▲ Actress Sugi Kazuka
Japanese actress Hana Sugi (23) is confirmed to star in this winter's film "99.9 - Criminal Lawyer The Movie" (director: Kimura Sho) and play the female lead. In April this year, she starred in the NHK drama series "Little Maid", so this movie is also her first time to challenge her screen acting skills this year. "Little Maid" is about to usher in the finale on the 14th, and it has finally entered the final part from the 10th. Sugi ka- who played the "Mother of Osaka" in "The Little Maid" transforms herself into a lawyer for the new era of Reiwa.
The "99.9 - Criminal Lawyer" series, which was rebroadcast twice on TBS TV, is a popular series of TELEVISION series starring Jun Matsumoto (37 years old) that tells various stories about the professional team of criminal lawyers played by Jun Matsumoto and Teruyuki Kagawa (55) in the process of handling the case. In this film, Sugi will play a newcomer lawyer who has just finished her judicial internship. In the "99.9" series, the heroine changed three times, namely 2016's Eikura Nana (33 years old), 2018's Kimura Fumino (33 years old) and this time Sugizawa's.
"Little Maid" tells the story of the heroine played by Sugizawa who fell to the bottom of her life after divorce, but a chance radio drama appearance transformed her into a popular comedy actress in Osaka. The characters and keywords in the show have been on Twitter trends many times, attracting a lot of attention.
▲ The movie "99.9 - Criminal Lawyer the Movie" starred (from left to right) Teruyuki Kagawa, Jun Matsumoto, and Sugi kasumi.
In "99.9 - The Movie of a Criminal Lawyer", Sugi played a serious role that was always toyed with by a nonsense lawyer played by Jun Matsumoto, but always wore a straight suit. It was also her first challenge to play a lawyer. According to relevant sources, during the filming process, because she was a newcomer to integrate into a production team that has been sharing weal and woe for a long time, Sugizawa seemed nervous at first, but Matsumoto Jun took good care of her on the spot and gave guidance in some key places.
Sugi herself said: "I have always liked this show, in fact, I always wanted to go to the shooting scene, so I was really happy when I received the invitation from the crew. And also appealed: "The theatrical version is full of interesting content, and when I read the script, I can't help but know the next plot quickly." I hope you can also look forward to it! ”