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The heroine of the Hulu IP series "The Price" (which aired in Japan and the United States at the same time this fall * a total of 6 episodes) starring actor Shun Oguri, was finally selected by actress Takanashi Rin. Played by the fiancée of the protagonist lawyer Keisuke Okuyama, played by Oguri, and also a lawyer, Makoto Shiraishi.
Challenge the role of a lawyer who is shaken by fear and insecurity
The work is based on Igao's crime mystery novel of the same name. The story begins with a robbery and murder suspect, Tatsuya Takahashi( who entrusts Keisuke (Oguri) to defend him, which for Keisuke is also "the beginning of a new nightmare and battle".
For Keisuke, Tatsuya is both a distant relative and a friend who lived together when he was a child, but the breakdown of the family is coupled with the denial of personality, the instigation of crime, the rebellion of the people, the control of freedom... He also uses all kinds of despicable means to make the past Keisuke fall into the "abyss of misfortune". However, Keisuke regained his conviction to solve the demon of Tatsuya, no matter what the cost.
Takanashi plays Keisuke's fiancée, a lawyer with a strong heart and a firm sense of justice. Makoto becomes suspicious of Keisuke's strange behavior toward Tatsuya and begins to inquire into Keisuke's past. At this moment, Tatsuya's claws also began to reach out to her. It is also a difficult character who is strongly shaken by all kinds of fears and insecurities.
The "Soul of the Actress" of the Ignited Takanashi Pro
This work is difficult to broadcast content, Takanashi said: "After listening to the planned content, I think this is the content that is difficult to make in ordinary TV series." Because when I watched Hulu's TV series "Fujiko" (2015), I felt a very impactful content and expression, so I thought it would be interesting if I expressed the worldview of "Cost" with Hulu. Stimulated by a worldview that had never been seen before, Takanashi's expectations for this role were getting higher and higher.
In addition, Takanashi Lin also said, "Makoto is involved between her lover Kesuke and the pervert Tatsuya, and her heart is full of uneasiness and is close to collapse." However, she is a very resilient and strong woman at heart, so I hope to show her strength in the face of this situation. Before the tv series was filmed, Takanashi and Oguri also had a close conversation, and Takanashi recalled, "Oguri talked to me beforehand in order to be able to shoot smoothly, so I was able to eliminate my uneasiness and devote myself to the work." Oguri himself was fully immersed in the role, and I was able to enter the work without any worries. "I think it's a work that' brutal, but it also makes people feel the love of the characters in it." This is a work with a very tense plot that makes people want to see the final words in one breath from the first episode, and I hope that everyone must watch it. Takanashi Pro appealed to the audience. (ModelPress Editorial Office)
Synopsis of Episode 1 of The Price
Keisuke Okuyama (Shunsuke Oguri), who is active as a competent lawyer at Shiraishi Law Firm, suddenly receives a letter from Michiko Michiko (Reiko Kataoka), the adoptive mother of Tatsuya Ando (Takahashi), a suspect in a robbery and murder case. "Please accept to defend your good friend Tatsuya Ando" – The moment he saw such a heartfelt text, Kesuke had a strong desire to vomit. Keesuke was shaking constantly. In his mind, another scene of the "miserable past" that had been buried appeared in front of him...
It all started 17 years ago, when Tatsuya, a distant relative who moved next door, said to Keisuke, "Let's be friends." Tatsuya conspires with Michiko and approaches the Okuyama family in order to make a fortune, and Keisuke and his family, who know nothing about the plan, get closer and closer to Tatsuya. However, soon after, Keisuke begins to sense that something is wrong with Tatsuya.
During this time, a fire broke out in the Okuyama family, and Keisuke suffered the misfortune of losing both of his parents. Moreover, this fire is the product of Tatsuya's ingenious design! However, this crime is not exposed, and Keisuke is even more desperate under the manipulation of the "pervert Tatsuya". Keisuke, who was taken in by Tatsuya because of the fire, is forced through a "nightmarish boyhood" without personality and develops a mental illness...
The past that circulates in his mind like a flood breaking an embankment—in fear and disgust, Keisuke doesn't want to destroy his present life, which has been so hard to liberate from Tatsuya's bondage, and refuses to defend himself. However, Tatsuya's claws actually reach out to Keisuke's fiancée, also a lawyer, Makoto Shiraishi (Takanashi Rin)...!
【Takanashi Pro Review】
―What was the decisive factor in your appearance in "The Price"?
After listening to the planned content, I think this is the content that is difficult to make in ordinary TV series. Because when I watched Hulu's TV series "Fujiko" (2015), I felt a very impactful content and expression, so I thought it would be interesting if I expressed the worldview of "Cost" with Hulu.
―Please talk about the content of this role
My role was that I worked at my father's law firm, and I was Keisuke's lover, Makoto, who was the firm's signature. Although she also has a strong sense of justice and some recklessness, she is also a woman with a strong sense of dignity as a lawyer and a strong sense of responsibility. Makoto is caught up in the relationship between her lover Keisuke and the pervert Tatsuya, and her heart is full of uneasiness and is close to collapse. However, she is a very resilient and strong woman at heart, so I hope to show her strength in the face of this situation.
― Please share your impressions of cooperation with Oguri
Oguri talked to me beforehand in order to be able to shoot smoothly, so I was able to eliminate my uneasiness and devote myself to the work. Oguri himself was fully immersed in the role, and I was able to enter the work without any worries.
― Please talk to the audience about the highlights of the play "The Price"
In one unfolding story after another, Kadaya involves people who are slowly deteriorating, the reinvigorated Kesuke, and the tangled Makoto between them— each of them is portrayed very realistically. I think it's a work that is cruel, but it can also make people feel the love of the characters in it. This is a work with a very tense plot that makes people want to see the final words in one breath from the first episode, and I hope that everyone must watch it.
― Heard that this drama is going to be broadcast in Japan and the United States at the same time?
I'm very happy to have more people see this show. I think this will be a Japanese suspense TV series that foreign friends can enjoy, and I am very much looking forward to the worldview expressed in "The Price" to be conveyed to everyone.
Editor:
Well, it is said that this drama is broadcast in Japan and the United States at the same time?
Strongly appeal to our group to include the film in the production schedule!!!