Anna Yamada: “Serious Gaze” shown at an early morning location shoot in Kabukicho, Shinjuku

A talented young actress celebrating her 10th anniversary

One shot at a time!”

the director’s call heightened the tension on the set. On this day, actress Anna Yamada (22) was filming her new movie at an intersection in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, from early in the morning.

She said, “There were about 200 extras and staff on the set. It was just around the time of the morning commute, so the area was quite crowded. The director said, ‘It looks like it’s going to rain, so we’ll just shoot one shot,’ but in the end, the shooting went on for several takes.

Yamada made her acting debut in ’13 as a child actress in the TV drama “Detective’s Gaze” (TBS). In her third year of high school, she decided to make acting her life’s work and transferred from a preparatory school to a correspondence high school. The following year, she played the heroine in the much-talked-about movie “Little Love Songs”.

The following year, she became the heroine in the much-talked-about film “Little Love Songs,” and in 2009, she starred in her first TV drama “Sho Sho Kakeru! (TV Asahi) in 2009, her first attempt at comedy, she showed her ability in a wide range of acting.

Yamada once said in an interview, “In order to increase my acting stock, I want to play any role as long as time permits. I am happy to be used as a leading actor, but I am not obsessed with that. She is an actress who is stoic and serious about her work to no end, so among her contemporaries, offers to play heroines and lead roles are never ending” (source from a TV station).

This year marks the 10th anniversary of her acting debut. With the serious gaze she showed on the set, we hope she will be able to run through this year of competition.

From the August 11, 2023 issue of FRIDAY