Masaki Suda Found Out First the “Magic Word” that made the movie “Not to Mention Mystery” a smash hit!

Masaki Suda stars in the movie “Of Course I Say Mystery,” which opened in theaters on September 15. It has been ranked No. 1 in the weekend for four consecutive weeks since its release. It has already surpassed 3.4 billion yen at the box office and is showing momentum to surpass the box office revenue of “Love Like a Bouquet,” which was the biggest hit among Sugata’s starring films.

This film is based on a very popular manga by Yumi Tamura, which has sold a total of 18 million copies. It is a mystery with a new sensation in which the main character, Sei Kunou, played by Sugata with his trademark natural perm, unravels the mystery of the case and people’s hearts by simply expressing his own views in a casual manner.

It was aired in Fuji Television’s “Geki 9” slot in the January season last year, and was the No. 1 missed episode of all time at the time. This time, the “Hiroshima version,” which is highly acclaimed among fans, is being made into a movie.

The film focuses on the mystery of an inheritance that occurred in the Karashu family, an old family in Hiroshima. The film is reminiscent of Yokomizo Seishi’s “The Inugami Clan,” with its numerous bloody legends about the old family and the mysterious storehouse inherited by the grandchildren. The worldview is also irresistible to mystery lovers.

“In fact, the former Nozaki family residence in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, where the Karashu family lived, was used for the filming of the drama “The Inugami Clan” (NHK-BS premiere) that aired this year,” said a person involved in a wide-ranging TV show.

However, this film is more than just a mystery.

Kunou Sei, played by Sugata, has many life beliefs and obsessions, and perhaps because of this, he has no friends, let alone girlfriends. However, with his extraordinary memory and analytical skills, he manipulates words like magic, and before he knows it, he has solved the problems of the characters. Sugata’s performance as the out-of-this-world “Sei” is nothing short of breathtaking.

Sugata said of his role as “Sei,” “I didn’t want him to be too much of an opinionated person. I was very careful not to make Sei-kun too argumentative.” He also commented on the difficulty of playing the role of “Sei,” saying, “Normally, I can ad-lib as much as I want. But with Sei-kun, it was impossible to ad-lib.”

 

“Masaki Sugata, who is a “possession type” actor, says he couldn’t be possessed the character this time.

Why did Masaki Suda take on this difficult role, which is like playing a “Shakespearean play”?