FEATURE

Translated By DeepL

Push forward, expressionists. The light of creation that Masaki Sugata and Taiga Nakano are looking toward.
Film "Taro's Fool

Push forward, expressionists. The light of creation that Masaki Sugata and Taiga Nakano are looking toward.

The youth and adults of today, Japanese society, impulses and glimmerings, all are reflected in this film.Taro's fool.(Kaiyodo) will be released in theaters on September 6 (Friday). This is the latest work by director Tatsushi Omori, who has dealt with "human beings" in numerous high-profile films such as "The Night of Germanium (2005)" and "Mahoro Ekimae Tada Handyuken (2011)", and it is also his first film based on a script he wrote 20 years ago. It is also his first film based on a script he wrote 20 years ago. Masaki Sugata and Taiga Nakano play the lead roles along with up-and-coming newcomer YOSHI, and we caught up with them to learn more about YOSHI and the "expression" they continue to challenge themselves with.

  • Photo_Baker Taro
  • Styling_Shogo Ito (Masaki Sugata)
  • Styling_Dai Ishii (Taiga Nakano)
  • Hair & Make-up_Eito Furukubo (Masaki Sugata)
  • Hair & Make-up_Masaki Takahashi (Taiga Nakano)
  • Text_Saori Uemura
  • Edit_Rei Kawahara

What is it that I really want to do?

Do you think that this is the reason why you have expanded the scope of your activities to include making music, taking photographs, etc.?

Sugata:I wonder. Surely when you say it again like that... do you feel that you have found what you want to do first?

Nakano:I don't feel that I have found what I want to do.

Sugata:There isn't. Of course acting is something I want to do.

Nakano:Yeah, I don't get the sense that I'm holding on to it.

Sugata:But there was also a sense of pride. I felt like, "I'm going to do it, so I'm going to kick their asses! I had a feeling like, "I'm going to kick your ass!

Do you also think about making the world a happier place because of what you do?

Nakano:Hmmm, I don't even think that big.

Sugata:I know, right? I was already thinking, "Will Taiga laugh at this? I wonder if YOSHI would say it's cool. I wonder what it is, though. This "what I want to do controversy" probably started in the Heisei era, right?

Nakano:Really?

Sugata:Isn't it?

Nakano:It's true that more and more people can't find what they want to do, and that's why we're talking about it.

Sugata:The fact that such an idea comes up probably assumes that there are so many options available. Maybe it is because there is so much "information" nowadays. In the past, there was very little information, so people had to search for things on their own. I don't think there was anything I wanted to do, or perhaps I didn't even have a choice anymore.

Nakano:Nowadays, you can do anything if you want to. If you take videos, you can become a YouTube star in no time.

Sugata:I can be, I can be, I can be. If you record your own music and upload it to the Internet, the world will listen to it. But that's why I understand that you don't know what to do. That's why I think it's a tough time. We were born just barely a generation earlier than now.

Nakano:I guess it was a bit of a gratifying time for me in that sense.

INFORMATION

Taro's fool.

Roadshow on September 6 (Fri.) at Theatre Shinjuku and other theaters nationwide.
Director/Screenplay/Editor: Tatsushi Omori
Music: Otomo Yoshihide
Cast:YOSHI Masaki Sugata Taiga Nakano Eita Okuno Ellie Toyoda Sasa Ueda Jun Kunimura
(c)2019 "Taro's Fool" Film Partners
Distributor: Tokyo Theatres
www.taro-baka.jp