style is suspected of "stealing the scene", and he laughs at it:
I must be dressed and dressed to show the message I want to convey. I'm not used to communicating with people, so I simply think that people's appearance should be the easiest way to express themselves. So I'm going to use my appearance to present myself, and I think that's a good thing.
Oda's maverick in dress is actually introverted in expressing his freedom and uninhibitedness.
Even the casually bundled long hair, the unadorned beard, and the style of smudging the eyeliner into dark circles are unexpectedly appropriate when placed on Oda's body, and with his gentle and lazy temperament, it creates a slightly mysterious atmosphere.
And this trait is also integrated into every role he plays with himself.
In fact, the characters played by Oda Che are mostly small people, but through his interpretation, these ordinary small characters have a special effect, which is both ordinary and not ordinary.
Oda was active in front of the camera as an advertising actor in his early years, and officially debuted in 1999 by participating in the stage play "DREAM OF PASSION".
Because of his excellent appearance, he initially auditioned for Kamen Rider like many idol actors, and successfully became the first protagonist of the Heisei Kamen Rider series, playing Yusuke Goshiro in "Kamen Rider Kumi" (2000).
△ Kamen Rider Empty Me poster
Don't underestimate the "Kamen Rider Series" such as close-ups, in Japan, this series from the Showa period (1971) was founded, has been very popular so far, the gold content of IP is similar to the "Journey to the West" that has been remade countless times in China.
Many of Japan's new actors have become popular actors by participating in the Kamen Rider series. Like the current popular Ken Sato (Kamen Rider No Denki chapter), Sugata Shoki (W chapter), Fukushi Aiki (Fourze chapter) and so on.
By playing this role, Oda Also quickly became popular.
△ The classic praise action of Yusuke Goshiro
This role also allowed him to open the "Shin Heisei" (Kamen Rider of the Heisei era) mode, which really established the saying that Kamen Rider was the gateway of Wakazu (young) male actors.
Since then, it has become an honor to participate in the Kamen Rider series, and in today's comprehensive ranking of Kamen Riders of all ages in Japan, Oda still occupies the first place.
△ Kamen Rider series popularity ranking
But what really made Oda feel the charm of acting was his first starring role on the big screen, "Bright Future" (2003) directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Compared with Asano Tadanobu, who was already full of magic at that time, Oda's performance was obviously much more youthful, but it was in contrast to assortment played by Asano that Yuji played by Oda Wasa was easier to understand by the audience. Or rather, his character has a more universal sense of humanity.
△ Stills of "Bright Future"
Yuji is an ordinary person who can cry for his friends, and he is also a personality young man who is willing to take risks with his friends and play with fire.
The film left a deep impression on the audience with his maverick and unique temperament, and it continued into every role he later played.
We can see that the directors he works with are also full of personalities.
In Blood and Bones (2004), a Japanese-Korean, he plays takeshi Kitano's son, while director Choi Yoichi is a Korean creator who flaunts his personality in the 1990s;
△ Stills from "Blood and Bone"
In a Dream (2005) is his first collaboration with ghost director Yuan Ziwen;
△ Stills from "In a Dream"
The fantasy youth rampage film "Paradise Disqualification" (2005) allowed him to meet another Japanese-Korean director, Lee Sang-il;
Later he also collaborated with directors such as Katsuhiro Otomo, Kazukazu Kore-eda, and Shoji Matsuoka, in fact, as he himself said:
I prefer films in scripts that play out my personality as an actor rather than commercial productions that stifle the actor's personality.
On the road to acting, Oda Has always insisted on his position as an actor, just as he insisted on appearing in an unusual posture in the film.
In 2006, Oda's film Swing with Japanese heavyweight female director Miwa Nishikawa made him nominated for the Japan Academy Film Academy's Best Actor Award for the first time.
Although his interpretation at that time was still young compared to Teruyuki Kagawa, who played his brother, the literary and artistic youth roles in the film seemed to be tailor-made for him, and his own indifferent temperament and mysterious alienation were excavated.
△ Stills from "Swing"
Director Mikazu Nishikawa's accurate grasp of the video lens also presents the charm of Oda Cutjō.
