Chinese Herald News (reporter Jomach) actor Tenkai Yuki, known as the "queen" of The Japanese performing arts industry, after starring in the movie "Dog God" in 2001, he starred in the movie "Pension Is Gone!" (老後の資がありません! It was chosen to be released on October 30, focusing on the "pension" problem of Japan's aging society, and the publicity period caused a lot of resonance, and was called the most anticipated "comedy horror film" during Halloween this year.
"Pension is gone! (老後の資がありません! Adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by writer Miyu Akitani, which sold more than 260,000 copies, it was originally scheduled to be released on September 18, 2020, but it was rarely postponed for a full year due to the new crown epidemic, which shows the expectations of the film company for this play. The story focuses on the various jokes triggered by the middle-aged housewife played by Yuxi Tenkai about the lack of pension after retirement, and the trailer is fast-paced, gimmicky, and people can't help but laugh, but why is it called a "horror movie"? Because the main theme of the film tells one of the biggest horror topics in life that makes everyone shiver - "People live, money is gone." ”
According to the 2019 Pension Proposal of the Japanese Financial Services Agency, in Japanese society, wage earners must prepare a pension of 20 million yen before retirement to live in peace in their old age. In 2020, the average annual income of the whole country was 4.09 million yen, an increase of only 10,000 yen over 2019. Even in Tokyo, where the salary level is highest, the average annual income is only 4.44 million yen, and the cost of living in Japan has always been high, especially for men and women, and the salary gap between different categories such as regular employees and part-time employees is very large, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to save up to 20 million pensions, and even many people have worked for many years with zero savings. How much retirement savings does our protagonist, Tokuko Goto, have? 7 million yen – and it's going to be all spent soon.
Yuki Tenkai plays Goto Tokuko, a thrifty and cautious middle-aged housewife who carefully calculates her husband Akira Goto's (Matsushige Toyo) salary and the money she earns from her odd jobs, and for her, the most extravagant thing is to spend 5,000 yen a month in a yoga class. Duzi endured not to buy the designer bag he envisioned, and worked tirelessly to save money... After saving 7 million yuan in retirement pension, he was ready to retire after his children grew up and left home, but he did not expect that his daughter Mayumi (Yuai Shinkawa) suddenly announced that he was going to marry Bongko, and the marriage object was a brother who made a band with an annual income of only 1.5 million yen (Kato Yu), for the sake of the other family's pomp, the two also had to hold a large wedding, and the Goto family had to share at least 3 million yen equally.
On the other hand, due to the death of her father-in-law who was hospitalized, her sister-in-law (Wakamura Mayumi) forced the Goto family to serve as the mourner and pay nearly 4 million yen in funeral expenses. And the duzi who was expecting a part-time job to be corrected was suddenly laid off, the husband's company suddenly collapsed, the 30th wedding anniversary is just around the corner, the husband and wife are both unemployed, and finally have to live with the mother-in-law (Caodi Photon), who is generous and spends money like flowing water - the mother-in-law who is accustomed to high consumption also costs 4800 yen for an afternoon tea, which is simply worse, making the duzi three days and two ends angry, and gradually forced to a desperate situation. Such a middle-aged student cannot usher in a normal retirement in any case, how will the Goto family survive this difficulty?
Tenkai Yuki, who has always been known as a strong woman as a policeman and a lawyer, has been working hard in the acting industry for decades and has an excellent reputation. This time, at the age of 54, she took off the signature aura of a single woman and challenged the role of an ordinary housewife in reality for the first time. In the first version of the movie poster, she changed the tough momentum of the past, crying and laughing while counting the deposits, and the tears flew at the same time, which was full of joy with the background of the fortune cat. For the invitation to star in the film, Tianhai jokingly said: "Can I? The average housewife is also very tall, and the producer said he wanted to see my embarrassed expression, so please allow me to star. ”
In addition to the appeal of the main actors, coupled with the supporting roles of the three generations of the old and young generations such as Mitsuko Kusanagi, Matsushige Toyomi, Wakamura Mayumi, Yuai Nikawa, Toshiki Seto, Yusuke Kato, Ritsu shibata, etc., there are also famous directors and good friends of Tenkai Mitani Yuki cameo, plus singing the theme song "happy!" The performance of "Glacier Kiyoshi", the release of this film after a one-year delay, is really very much looking forward to.
The Shadow "The Fall of The Old Money! (I don't have the old queen's money!) ）》
Original author: Miu Kakitani
Screening: October 30, 2021
Director: Tetsu Maeda
Writer: Hiroshi Saito
Starring: Yuki Amami, Mitsuko Kusafue, Akira Matsushige, Mayumi Wakamura, Akira Shinkawa, Toshiaki Seba, Akira Kato, Rie Shibata, Masaaki Ishii 16, Chris Matsumura, Takanori Rian, Sasaki Kensuke, Hokuto Akira, Raita 龙, Fujita Yumiko, Aikawa Sho, Poison Mitayu, Mitani Koki, Ogiwara Hiroko.