When the winter TV dramas are halfway through the airing, information about the spring TV dramas will be announced one after another.
In this year's winter season, the most watched TV drama is none other than Fuji TV's September 9th drama "Tokyo Love Story". After a good start in ratings, the plot progressed steadily, and the ratings also began to increase after the story entered the second half.
The number of episodes has increased continuously, making it a strong candidate for the ratings championship of the season.
The heroine of the TV series Akana Rika is bold and cheerful. She lives a lifestyle that burns purely for love. Housewives, the original main force in the ratings, are somewhat dissatisfied with her Shanghai-style style. However, such a heroine has deeply attracted people who yearn for it.
Trendy, urban youth who pursue independence.
More and more students and young white-collar workers are sitting in front of the TV for this TV series. They even give up the colorful nightlife on Monday night just to watch this TV series at nine o'clock.
Turn on the TV on time.
The ratings and topicality of the TV series have both increased. The unknown actress Suzuki Honami has also been well received for playing the role of Akana Rika. She is admired by young women and is also popular with men.
Halfway through the broadcast of the TV series, newspapers and magazines conducted various polls about the TV series of the season. Suzuki Honami and "Tokyo Love Story" were far ahead in the votes, becoming the undoubted winner of this season.
Fuji TV's bold reform of the monthly broadcast was successful. The producer Da Liang, who resisted the public opinion and hired unknown actors, was also recognized for his discerning eye.
Although with the popularity of the TV series, Suzuki Honami's fresh and natural acting skills have been highly praised, and there are also gossips in tabloids and magazines about the relationship between the heroine and the producer, but in the end it is just a speculative thing and cannot make waves.
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"I want to turn into wings to protect you tightly, and I want to turn into wind to embrace you gently~"
While walking on the street, a short passage from the theme song of the TV series suddenly appeared in Ayumi Hamasaki's mind. When walking or doing something, music would occasionally sound for no reason.
Sometimes it’s a song by a favorite singer, such as the Rolling Stones or Hideki-san or Akina-san. Sometimes it’s just a melody that I inadvertently memorized while watching TV with my mother and grandma. However, this song “Sudden Love”
", which has been frequently sung by Ayumi Hamasaki recently. Last week, after the single of this song was released, she even went to a record store to buy a copy.
Although the economic situation of a single-parent family is not good, none of the three women in the family is the kind of person who is careful about money. They have favorite things, whether it is records or other things, and sometimes they only have 5,000 yen in their pockets.
I will buy something worth 5,000 yen.
Her mother is a loyal viewer of "Tokyo Love Story", and Ayumi Hamasaki also likes this TV series. To be precise, she likes Akana Rika. Although it is a bit precocious to think so at such a young age, she yearns for someone like Akana Rika.
Life.
"It's not that you have to live the life she lives and don't imitate others, but you have to look at life the way she does."
Ayumi Hamasaki watched "Tokyo Love Story" and saw the characters living a carefree life, as well as the Tokyo that was so close that she could often see it on TV, but so far away that she had never been there and could hardly take root.
The stage is full of yearning.
But what is her dream?
Earn more money so that both your grandmother and mother can live a good life, or be like Suzuki Honami, seize a suitable opportunity and become a well-known actress in one fell swoop...
Want to sing?
When imagining the "future", Hamasaki occasionally began to consider the option of being a singer.
Ayumi Hamasaki walked into the bookstore and found the "The Televion" she wanted to buy among the colorful piles of magazines. On the cover of the magazine, Akina Nakamori and Narumi Yasuda had their faces next to each other with bright smiles.
In the spring TV series that will be aired in April, Akina Nakamori and Narumi Yasuda will co-star in a TV series called "Lovely Season" at 10pm on TBS on Friday night.
Although they are co-stars, looking at the order of names, the first starring actress is Nakamori Akina. In fact, Hamasaki Ayumi doesn't know who Yasuda Narumi is. I read the promotion before and said that this is a TV series about friendship between women.
Akina-san, whom she likes, is starring in a prime-time regular drama for the first time.
