In the play, Satoshi Kuramoto (left) makes Koji Ishizaka (right) his own screen spokesperson.
Ruriko Asaka (76 years old)
Kaoru Yachigusa (85)
Arima Inako (84 years old)
Mariko Kaga (73 years old)
May Green (77 years old)
Yoko Noji (80 years old)
Wind Blown Pure (64 years old)
Satoshi Kuramoto's new drama "The Land of Tranquility" began airing on TV Asahi at noon on April 3. The drama focuses on later life and tells the story of the "Peaceful Land" nursing home where a large number of elderly TV people gather. The show is a showroom with big stars of the Showa era, such as Koji Ishizaka, Ruriko Asaka, Yachikusa, and Mariko Kaga, whose average age is 76, and has a great appeal to a middle-aged and elderly audience. In the deserted noontime period, the episode received 8.7% of the ratings when it began broadcasting. TV Asahi expressed great satisfaction with this.
As a noon drama, each episode is 20 minutes, a total of 130 episodes, broadcast during the noon time on weekdays, and is expected to end in September. Although TV Asahi's schedule has just been established, the broadcast mode is similar to that of morning dramas such as "Haenyeo", which is not unfamiliar to Japanese audiences.
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Depicting "Old Utopia" Many Showa stars joined
The "Land of Tranquility" is a mysterious old people's home with very harsh occupancy conditions, and only celebrities who were active in the television industry in the Showa era and contributed to the television industry are likely to be invited. Set in an old people's home, the story tells the themes of family, human feelings, death, desire, etc., and has humor and satire on the current situation in the television industry. Although on the surface, it is still a "human drama" that Satoshi Kuramoto is good at, but there are also thrilling suspense elements to increase the watchability. In addition to targeting middle-aged and elderly audiences, it has also attracted many young people to "watch".
Because of the "tv industry" setting of this drama, the show invited a large number of big stars of the Showa era to participate in it, and Kashi was as luxurious as the major films of major studios such as Toho, Shochiku, and Toei in the past. Every time they appear on the scene, there will be photos of their youth and heyday, which makes people feel the charm of the years. In addition, with regard to the various expressions of the television industry, the performances of the stars seem to be closer to the "pseudo-documentary" form (such as the recent fires "Takayuki Yamada's Cannes Film Festival" and "byplayers: If these 6 supporting characters live together"), blurring the boundary between reality and fiction, which seems particularly interesting.
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Satoshi Kuramoto is 82 years old and writes that the current Japanese drama is not soft
Born in 1934, Satoshi Kuramoto's representative works include the Japanese national drama "Love of the Northern Kingdom", as well as classic Japanese dramas such as "Kei Kai, Father Lord", "Gentle Moment", "The Garden of the Wind", and is a famous editor who is shoulder to shoulder with Kuniko Xiangda and Taiichi Yamada. Now 82 years old, he wrote the noon drama this time, it was out of "chatting with the youth madness": "The TV station only produces TV dramas for young people, and the elderly people have not seen it." I'm going to make a 'silver session' against the 'golden hour'. ”
Satoshi Kuramoto wrote many classic works for Fuji Tv, but this time "The Land of Tranquility" chose Asahi TV, which has no roots, to cooperate because Fuji refused the show. It just so happened that TV Asahi was also interested in targeting an elderly audience and decided to set up a new schedule for broadcasting. After considering many time periods, the "noon stall" from 12:30 to 12:50 from Monday to Friday was finally determined, and Satoshi Kuramoto's "Peaceful Land" became the first work of the time period, causing considerable repercussions. In the play, Satoshi Kuramoto borrowed the mouth of the male protagonist Kikumura Ei and said: "I received an offer from Bayshore TV station 'Month 9'. But the 9th of The Month is now in a slump, and I want to come back to life, and I have found so many popular stars..." To tease Fuji TV.
At present, the script of the play has been completed, the script is 1170 pages long, comparable to the capacity of a big river drama, and the shooting is also two-thirds complete. Before the official writing, Satoshi Kuramoto spent half a year writing a "resume" for each character, which can be described as well-intentioned. For the 82-year-old, the significance of this long work is self-evident.
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The average age of Cass is 76 years old, and the nursing staff on site is on standby
The average age of the cast of "The Land of Tranquility" is 76 years old, and there are many places to pay attention to on the shooting scene. When the film started in November last year, the health of the elderly actors in the cold shooting environment was a top priority. After all, a small cold can become very tricky. The staff set the temperature of the studio to a higher level, and every day before the shooting began, they would loudly emphasize that "if you are not feeling well, please say it directly", and there are also nurses who are stationed on site.
Less scene transitions are characteristic of midday dramas, so the amount of lines in each shot increases. Most of the cast members are elderly people in their seventies and eighties, and although they are all experienced actors, it is very difficult to memorize lines like before. In fact, many actors on the scene were anxious because of the difficulty in remembering lines. In addition to many Showa stars, junior actors such as Takako Tokiwa and Matsuoka are also involved. Among them, 22-year-old Matsuoka Moyu became the youngest actor in the whole crew.
And when the national actors get together, interpersonal relationships will inevitably become a topic. According to the staff, after the break, everyone will gather together around Ruriko Asaka and Mariko Kaga to talk about some topics related to skin, exercise, and health.
As a generation that supported the golden age of Japanese TV dramas, Satoshi Kuramoto naturally has many feelings. "The 12% rating of the golden file has long been cut off" "Today's young people do not watch TV dramas, and the decline of television is inseparable from TV stations", and there are many criticisms of the current whiplash in the drama.
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