Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 299 Then, you become a shadow warrior
Katsu Shintaro and Kurosawa Akira are fighting!

Gu Ming quickly moved closer and asked a few more questions: "So, what is the reason?"

"It's hard to explain, but the master wasn't satisfied with his performance. He thought it was fine. Then, didn't Mr. Katsu Shintaro bring a photographer? He said he recorded everything, and when we show it later, we'll see who's right and who's wrong. But the master was very unhappy. You know, he doesn't like people questioning him."

Gu Mingxin said it was more than that!
Kurosawa Akira has a bad temper and he would hit people when he was unhappy!
Before Gu Ming could go in, he heard a commotion inside. Finally, Katsu Shintaro walked out angrily, but without looking back, he got into the car with his assistant and drove away.

Gu Ming shook his head secretly, knowing that this kind of thing was not something he could comment on.

Kurosawa is famous for his high demands, but as a director, he cannot be said to have done anything wrong in being strict with his work.

But Katsu Shintaro is also a top actor, and being scolded by Kurosawa like a grandson every day is naturally unbearable. Conflict between the two is inevitable.

Gu Ming was thinking about this when he saw Honda Ishiro coming out.

He first waved his hand to drive away the crowd of onlookers. Seeing that Gu Ming had not left, Honda Ishiro responded: "Is there anything wrong, Furuya-kun?"

"Oh, here's the list of actors auditioning today."

Gu Ming gestured and said, "How about you hand it over to Mr. Kurosawa in person? I think he's not very available right now."

"Don't think too much about it. The master is like this every day. Go in and talk to him yourself."

Gu Ming took the list and walked into the studio.

The studio lights were still on, making it hard to open your eyes at first glance. The set was exceptionally clean, with no signs of a big fight.

But judging from Kurosawa's chest heaving as he breathed, he was really angry just now.

"Gugu Ming." Kurosawa glanced at Gu Ming and waved casually: "Give it to me."

"Okay." Gu Ming didn't say much and directly put the things in his hand next to Kurosawa Akira.

Kurosawa flipped through a few pages, then put the book down again.

"Forget it, make your own decision."

"Uh, but this bamboo pill is more important."

"I told you to make your own decision! Don't you even know how to make your own decision? Bastards, what do you want?"

Gu Ming paused, but finally added, "This guy is from Osaka and speaks with a Kansai accent, but I think his acting skills are pretty good, so I..."

Kurosawa had already sat down, but now he turned around and looked at Gu Ming. He stood up and was almost the same height as Gu Ming, and he suddenly felt very oppressive.

"I told you to make your own decision! Don't you understand? If you have an accent, get training. If you can't perform, start over! Go do what you should do! Asshole! Do you have to ask me for permission for everything? Don't you understand Japanese? Then I'll speak to you in English? Zaster Duit! Do you understand? Duit! Zaster, Duit!"

Gu Ming quietly put away the list.

It seems that Koji Yano was lucky to become an actor more than ten years early.

Fortunately, the character of Takemaru doesn't have many lines, and the focus is on the performance. So, I just need to let him learn and correct the accent.

Gu Ming was about to leave when Kurosawa Akira suddenly called him.

"Go call Nakadai Tatsuya."

Tani Ming knew that things would eventually go back to their original trajectory, with Katsu Shintaro leaving the group and then Kurosawa Akira urgently finding Nakadai Tatsuya.

Gu Ming really wanted to take this opportunity to recommend himself.

However, a flash of thought passed through his mind, and Gu Ming felt that it was not appropriate to do so.

The requirements of this role are very complex. Gu Ming is self-aware and knows that with his acting skills he can handle some roles, but he cannot play the roles of both the thief and Takeda Shingen at the same time.

If it were him, he would probably ruin this work.

"But Mr. Katsu Shintaro should come back." Just as Gu Ming finished saying this, Kurosawa Akira raised his hand and pointed in his signature manner.

Death Finger! Except for Shintaro!
"Call the reporters in. I don't need Katsu Shintaro anymore! I won't use disobedient actors. Go call Nakadai Tatsuya now."

Seeing that Kurosawa was determined, Gu Ming just said yes, ran out to ask for the number, and called Nakadai Tatsuya.

The other party agreed very readily and said that they could take over the role.

Tatsuya Nakadai seems to have no psychological burden about taking over the role of the protagonist.

By the time the call was over, reporters had already come out in groups of three or four. Gu Ming knew at a glance that the news would be in the newspapers tonight and there was no turning back on this matter.

When he walked into the studio, Kurosawa seemed to have regained his calm expression.

Gu Ming lowered his voice and said a few words, explaining that he had already informed Nakadai Tatsuya and that he had happily agreed. Kurosawa Akira hummed softly, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with Nakadai Tatsuya.

"Mr. Kurosawa," Gu Ming said, taking the opportunity to ask, "Do you think I have the ability to play a role in this movie?"

Kurosawa refused without even looking up.

"You can not."

Gu Ming requested: "Please take another look."

Kurosawa repeated: "You, can't."

Gu Ming said: "It's not Takeda Shingen, nor is he the main character."

"You can not."

Gu Ming sighed secretly.

Fine!

If it doesn't work, then it won't work.

What else can we do? We can't just beat up Kurosawa Akira until he agrees, right?

Gu Ming bowed and turned to leave.

Kurosawa still didn't look up, but just lowered his head to look through the original drawing manuscript he drew for Shadow Warrior, wondering what he was thinking about.

……

……

"So you're back again?"

"What else can I do?" Gu Ming spread his hands. "Kurosawa Akira has such a bad temper. If I keep pushing him, he'll definitely not agree. Besides, I've thought about it. Although acting skills can be honed, and I think I've improved a lot compared to a few years ago, there's still a big gap when compared to actors like Nakadai Tatsuya. I can't handle this role."

Jissoji Akio nodded, agreeing deeply.

In fact, he also felt that Gu Ming’s acting skills were average. As an action actor, he was pretty good, but not good enough.

While they were chatting, the phone suddenly rang again. This time, Jissoji Akio was nearby and answered the call.

"This is the Extreme Action Agency... Mr. Kurokurokuroku Kurosawa?!!"

"No, no, he's right next to me!"

Jissoji Akio handed the microphone to Gu Ming and silently uttered a few syllables.

Akira Kurosawa.

Gu Ming then connected the call.

"Mr. Kurosawa, it's me, I'm Akira Furuya."

The voice on the other end of the phone was still Kurosawa Akira's loud voice, almost breaking through the microphone.

"Takeda Nobumasa."

"what?"

"I'll give you two months. If you can do it, you can play Takeda Nobumasa."

After saying that, without waiting for Gu Ming to respond, the person on the other end of the phone hung up in a hurry, leaving only a long busy tone.

Gu Ming pondered over this sentence for a moment, unable to recover.

Jissoji Akio pressed on, "You were fired again?"

"What do you mean by 'again'?" Gu Ming said, "I wasn't fired. The person on the phone said that if I could show his acting skills to his satisfaction, he would give me a role. The role is... Takeda Nobumasa!"

Takeda Nobumasa, Takeda Shingen's younger brother, has many roles in the plot.

This character is naturally not as outstanding as Kagemusha and Takeda Shingen, who have two sides of the same coin, but he is also an extremely important supporting role.

"So... let Kurosawa Akira be satisfied! How can we satisfy Kurosawa Akira?"

Gu Ming couldn't help but feel a headache.

(End of this chapter)