Part 2 - 9

This is the apartment that will be used as Lee Soo Hyun’s room where he lived alone. We learned that this building was going to be torn down in September. This is in Yanaka, the downtown part of Tokyo where there are a lot of temples and traditional Japanese scenery. It is one of my favorite areas in terms of its images.

Seo Jae Keyong who plays the part of Min Su is doing a good job in portraying his character. He is a popular actor in Korea, known for the diversity of his acting – the flexible way he changes a serious expression to a comical one is really something. He knows exactly what is expected of the character he is playing in context of the film.

As the producer said to himself, ”The casting was perfect!”, he and Lee Tae Sung are starting to make a good team.

Incidentally, Lee Tae Sung’s Japanese pronunciation is improving rapidly.
It’s probably because he is still young and has got a good sense in learning the
language, but all the same, it is quite amazing.

During our ride back, I was taken aback when he asked me, “The train is an important motif in this film isn’t it?” in Japanese. You are absolutely right!

How many trains will be crossing the screen in this film, I wonder? Maybe this will make a great question for a quiz.



P.S. A surprise present.
Lee Tae Sung shared one of his valuable “hot rahmen” he probably brought from
Korea. And this is just delicious! It’s one of my favorite foods now.

(Originally posted in Japanese on July 6, 2006)