Expect to see him and Nanako Matsushima in a married couple’s gorgeous collaboration! Takashi Sorimachi “volunteered” to revive “GTO” after 26 years

It is said that there are multiple reasons behind the special broadcast. Sorimachi appeared in the popular TV drama series “Partners” (TV Asahi) starring Yutaka Mizutani from 2003 to 2010 as the fourth sidekick every year. In recent years, as an actor, Sorimachi’s “sidekick” image has become too strong.

Sorimachi, who will be 50 years old when “GTO Revival” airs, may want to break away from the image of sidekick that has become too attached to him in a positive sense, and establish a new “leading actor” image as an actor at the age of 50. He may have chosen to go on a rampage in “GTO” as the best catalyst for this.

A film version of “GTO” was released in December 1999. There was another sad incident involving the series in the past.

The station advertised the series as being “back after 26 years,” so it may not have been counted, but a sequel special “GTO Drama Special” was broadcast in June 1999, and a stuntman in his 40s was killed in an accident while on location in Shizuoka Prefecture. Sorimachi has long been reluctant to do anything about it. Sorimachi was in a state of shock and deep sadness for a long time. Perhaps this is why Sorimachi did not accept the station’s invitation to work on a content series that was sure to be a big seller, even though it had been a big seller for many years. However, more than 20 years have passed, and he is now in his 50s, so the time has come. Incidentally, Matsushima did not appear in either the movie version or the special program.

In his comment, Sorimachi explained that he decided to appear in the movie because he wondered “what kind of Onizuka I would be able to play now that I have raised two children of my own.

It was also surprising that Sorimachi, who has not performed with his wife Matsushima and has rarely spoken about his private life regarding his children, mentioned his two children as his own motivation for reviving “GTO. Both of his daughters are reportedly studying abroad, and he and his wife Matsushima may have changed their mode of raising their children…. This naturally makes it even more exciting to see how the “collaborative acting” with Matsushima has matured.

The photo of Sorimachi released with the announcement of the special program shows him holding a chainsaw in front of a large group of students. Will he be able to “break out again” with his wife as the passionate teacher Onizuka in the modern TV world?