I have to say that each of the characters challenged by Oda Che seems to be ordinary as all sentient beings, but they all have a mysterious side, and at the same time, they can arouse the audience's emotional resonance with the small people everywhere.
To do this, it depends on his continuous exploration of his own characteristics.
In "Passion Continent: Oda Cut-off", the production team said that in their eyes, Oda-Chie-jean is a full star. And Oda Cutrang objected to this statement:
I want to be just an actor, not a star, and all I ask of myself is to "be Oda cut myself", nothing more.
Oda has his own unique understanding of the word "ordinary".
In 2005, he and director Kiyoshun Suzuki came to the Cannes Film Festival with the movie "Tanuki Goten", and after walking the red carpet, he watched the grand situation of the stars gathering and the crowds, but he thought:
Perched in this muddy swamp known as the market, the huge commercial sale of movies, the lack of ID cards on the chest, not only the inability to watch movies, but also the narrowness of not being able to enter the door of the venue completely dispelled my hopes.
Walking wide on the red carpet, the people who were selected were, from a distance, just ordinary people.
Oda Chejang has the introspection of being a literary and artistic worker, and this introspection of literary and artistic creation also makes him unique in the acting world, and it seems that it has always been a natural thing for him to transform into a behind-the-scenes creator.
In fact, before becoming an actor, his biggest dream was to be a director.
Because his mother was busy with work when he was a child, he often let him stay in the movie theater, so from a very young age, Oda Che had a strong interest in film work.
After graduating from high school, he decided to abandon the science department of Kochi University that he had been admitted to and went to the University of California alone to study.
His idea was actually very simple:
Since high school, I couldn't find a reason to study in Japan. I feel that since I love movies so much and want to be a director, in order to be the best film director, I naturally want to go to Hollywood.
So he came to the United States and entered the California State University of Fresno.
However, when choosing a major, Oda mistakenly thought that "drama" was a film major, and mistakenly hit and stumbled onto the road of acting.
He studied acting in the United States for two years and also developed an interest in acting. However, he did not forget his love of movies and watched a lot of movies.
The director he liked at the time was Jarmusch. The influence of this unruly independent director on him is enormous, as can be seen in the costumes that Fromada made full of personality.
△ The uninhibited director Jamush
He claimed that if he had the opportunity to see Jim Jarmusch's films while in Japan, he might not have gone to Hollywood later and would have chosen to go to New York.
"After watching his movies, I hate Hollywood."
Because Hollywood means a lot of business factors, for Oda, convergence will mean losing individuality.
Oda has always been thinking about creation. He was involved in the screenwriting and directing of the Japanese drama "The Return of the Time-Bound Police" (2007). Then he began to create his own works, and the real meaning embarked on the path of directing.
△ Stills of "The Return of the Statute of Limitation Police"
In 2009, he came to the Rotterdam Film Festival with his self-written and self-directed "Cherry Blossom People", a film he spent three years preparing, from director and screenwriter to cinematography, editing and scoring.
△ Stills from "Sakura-like People"
But when it comes to the movie itself, it seems a bit difficult to say.
Most viewers were a little disappointed with this strange movie, and Oda Wasjeong was also unhappy with his debut.
Although his first attempt was not very successful, he was passionate about creating things, and seemed to enjoy it even if he was multi-tasking and took a lot of time.
△ Oda Cut Jean at the shooting scene
This time, he wrote and directed the film "The Story of a Boatman", which mainly tells the current situation of the gradual disappearance of some traditional and ancient things in the increasingly commercialized world, which can be said to be a typical Japanese film that explores human nature.
The protagonist is a boatman who carries people across the river, and in his ordinary life, he always meets all kinds of people, and then brings various stories.
△ The shooting scene of "A Boatman's Story"
Referring to the intention of the creation of "A Boatman's Story", Oda Chiejang clearly put forward his own ideas:
It is a creation that questions capitalist society, in the face of the disappearance of some traditional things, how people should live in the world.
Obviously, his creation has always maintained his thinking about himself and the whole world, as ordinary as ever, and as always insistent on self.
Now that this movie has been successfully released, Oda Chiejang said that he will continue to make movies in the future, which has to be said to be full of expectations.
But instead of looking forward to the work, I still want to say to Uncle Jean: Please take care of your body!
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