However, when he saw Akina Nakamori recently, another person's name often came to Hamasaki's mind, thinking of his strong and steady face and his gentle and tolerant attitude towards others.
...The wealthy president from Tokyo also told her that he also liked Akina-san.
The president from Tokyo had only met their mother and daughter once. People who came and went in a hurry were like clouds that occasionally drifted over the sky where they lived, leaving no trace and seemingly never leaving.
will appear again.
It was said that he would leave no trace, but he left behind a business card. It was the business card of the president of an entertainment agency in Tokyo. He said that he would never appear again, but his name became more and more popular after meeting their mother and daughter.
The reputation is getting bigger and bigger.
He is a Midas touch producer, a man who will lend a helping hand to a band that is in a whirlpool. Not long ago, he successfully launched a mysterious new female solo artist Daikuro Moki. In addition to these, he is also Akina Nakamori.
's boyfriend.
Now that I think about it, that president looked really impressive.
It seemed that after the president from Tokyo left, Hamasaki heard his name from time to time in her life. Every time she saw it or heard others talk about it, it reminded her of their first meeting.
She couldn't understand whether it was because she couldn't forget that person that she paid special attention to his name every time. Or was it because the president's name appeared every three days that she found it difficult to forget even if she wanted to.
Entering April, Hamasaki Ayumi is no longer an elementary school student and will officially enter the first grade of junior high school.
Perhaps because he has been working since he was a child to support his family, Ayumi Hamasaki is much precocious compared to other children of the same age. At the age of just a junior high school student, he often acts like a little adult.
I have been busy working as a model since I was in elementary school. I have no interest in learning. I can only get a consolation prize for my test scores. Sitting in the classroom, the courses I am interested in are another matter. The courses I am not interested in may just happen to meet someone I hate.
Teacher, just fell asleep in public...
This is a problem where the neighbor's aunties regard her as a delinquent girl.
These will probably not change much after entering junior high school. Hamasaki is looking forward to the junior high school life that will start after the spring break, but it is not because he likes reading or school, but because he likes a broader world.
Yes, I like a broad stage, a lot of people and a lively atmosphere, and I also like the feeling of being needed.
Ayumi Hamasaki lowered his head and opened the magazine he bought. In the inside pages of the magazine, Akina Nakamori and Narumi Yasuda, like a pair of close friends of the same age, faced the camera and took group photos.
.
The two heroines had a conversation in a magazine interview, describing each other's impressions of each other, their similarities and differences, and their thoughts on this collaboration... little things like this.
When her mother Zhang Zi came back from outside, she raised her voice and said, "I'm back~" and threw off her high heels and satchel. Listening to this cool and unrestrained movement, you knew she was in a good mood.
The sound insulation of the old-fashioned small house is not good. You don’t need to go out to see what is going on outside.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door of Hamasaki Ayumi's room, and Akiko showed her the cardboard box in her hand, "I brought you a cake~Ayu."
Ayumi Hamasaki looked at his mother's smiling face and complained a little: "Did the date go so well?"
Akiko smiled and replied "hate". The relationship between mother and daughter is not like mother and daughter, but more like peers. Maybe it's because Hamasaki Ayumi is too precocious, or maybe it's because of Akiko's innocent personality.
Ayumi Hamasaki looked at his mother who was beaming with joy, and suddenly asked: "Mom, is the business card given by the president from Tokyo still there?"
Zhang Zi said "Hey" and came back to his senses, "Of course."
"That's good." Hamasaki replied softly.
Zhang Zi looked at his daughter's face that suddenly turned pink. He wanted to say something, but stopped himself. He shook the cake in his hand and said, "How about we eat it together?"
"That's it." She muttered to herself without waiting for her daughter's answer, and walked away.
The door to the room was closed again. Hamasaki returned her gaze to the magazines spread out on the desk. She thought silently, "That's good."
If you want to go to Tokyo, you must go to Tokyo. No matter what your dream is, Tokyo must be the stage where your dream can be realized.
Besides that, I also want to meet the president from Tokyo.
