Commercials with husband and wife, revival of “GTO” after 26 years… Takashi Sorimachi goes from the “dark ages” to the “big offensive” at the age of 50.
Actor Takashi Sorimachi (50) has been in the news for his starring role in the drama series “Great Gift,” which will start on January 18 on TV Asahi.
The drama is a completely original work, in which Sorimachi plays the role of Tatsuomi Fujimaki, an udatsu-inspired pathologist. The suspicious death of a patient leads to the discovery of an unknown coccus gift that makes murder a perfect crime, and he is quickly swept up in a “whirlpool of intrigue” in this nonstop survival medical mystery.
The two were married in February 2001, but this is the first time they have appeared together in a commercial. In the commercial, which aired on the 22nd of the same month, “Good Marriage Day,” the couple looked at each other, and Matsushima looked on as Sorimachi groomed her skin, which made the commercial very funny.
At first, it was decided that Takuya Kimura, 51, would be the sole actor in the commercial. However, due to the sexual assault scandal involving the late Johnny’s Kitagawa, the founder of SMILE-UP. (formerly Johnny’s Office), to which Mr. Kimura belongs, Shiseido has refrained from using any of his talents in the commercial.
Mr. Sorimachi and his wife, Matsushima, were chosen to replace him. The two are said to be paid about 100 million yen each, compared to Kimura’s 70 million yen,” said an advertising agency official.
In addition, this spring, “GTO,” a drama series starring Sorimachi that aired in 1998, will be revived for the first time in 26 years as “GTO Revival,” a special drama series to mark the 65th anniversary of Kantele and Fuji Television. This is the work that led to his marriage to Matsushima.
Fans are anticipating another collaboration with Matsushima in “GTO Revival. At the time of their marriage, they were called the “big couple of the Heisei era,” but Matsushima was slightly better known as an actor than Matsushima, whose 2000 Fuji Television drama “Yamato Nadeshiko” was a big hit. As the years have passed and Matsushima has cut back on her work to raise her two children, Sorimachi has become the better actor. However, Sorimachi had to go through a period of hardship before he reached this point,” said an entertainment reporter.
