Hikari Mitsushima Shines as Her Film ‘Last Mile’ Becomes a Major Hit

She would shout at the older male actors, “I can’t hear what you’re saying!”

After that, she continued to be active mainly in films such as “Hello from the Bottom of the River,” “Bad Man” (2010), and “The Incoherence” (2017). Following in her sister’s footsteps, her younger brother Shinnosuke Mitsushima (35) also entered the entertainment industry in 2009. There was even a time when they showed their deep sibling bond on stage under a prominent director.

“In January 2015, they both appeared in the play ‘Hamlet.’ Later, Shinnosuke revealed on a television program that the director of the play was Yukio Ninagawa, who passed away in 2016. During rehearsals, Shinnosuke accidentally yawned while Ninagawa was explaining something, and he reportedly had a chair thrown at him. Being new to the stage, Shinnosuke was rigorously trained by Ninagawa. However, since Hikari already had stage experience, she stayed behind after rehearsals to help train her brother, ultimately impressing Ninagawa.

Hikari has a strong heart and can confidently hold her own against veteran male actors. In Ninagawa’s productions, it was standard to project loudly during readings, but Hikari would voice complaints like, ‘Your voice is too loud!’ and ‘I can’t hear what you’re saying!’ She even gave various opinions to Ninagawa. Nevertheless, she was well-liked by her co-stars, likely due to her character,” said a theater reporter.

In her private life, Hikari Mitsushima married director Yuya Ishii in October 2010 after about a year of dating, but they divorced at the beginning of 2016 due to differences in their views on life and marriage. Following that, she was reported to be dating Kento Nagayama (35), with whom she co-starred in “The Life and Death by the Sea” (2017) in May of the same year, but it seems they broke up by the summer of the following year.