Sara Kozawa, who has been an actress for a year and a half, reveals the secret to memorizing long lines: “It’s easiest to remember when I’m doing sit-ups.
Direct Interview] After winning the top spot among 5,500 people in a six-month open audition program, Sarara Kosawa successfully played the leading role in the April drama series "JK to Rokuho Zensho.
She says, “Then, the powers that be can do whatever they want! How much more do you want!”
The drama “JK to Rokuho Zensho” (TV Asahi) in the April season drew attention for the long lines in Aomori dialect delivered by Miyabi Sakuragi, the main character, a high school girl lawyer. Sara Kozawa, 18, who played the role of Miyabi, who dared to stand up to the powerful and called her lawyer buddy “OYG (old man),” recalls, “I was an energetic protagonist, completely different from my usual self.
For example, when I was surprised, I would have said, “What? (laughs). (Laughs.) Because our energy levels are so different, I had to be aware that I had to turn up my performance by about three gears. My mother, who knows me well as I am, told me that I did a great job in this drama.
Shunsuke Daito (38), who played her “buddy” lawyer, praised Kozawa at a press conference for the film, saying, “I never saw her falter, even when she had to deliver ridiculously long lines.
Miyabi’s hometown Aomori accent comes out when she gets emotional, and that was the hardest part for me. Before filming, I received a sample of the lines from a dialect instructor, so I listened to it while traveling and before going to bed.
I had to speak and act in the Aomori dialect, so I repeated it over and over again until I could speak it without thinking. I received advice from the director and co-stars, my mother helped me practice the script, and I was able to successfully complete the role thanks to the support of many people.
This is Kozawa’s second drama in which she plays the lead role. After filming, he says his thoughts on acting have deepened even further.
Daito-san’s advice made me think more carefully about the meaning of my lines,” he said. In the fifth episode, Miyabi defends a woman who committed a crime in order to repay a scholarship, and there is a scene where she asks the teacher who recommended the scholarship, ‘You are the one who put the child in debt. I was conscious of the fact that there is a problem not only with the teacher but also with the entire system that results in young people being driven into a corner, and I played the role with all my heart, with the intention of conveying this to the people on the other side of the television screen.
