Why Tsuneji Mizukami, who almost “disappeared” for a while due to a trouble with his office, is playing a major role in the morning drama “Boogie Woogie

On December 17, actress Haruka Fukuhara (25) and actor Tsuneji Mizukami (24) held a stage greeting in Osaka City to commemorate the opening of the movie “Ano Hana ga Saku Haka de Ano, Kimi to Mukai ni Metatara (If I Meet You Again on the Hill Where the Flowers Bloom. The film has been a hit on social networking sites.

The film is an adaptation of Natsue Shiomi’s best-selling novel of the same title, which has become a hot topic mainly on SNS. It is a touching story about a high school girl (Fukuhara) and a young man (Mizukami) on a suicide mission who slip back in time to wartime Japan and fall in love. At the stage greeting, Mizukami was pleased, saying, “It’s not often that something like this turns out so well, so I’m honestly surprised.

At an event held in Tokyo on November 28, prior to the film’s release, he had put considerable effort into PR activities, including a surprise appearance by Masaharu Fukuyama (54), who sings the theme song “Soumou”. It seems to have worked, and as soon as the film was released on December 8, it became a hit, drawing 830,000 viewers and grossing more than 1.07 billion yen by December 18.

In the movie “OUT,” released in November, Mizukami broadened his range of roles by comically playing the role of the vice president of a motorcycle gang who, in addition to his 188 cm height and well-trained body, has an aging face that makes him look like he is not 17 years old. In the NHK television series “Boogie Woogie” currently being broadcast, Mizukami is attracting attention for his acting ability in the role of Aisuke Murayama, the beloved son of the heroine Suzuko Hanada, played by actress Shuri (33). Mizukami’s work is going too well, but two years ago, she was at the very bottom of her career.