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In February, the preliminary preparations for "Lovely Season" were completed, and the filming officially started from the last week of February. According to the shooting method of Japanese dramas, the first four episodes were produced first, and they were filmed and broadcast after the official launch.
For the entire month of March, in addition to participating in the filming, as the starring role, I also had to work hard for the early promotion of the TV series, accept interviews, and go to magazine shoots with my co-stars.
One or two weeks before the official launch, I have to participate in the recording of the TV show.
Only when she actually participated in the filming of a regular TV series, as a starring role, did Akina Nakamori truly realize how hard the job of "actor" is, which was far beyond her imagination.
It’s not that she has no experience in acting, but this is her first time in a regular TV series. In a sophisticated crew where everyone performs their own duties, Akina Nakamori sometimes feels like she is a screw of the wrong type.
Fortunately, as she became more and more involved in the drama, it became clear that she was not the wrong model, but just a little out of tune.
When I got the script, I felt that the heroine Kanon, who "comes from a humble background and has a casual personality," is similar to myself. But when I actually started acting, I realized that "imagination" and "reality" are two completely different things.
Especially acting is completely different from singing. A top singer is the absolute protagonist on the stage. She can show off her talents to the fullest and only need to show her charm without thinking about anything else. But acting is not like that.
When she was still unable to get into the mood, Nakamori Akina expressed her sincere gratitude in her heart. The crew was patient with her, and the real actors she played with did not look down upon her, a novice actor who had changed careers halfway.
Among the traditional actors who started out as supporting actors, many people hate the idol stars who get starring roles just because of their popularity. Actors with fame and qualifications will even mercilessly ridicule those who are outsiders.
The reason why Akina Nakamori is not looked down upon is also related to her humble and straightforward attitude, and her attitude of doing everything to perfection.
The atmosphere on the set of "Lovely Season" is quite harmonious, and the two leading actors, Akina Nakamori and Narumi Yasuda, have a pretty good relationship.
The actress Narumi Yasuda who co-starred with her seems to be similar to the Naoko set in the script. Although the actors of the two heroines are both from Tokyo, Akina Nakamori is a child of a shopping street in Kiyose, a small place on the edge of Tokyo.
, Narumi Yasuda was born in Bunkyo District, which is home to many universities and has a rich cultural atmosphere.
In addition, Narumi Yasuda had a good tutor and was admitted to the Faculty of Literature of Meiji University. Although she dropped out of school in order to focus on her work as an actress... but no matter how you look at it, she is also a different person from the rough girl in the shopping street.
The two officially debuted at about the same time. When Akina Nakamori was showing off as an idol, Narumi Yasuda also starred in her first TV series.
As an idol singer, Akina Nakamori occasionally crosses over to act in a show, and as an actor, Narumi Yasuda has also released one or two singles with little response. After that, both of them focused on their original fields.
Until this year, I was connected by this movie "Lovely Season".
In a sense, Kanon and Naoko in the script are the two people Nakamori Akina and Yasuda Narumi. If the role of Kanon is tailor-made for Nakamori Akina, the compatibility between Yasuda Narumi and Naoko is like a match made in heaven.
fate.
Perhaps because of this, from the first meeting to the official start of filming, the two heroines developed a friendship both on and off the screen at the same time, and they got along quite well.
The various subtle atmospheres created by "professional actresses singing and Yuu acting as supporting actresses" that gossips secretly teased and expected were not seen at all between these two people.
When the day's shooting came to an end, Nakamori Akina and Yasuda Narumi exchanged glances and smiled at each other in a tacit understanding.
After the filming, the two people also made an appointment to go bowling together. After saying hello, Akina Nakamori returned to her lounge and changed out of her costume. The assistant handed her her pager and said, "Before, there was
The pager is coming in."
Akina Nakamori nodded, checked it, and couldn't help but smile.
She walked to the dressing table on her knees, took her bag, and took out the "special" mobile phone from it. She turned it on and dialed the number.
"Moxi Moxi~" Nakamori Akina smiled.
On the other end of the phone, listening to her voice, Shinichi Iwahashi joked, "She seems to be in a pretty good mood."
