[45th Japan Academy Prize]Hidetoshi Nishijima won the Best Actor Award for the first time! “I want to continue to devote myself to Japanese movies” | cinemacafe.net

Hidetoshi Nishijima“Drive My Car”He won the Best Actor Award at the 45th Japan Academy Awards. In this work, Mr. Nishijima was the first Asian actor to win the National Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, and even beyond the language barrier, Mr. Nishijima shook the hearts of overseas audiences. He was also the first to win the Japan Academy Award for Best Actor.

At the leading actor award, there was a gorgeous lineup from veterans to young actors. Takeru Sato from “To those who weren’t protected”, Masaki Suda from “We Made a Beautiful Bouquet”, Tori Matsuzaka from “Last of the Wolves LEVEL2”, and Koji Yakusho from “Under the Open Sky”. There was such an atmosphere in the venue that it wouldn’t be strange to win the award.

In “Drive My Car,” Nishijima played the actor Yusuke Iefuku, a stage director with a sense of loss who lost his wife. Iefu always behaves calmly and calmly, but through interaction with his exclusive driver Misaki (Toko Miura), he notices his unconscious heart and exposes all his emotions. He unveiled the subtleties of his modest but swaying heart in his overwhelming performance that evokes his sadness.

As the title suggests, this work had many scenes in the car. When asked regarding the difficulty, Mr. Nishijima said, “I often shoot without driving a car, but the director feels that the actual scenery and the sound affect the performance. I was driving the car realistically. I think it was just one form of pursuing the truth in acting, “said Hamaguchi-gumi, who published a thorough on-site creation.

In the speech at the award ceremony, Mr. Nishijima said, “I am surprised. I am grateful for the honorable award. I think it was the award given by Director Hamaguchi and the staff. And Mr. Masaki Okada and Mr. Kirishima. , Actors from all over the world, Miura-san, we read every day anyway. It’s really that listening to the other person’s words is not for my own performance but for being there. It was a site that made me realize once once more that it had an impact, “said the award that everyone won.

Finally, Mr. Nishijima said, “And now that the world is confused and various connections are broken, it has been 11 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th. Connections with people, souls I think it makes a lot of sense for the story of the rebirth of the movie to receive such an award. I would like to continue to participate in wonderful works that have the hope of being close to people in my life. I want to continue to devote myself to Japanese movies. “