Aug. 8, last day of acting!
We were supposed to be worried about the typhoon today…but ended up being greeted with miracles to the very end. Funny, all the staffs and I take it for granted that things will fall in place somehow.
By the time we arrived in Nakagawa City, even the roads were completely dry.
In the pachinko store (Yontorii Tamagoshi), so many supporters had gathered for us that we were not able to film everybody. Although we had scheduled to take attendance at 7 a.m., many came way before that.
From the Chita Peninsula, everyone from Yume-Net Handa, the members from Yume-Net Toyokawa, and even the scene voice guides were there. Also, many of my friends from Nisshin City whom I only met this year came, too. All of these people brought their friends along, and as a result, as many as 115 people gathered for us that day. Thank you so much everyone, for coming such a long way.
The person who offered to coordinate the extras was Shu ☆Yo (珠☆陽) – he should be tired from helping us through the hard schedule, but is full of energy nonetheless. The red megaphone he held in his hand suited him well.
And beside him was Chief Inokoshi, giving directions in a loud voice! He was very concerned about the arrangements for today, and was kind enough to come straight to Nagoya from Narita airport, after coming back from Thai. In his heart, he wanted to end the last day of shooting with us. That means more to me than anything.
So, with the strong support of these great people, the shooting went smoothly from the very beginning.
After shooting one scene inside the store, we then took precautions with the weather and worked on the road next to a bank nearby, and then went back to the store again.
Both Lee Tae Sung, his manager and staffs were surprised by the enormous and gorgeous pachinko place that cannot be seen in Tokyo. Actually, they had thought that they would be able to enjoy pachinko, but we had lent the place out for shooting. Sorry, no prizes today!
From Pusan, Lee Soo Hyun’s parents also came to watch us.
The supporters all seemed to enjoy themselves, too.
In the afternoon, we were going to shoot some acting at a nursery next door. This would be the last scene for Lee Tae Sung． At the same time, actresses Hideko Hara and Naoko Otani will finish, too.
In order to present flowers to him, we left Lee Tae Sung’s scene for last, and finally….“CUT!!” All the cast and staffs burst into applause. Lee Tae Sung, this is the end of your long, long stay in Japan, and the shooting of the film – you’ve done a great job!
That evening, we had a party celebrating the end of our shooting in the big hall at a Japanese pub near the hotel. Actually, the real last day for our shooting was to be Marky’s scene at Zepp Nagoya tomorrow, but because Lee Tae Sung will be going back to Seoul, this was the last day they could be together.
And most of the staffs were going to leave us tonight, too.
Some are moving on to their next project tomorrow, and some have actually already begun their next work already.
Because they are all busy people, even if we were to hold a premier month from now, it would almost be impossible for us to get together again. We were reluctant to leave each other, and that night, we laughed and got really excited. Needless to say, we went from the first party to the second one, then the third one….
(originally posted in Japanese on August 8, 2006)
By the time we arrived in Nakagawa City, even the roads were completely dry.
In the pachinko store (Yontorii Tamagoshi), so many supporters had gathered for us that we were not able to film everybody. Although we had scheduled to take attendance at 7 a.m., many came way before that.
From the Chita Peninsula, everyone from Yume-Net Handa, the members from Yume-Net Toyokawa, and even the scene voice guides were there. Also, many of my friends from Nisshin City whom I only met this year came, too. All of these people brought their friends along, and as a result, as many as 115 people gathered for us that day. Thank you so much everyone, for coming such a long way.
The person who offered to coordinate the extras was Shu ☆Yo (珠☆陽) – he should be tired from helping us through the hard schedule, but is full of energy nonetheless. The red megaphone he held in his hand suited him well.
And beside him was Chief Inokoshi, giving directions in a loud voice! He was very concerned about the arrangements for today, and was kind enough to come straight to Nagoya from Narita airport, after coming back from Thai. In his heart, he wanted to end the last day of shooting with us. That means more to me than anything.
So, with the strong support of these great people, the shooting went smoothly from the very beginning.
After shooting one scene inside the store, we then took precautions with the weather and worked on the road next to a bank nearby, and then went back to the store again.
Both Lee Tae Sung, his manager and staffs were surprised by the enormous and gorgeous pachinko place that cannot be seen in Tokyo. Actually, they had thought that they would be able to enjoy pachinko, but we had lent the place out for shooting. Sorry, no prizes today!
From Pusan, Lee Soo Hyun’s parents also came to watch us.
The supporters all seemed to enjoy themselves, too.
In the afternoon, we were going to shoot some acting at a nursery next door. This would be the last scene for Lee Tae Sung． At the same time, actresses Hideko Hara and Naoko Otani will finish, too.
In order to present flowers to him, we left Lee Tae Sung’s scene for last, and finally….“CUT!!” All the cast and staffs burst into applause. Lee Tae Sung, this is the end of your long, long stay in Japan, and the shooting of the film – you’ve done a great job!
That evening, we had a party celebrating the end of our shooting in the big hall at a Japanese pub near the hotel. Actually, the real last day for our shooting was to be Marky’s scene at Zepp Nagoya tomorrow, but because Lee Tae Sung will be going back to Seoul, this was the last day they could be together.
And most of the staffs were going to leave us tonight, too.
Some are moving on to their next project tomorrow, and some have actually already begun their next work already.
Because they are all busy people, even if we were to hold a premier month from now, it would almost be impossible for us to get together again. We were reluctant to leave each other, and that night, we laughed and got really excited. Needless to say, we went from the first party to the second one, then the third one….
(originally posted in Japanese on August 8, 2006)
posted by hana at 10:54 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home