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Toma's (yet another) new movie!!!
I don't know if you all have been aware of this, but Toma is gonna play a transgender role in a new movie released next Spring.
Here are the details:
➥ Title: 彼らが本気で編む時は (Kareraga honkide amutokokiwa)
The English title is not announced yet, but the literal translation is: "When they knit seriously".
➥ Date of release: Feb. 25, 2017
➥ Director: Ogigami Naoko (female director)
➥ Starring:
* Ikuta Toma(Rinko, Certified care woker, transgender)
* Kiritani Kenta(Makio, Rinko's lover, Tomo's uncle)
* Kakihara Rinka (Tomo, elementary school girl)
➥ Script: Ogigami Naoko
➥ Story: A girl (Tomo) abandoned by her mother one day visits her uncle (Makio). She finds out that her uncle is living with his lover, Rinko. Rinko is ex-male and a transgender. Her job is taking care of elderly people at a nursing centre. Rinko cooks for Tomo and cares for her as her biological mother. Gradually, they've become sort of an unconventional family.
Ogigami-san (director) decided to choose Ikuta Toma because of his beautiful face and his acting ability so far.
Toma's comment:
This is a unique story by Ogigami-san. It is cute, gentle and heart warming at the same time. I want to meet her expectations. She is a frank woman. She says things clearly so I can rely on her. In addition, I feel assured by Kiritani-san. He often praises me. He also encourages me, saying: " It's okay". He is a tolerant person like Makio, someone I want to rely on.
Now that the filming has started, I have realized that this role is very difficult. But it is rare to receive this kind if offer so I have been doing my best.
P.S. Toma plays a female role in this movie except for flashbacks.
There are scenes where Toma cooks and knits.
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My personal feelings and thoughts on this news:
- Toma as a girl is something I often visualize (sorry if this is disturbing, but it's true that sometimes you can see his girly gestures and expressions :))) I am glad he accepted this offer :D
- Is this the Japanese version of "The Danish Girl" or something? xD
- Can you believe Toma cooking and knitting? He is famous for being a lazy and gloomy couch potato at home, not being able to cook and do the housework. Can he really do this role? LOL. Just kidding, I know Toma is the kind of actor who wil put his all in the character he is playing, and by that I mean he will LEARN those skills seriously ^^
- We've all seen Toma x Kenta in "Osozaki no Himawari" and I actually think the chemistry between them is quite good. Kenta is very manly, no doubt about that :3 And didn't Toma himself confirm that he feels comfortable with Kiritani-san around? :X
- This is a super duper difficult role, but let's hope Toma will nail it. And in my expectation, he can even stand a chance of getting a nomination for the Japan Academy Prize if this movie works out well!
Here are the details:
➥ Title: 彼らが本気で編む時は (Kareraga honkide amutokokiwa)
The English title is not announced yet, but the literal translation is: "When they knit seriously".
➥ Date of release: Feb. 25, 2017
➥ Director: Ogigami Naoko (female director)
➥ Starring:
* Ikuta Toma(Rinko, Certified care woker, transgender)
* Kiritani Kenta(Makio, Rinko's lover, Tomo's uncle)
* Kakihara Rinka (Tomo, elementary school girl)
➥ Script: Ogigami Naoko
➥ Story: A girl (Tomo) abandoned by her mother one day visits her uncle (Makio). She finds out that her uncle is living with his lover, Rinko. Rinko is ex-male and a transgender. Her job is taking care of elderly people at a nursing centre. Rinko cooks for Tomo and cares for her as her biological mother. Gradually, they've become sort of an unconventional family.
Ogigami-san (director) decided to choose Ikuta Toma because of his beautiful face and his acting ability so far.
Toma's comment:
This is a unique story by Ogigami-san. It is cute, gentle and heart warming at the same time. I want to meet her expectations. She is a frank woman. She says things clearly so I can rely on her. In addition, I feel assured by Kiritani-san. He often praises me. He also encourages me, saying: " It's okay". He is a tolerant person like Makio, someone I want to rely on.
Now that the filming has started, I have realized that this role is very difficult. But it is rare to receive this kind if offer so I have been doing my best.
P.S. Toma plays a female role in this movie except for flashbacks.
There are scenes where Toma cooks and knits.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My personal feelings and thoughts on this news:
- Toma as a girl is something I often visualize (sorry if this is disturbing, but it's true that sometimes you can see his girly gestures and expressions :))) I am glad he accepted this offer :D
- Is this the Japanese version of "The Danish Girl" or something? xD
- Can you believe Toma cooking and knitting? He is famous for being a lazy and gloomy couch potato at home, not being able to cook and do the housework. Can he really do this role? LOL. Just kidding, I know Toma is the kind of actor who wil put his all in the character he is playing, and by that I mean he will LEARN those skills seriously ^^
- We've all seen Toma x Kenta in "Osozaki no Himawari" and I actually think the chemistry between them is quite good. Kenta is very manly, no doubt about that :3 And didn't Toma himself confirm that he feels comfortable with Kiritani-san around? :X
- This is a super duper difficult role, but let's hope Toma will nail it. And in my expectation, he can even stand a chance of getting a nomination for the Japan Academy Prize if this movie works out well!
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the news didn't come out till they already started filming. Naoko Ogigami seems like a really affluent film director and I'm glad Toma is working with her. To be honest I'm a little afraid that this movie will fall into place of a long line of movies that exploit the trans experience for 'groundbreaking' and 'difficult' and 'awardwinning' movies but give very little back to the trans community and trans actors.
I don't know how it is like in Japan so I don't want to assume too much but people do get made fun off on TV shows and I've seen trans celebrities like Haruna Ai and that other woman who appears a lot on VS Arashi and is from the same agency as Haruna Ai make some comments on the confusion of society.
In many ways, I wish Toma wasn't the actor who is part of this process because I don't want him to take possibly advantage of a minority group's suffering to further his career but in others I am excited to see how he will carry himself through interviews and promotions. I believe in him to be self aware and the director seems very legit!
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Maybe my personal comments lead you to think in that direction (like I mentioned the award or somethin) but it's literally just my own desire to get him a recognition so don't mind it.
Anyway, Toma is Toma. He does not, by any means, reason the same way as us fans :)) So just take this project lightly as a works of art (at least for now).
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