Drama “Fuyu no sa Haru no ne” starring Hana Sugisaki is a world where “God is in the details” that is unrivaled

No major incidents have occurred in the drama.

The drama “Something about Winter, Something about Spring” (NTV) starring Hana Sugisaki (28), which is unique among winter dramas, has been receiving a great response on SNS as it nears its final episode.

This is an original work written by Rikiya Imaizumi, a “master of romantic dramas” known for his work on the film “Ai ga Nanda” (‛19).

Sugisaki plays Fumina Tsuchida, a 27-year-old novelist who has published two books and is currently writing her third. Influenced by various past love experiences

I thought, “Wouldn’t it be better not to have a relationship with my significant other?

“What is love in the first place?”

But he continues to look forward to the future. This is a much-talked-about work that depicts “a form of love that has no right answer.

From the second episode onward, as Fumina’s past love experiences are revealed, her impression of Fumina gradually changes, and we see a different Fumina from the one we saw in the first episode. The film is also a fascinating documentary-like long conversation filmed in a single cut. This unique technique also attracted a lot of attention.

This year marks the 15th anniversary of “Hana Sugisaki”. In recent years, she has appeared in such memorable works as the movie “Ichiko” (‛23) and the drama “Unmet” (‛24), for which she has received high praise. For Sugisaki, who has been constantly updating herself as an actor, this film, her first collaboration with the genius Rikiya Imaizumi, is another new challenge.

Compared to previous dramas, which have depicted “understandability” and “empathy,” this drama does not have any major incidents nor does it depict the growth of the characters. The “pauses” in casual exchanges that would not be considered drama, and the small subtleties of the hearts of the viewers are filled with compassion and sadness, deeply touching the hearts of the viewers. The two have a strong relationship of trust, as they are also working together on “Kuroema” (Amazon Prime Video), which will be released in June,” said a director of a production company.

Rikiya Imaizumi’s works, which depict “a form of love that has no right answer,” have depicted “problems” in everyday life that are not often discussed, but which are surely suffered by people. For this reason, the viewer’s ability to read and understand has been put to the test.

Creating without a plot

For example, the words “something” and “something” in the title of the film have little meaning in themselves. The words themselves don’t have much meaning, but when they are uttered, the words that come to mind are like an “Ori” that sinks to the bottom of the heart, where the emotions are unresolved. In other words, the true feelings of the characters are hidden in the words “something” and “something-negative,”” says the director.

In Imaizumi’s works, the perfection of the drama is enhanced by the thorough attention to detail represented by “something or other” and “something or other. In other words, “God is in the details.

Mr. Imaizumi’s approach to scriptwriting is the same as that of Mr. Lee Sang-il, who became a world-renowned film director after winning an award for his film “Kokuho” (National Treasure) in 1925. Even if the film is based on an original story, he begins writing the scenario from the very beginning without a plot. In other words, both Mr. Imaizumi and Mr. Lee’s writing style is to decide the next scene based on what happened in that scene.

It is like digging a tunnel that progresses millimeter by millimeter. They keep digging, hitting hard bedrock, stopping for days, and then digging again. When the digging is inevitably unsuccessful, he stands in front of another wall and starts digging again from scratch. Not even he knows when he will reach the final scene. There is no doubt that this way of writing scenarios raises the quality of the work.

Of course, it is difficult to create a serial drama unless a plot is created and drawn in advance.

However, if a rough plot is decided and then each episode is drawn out, it is inevitable that the story will fall into a scheduled harmony, and it will be difficult for God to dwell in the details. Imaizumi’s challenge in this work, “Something in Winter, Something in Spring,” has certainly created a new stir in today’s drama world.

Finally, Fumina and Yukio (Narita Ryo, 32) face each other in the final episode. We look forward to a one-of-a-kind ending that does not fall into a scheduled harmony or succumb to peer pressure.