Reborn Japan for entertainment

Chapter 576 20 years old, coming-of-age ceremony, movie
When the clock of 2010 was struck, our protagonist had just completed his sixth red and white trip. . .

Dragging their exhausted bodies, Sakamoto Kiyoshi and Ogawa Masaki and Chiba Masaki, who were also exhausted, got into the nanny car.

"Huh..." Kiyoshi Sakamoto moaned comfortably when he leaned against the cushion of the back seat of the car, "I'm so exhausted..."

Originally, the new album had just been released, and the three of THE SUN should have stayed in the US for a period of publicity.

However, even if there is no Japanese work released this year, THE SUN still received an invitation to the Red and White Song Festival known as the "Japanese Spring Festival Gala".

It was for the red and white that THE SUN escaped from the heavy publicity activities and flew back to Japan.

It has to be said that NHK's love for THE SUN is well known.

THE SUN, which has been on stage for six consecutive years, has now become a resident guest of the annual red and white festival, just like SMAP, TOKIO, Ayumi Hamasaki and other music seniors.

Of course, as the only one to break through in the European and American music scene, THE SUN's status in the Japanese music scene is also gradually changing quietly.

This can be seen from the order of appearance of THE SUN band at the 60th Red and White Song Concert.

THE SUN served as the opening of the white group, and the Japanese female SOLO No.1, Ayumi Hamasaki, who has served as the opening guest of the red and white total for two consecutive rounds, is also the opening guest!
This is also the beginning of NHK's red and white show with weak ratings. In order to attract more audiences of younger age groups, NHK put THE SUN, which is popular among young people, in the opening position.

And Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who played the opening of the white group for the first time, did not live up to the trust of NHK, and detonated the entire NHK concert hall with the song "Dancing People" that turned the audience up!

It also abruptly raised the opening ratings of the night to the peak of the past few years.

However, the love of NHK made the three of THE SUN feel overwhelmed.

After all, he had just returned to Tokyo after a ten-hour flight from New York, and before he had time to say hello to his family, he was about to perform on stage, and it was still red and white!

After a long journey, even the energetic young guys, the three of them were exhausted.

"By the way, when are you going back to Nagasaki?"

At this time, Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who was closing his eyes and enjoying a moment of peace, was suddenly awakened by Ogawa Shin's words.

"Nagasaki? Why do you want to go back to Nagasaki?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto was a little confused.

"A coming-of-age ceremony! Didn't you forget it?!"

"what!"

Kiyoshi Sakamoto slapped his head and suddenly realized, "That's right! Coming-of-age ceremony!!!"

Xiao Chuan really reminded him, making Kiyoshi Sakamoto's heart tremble involuntarily.

"Before I knew it, I was already 20 years old..."

Time is the most precious and irreplaceable thing. Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was born in 90, has finally turned 2010 after entering the time point of 20!

He was born in Nagasaki, so he must have participated in the coming-of-age ceremony held in Nagasaki City.

He already knew about this matter.

It's just that because of the recent new album, he was so busy that he was dizzy and forgot it for a while. . .

I have to say that the age of 20 is a very important watershed in Japan.

The age of 20 means that you are an adult from now on, and it also means that you are no longer a child, but an adult!
After crossing the 20-year-old mark, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was finally able not to abide by various rules.

liqueur?
You can drink it openly!
Going out in the early morning, eating late at night, watching the night with Yui Aragaki, etc., can all be realized one by one. . .

Just when Sakamoto Kiyoshi was thinking in his mind, when, when he would have a late-night date with Aragaki Yui, Chiba Masaki's words interrupted his thoughts.

"By the way, we have prepared your coming-of-age gift!"

Gift?

Kiyoshi Sakamoto looked at the two suspiciously, his eyes were full of curiosity, "Oh?! What is it?"

"You'll know when the time comes..."

However, from the smiles of the two, Kiyoshi Sakamoto felt something was wrong.

However, he quickly shook his head and put the distracting thoughts in his mind behind him.

A coming-of-age ceremony or something is just a ceremony.

At this time, he was occupied by one thing in his mind.

"It's also time to start preparing for that..."

That's right, Kiyoshi Sakamoto had only one thing on his mind at this time, and he was thinking about it.

It's not a coming-of-age ceremony; it's not the various things you can do after you become an adult; it's not the sales of new albums. . .

It's the film preparations for "Those Years"!

Since March, through the script team, after winning the film adaptation rights of this novel, Kiyoshi Sakamoto began to write this love story that happened in Taiwan into a film script.

During the period, in order to localize the background and characters of the story, and even the lines, etc., so that the stories produced were more in line with the Japanese aesthetics, Kiyoshi Sakamoto went to ask for advice and wrote the poignant and beautiful "Love in the Sky". The original author of the story, Mika, wants to learn from it.

Finally, with the help of the famous screenwriter Qin Rijianzi, Jiu Dao, the original author of "Those Years", and Mika, the author of "Love in the Sky", the script of "Those Years" was finally completed after half a year and many revisions. !
However, due to the filming and album issues in the second half of 2009, his immediate preparation for "Those Years" was delayed.

But that's okay.

After entering 2010, Kiyoshi Sakamoto has a lot of time to make this movie that touched him so many times back then.

For this reason, he had asked Uncle Ishida to drop his work for the whole year of 2010.

Including Fuji TV's Yuejiu main character and Toho's many movie invitations. . .

His goal for 2010 is to work hard to prepare "Those Years" and strive to bring this love story to the big screen!
He wants to let audiences all over Japan know that sometimes, a simple love story is the most touching.

However, at this moment, his eyebrows suddenly frowned.

He thought of the difficulty of this film project.

He knew that as a singer and actor who had never directed any movies, if he suddenly told the company: "I want to make a movie!", Sony would definitely laugh at his whimsy.

Even, this film project may not have Sony's approval from the very beginning.

However, even for a moment, Sakamoto was never discouraged.

Because, besides being a singer and an actor, he also has another identity. . .

That is, the executive director of Sony Music!
As far as Sony is concerned, it's okay to say.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto felt that as long as he stated his conditions, even if he didn't want to, Sony would pinch his nose and provide him with support.

What he is worried about is the film company. . .

If "Those Years" wants to appear on the national theaters and meet audiences across the country, Kiyoshi Sakamoto must obtain permission from one of the five major film companies.

Among them, Toho is Kiyoshi Sakamoto's first choice.

After all, he and Dongbao have also cooperated many times, and there is a lot of love there, and the success rate of persuasion is also higher.

"It seems that it is necessary for me to go to Dongbao..."

With a clear mind, a surge of pride suddenly arose in his heart.

""those years"..."

"I will definitely shoot it!"

(End of this chapter)