SixTONES’ Matsumura Hokuto Makes Acting Splash in ‘All the Long Nights’ Berlin Forum Title
20.02.2024 - 14:15
/ variety.com
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The route from idol group member to TV and film acting is a well-trodden one for multiple Japanese performers as they mature and attempt to broaden and extend their career. Few, however, can have received the plaudits of SixTONES member Matsumura Hokuto, who flies in to the Berlin Film Festival for the international premiere of two handed drama feature “All the Long Nights.” Derived from a novel by Seo Maiko and directed by Miyake Sho, the narrative features a woman (portrayed by Kamishiraishi Mone) whose pre-menstrual tension is so intense that it changes her character and disrupts her career. She is befriended by a younger, somewhat solitary man who, in turn, suffers from panic attacks.
The film’s narrative describes their ever closer, but non-romantic, relationship as these two tender souls support each other through a stressful and clamorous world. And the Berlin organizers’ normally dry catalog write-up called the performances simply “fantastic.” Variety caught up with Matsumura on the eve of his arrival in Berlin. Could you describe the character, Yamazoe, that you play in ‘All the Long Nights’? As a younger man, everything in his life was smooth and easy.
He was popular, got good grades, a job at a dream company that allowed him room to grow and become successful. He worked hard, challenged himself, accomplishing everything he thought he ever dreamed of. Then, in the middle of all that, a panic attack changed everything.
His entire world was turned upside down and turned the page on everything he’d ever known. This new chapter not only brought him to new and confusing situations, but also new, and confusing people. This includes Fujisawa, a woman with extreme PMS.
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