Japanese actor Osamu Mukai holds a news conference on his new movie, “We can’t change the world but, we wanna build a school in Cambodia,” at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 13. (Mainichi)
Actor Osamu Mukai speaks on role in movie about 'second home' Cambodia
By Shiro Yoneyama, Staff Writer
The Mainichi Daily News, Japan
September 14, 2011
Osamu Mukai, a rising star in the Japanese entertainment industry, calls Cambodia his second home partly because of his home stay experience in the southeast Asian country four years ago.
So it was a pleasant surprise to have a chance to star in "We can't change the world but, we wanna build a school in Cambodia," a movie about the quest by a group of young Japanese volunteers to build a school in Cambodia.
"Cambodia has something to offer that Japan is lacking," Mukai told a packed news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) on the night of Sept. 13, ahead of the film's premiere on Sept. 23. He added that the movie is about an ordinary student who did something different from other Japanese students.
"I didn't want to play a hero, but rather a non-hero," said the 29-year-old actor about the movie, which, with the inclusion of footage depicting the legacy of the Pol Pot era, has a docu-drama air about it.
The film is based on a memoir by Kota Hada and directed by Kenta Fukasaku. Producer Masatake Kondo, who attended the FCCJ news conference with Mukai, said that he learned about the book from the director and quickly chose Mukai to play the role of the bored medical student named Kota.
Mukai, a native of Yokohama, is now in the middle of shooting a new period drama, "Shogun," but says he hopes to play a modern-day role after that.
Mukai began his career in 2006 with the Fuji TV drama "Nodame Cantabile" and has subsequently appeared in many popular movies and TV dramas, including the public broadcaster NHK's "Gegege no Nyobo" last year, in which he portrayed famed cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (famous for the horror manga "Gegege no Kitaro" and other works) -- a role that won him Best Supporting Actor at the Television Drama Academy Awards. He now appears in NHK's Sunday samurai drama "Go: Himetachi no Sengoku" as Tokugawa Hidetada, a son of Tokugawa dynasty founder Tokugawa Ieyasu, and husband of Princess Go.
Actor Osamu Mukai speaks on role in movie about 'second home' Cambodia
By Shiro Yoneyama, Staff Writer
The Mainichi Daily News, Japan
September 14, 2011
Osamu Mukai, a rising star in the Japanese entertainment industry, calls Cambodia his second home partly because of his home stay experience in the southeast Asian country four years ago.
So it was a pleasant surprise to have a chance to star in "We can't change the world but, we wanna build a school in Cambodia," a movie about the quest by a group of young Japanese volunteers to build a school in Cambodia.
"Cambodia has something to offer that Japan is lacking," Mukai told a packed news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) on the night of Sept. 13, ahead of the film's premiere on Sept. 23. He added that the movie is about an ordinary student who did something different from other Japanese students.
"I didn't want to play a hero, but rather a non-hero," said the 29-year-old actor about the movie, which, with the inclusion of footage depicting the legacy of the Pol Pot era, has a docu-drama air about it.
The film is based on a memoir by Kota Hada and directed by Kenta Fukasaku. Producer Masatake Kondo, who attended the FCCJ news conference with Mukai, said that he learned about the book from the director and quickly chose Mukai to play the role of the bored medical student named Kota.
Mukai, a native of Yokohama, is now in the middle of shooting a new period drama, "Shogun," but says he hopes to play a modern-day role after that.
Mukai began his career in 2006 with the Fuji TV drama "Nodame Cantabile" and has subsequently appeared in many popular movies and TV dramas, including the public broadcaster NHK's "Gegege no Nyobo" last year, in which he portrayed famed cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (famous for the horror manga "Gegege no Kitaro" and other works) -- a role that won him Best Supporting Actor at the Television Drama Academy Awards. He now appears in NHK's Sunday samurai drama "Go: Himetachi no Sengoku" as Tokugawa Hidetada, a son of Tokugawa dynasty founder Tokugawa Ieyasu, and husband of Princess Go.
3 comments:
ARIGATO GOZAIMASU, OSAMU MUKAISAN TO NIHON.
Cambodia should not look further if it seek for big brother who loves it sincerely. Japan has been kind and sincerely loves Khmer. There were many article about US and China relationship. I would bang all the buck with Japan if I were Cambodia. Japan will protect and strengthen Cambodia unconditionally. Japan is the only partner that Cambodia can trust.
Yes, I prefer Japanese people over Korean people.
Its a pity Cambodian youth idolizes Koreans stars when Japanese people been helping out Cambodia for many years.
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