Mana Ashida doesn't look at the script at rehearsals; Director Isao Yukisada: "An actress who possesses wonderful talent"

1: れいおφ ★＠＼(^o^)／：2014/06/16(月) 18:04:25.04 ID:???0.net

Director Isao Yukisada, creator of many hit movies such as Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu and Kita no Zeronen, analyzed the appeal of Mana Ashida, with whom he worked for the first time in the movie Entaku: Kokko, Hitonatsu no Imagine. 

The movie is about an eccentric 3rd grader, Kokko, who lives with her huge family in Osaka, and how her character develops throughout the summer break.

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Director Yukisada commented on Mana Ashida: "She's an actress who possesses wonderful talent". "She's got a rich variety of expressions, and the thing that surprised me the most is her passion for acting. During our first script reading session, she came without her script. She's supposed to have the most number of lines compared to anyone, but she never looked at the script. That left such a huge impression". He also noted how Ashida acted as a leader to the other child actors in the cast.

Director Yukisada also takes credit for helping Ryunosuke Kamiki realize his potential in the movie Tooku no Sora ni Kieta. "I can sense this aura of a genius in Ashida which I also sensed when I worked with Kamiki-kun. And the thing that Mana-chan and Kamiki-kun have in common is that both of them love to act".
One cannot help but feel how bright Ashida's future is when seeing her running innocently on screen under Yukisada's guidance.

Source: http://topics.jp.msn.com/entertainment/movie/article.aspx? articleid=4753694

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So I just watched all the movies directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto...

1： 風吹けば名無し 2013/10/29(火) 17:20:54.39 ID:3S4IMD7m

ワイの採点　100点満点
My score (out of 100) 

大日本人　35点

テンポが悪く間延び。
質の悪いコントを無理に引き伸ばしただけ。

Dai Nipponjin - 35/100

Bad pacing, flat, slow and stupid.

It feels like they just stretched a bad quality skit

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しんぼる　40点

スケールに内容が付いていけてない。幼稚。

Symbol - 40/100


The contents haven't lived up to the scale. Childish.

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さや侍　45点

普通の映画風で冗長。退屈。 

Saya Zamurai - 45/100


Normal movie style, redundant. Boring.

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R１００　40点

だから何？と言いたくなる駄作。

R100 - 40/100


A dud which would make you want to say "So what?"

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Hitoshi Matsumoto at R100's completion screening: "I have now established the Matsumoto brand"

1： 三毛猫φ ★ 2013/09/24(火) 21:25:55.89 ID:???0

The screening event for Downtown's Hitoshi Matsumoto's latest movie R100 was held in Tokyo on the 24th. 

Matsumoto comments:
"We've been screening it in various places, and it's been a hit everywhere."
"You can't go wrong with this. That's why I'm certain that this will be a hit here today as well."

"I'm not aiming for comedy in my movies, but I think I have been able to establish the 'Matsumoto brand', a world never before seen."
"I want people to watch my movie without any sort of strange bias."

When his movie was screened at the 38th Toronto International Film Festival:
"It's an honor as a director that everyone enjoyed my movie, but it really made me realize that I have to be serious in everything that I do."

Matsumoto also said that he was moved by the reactions of the foreigners. 
"The Japanese people should also sit more on the edge of their seats. The screen won't be jumping out at you, but I hope it becomes a bit "3D" where the audience are the ones jumping out of their seats."

Source: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20130924-00000320-oric-ent

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(Related post about R100 HERE; about Hitoshi Matsumoto HERE)