2012 July 6 Margaret [ Special Interview ] : Hashimoto Ai x Kamiki Ryunosuke
Scans: 小D
Chinese Translation: 玉树
Source: Baidu
The first time they met, they didn’t look at each other.
--- This time, what kind of role are you playing
Kamiki: "This time, although the Maeda I’m playing from the Film club is a coward, he is dedicated towards his own ideal more than anyone else, refuses to succumb, and is probably the most persevering person. At the roof, that scene where he confronted and beat many of his classmates who are physically stronger than himself, it reflected Maeda's hidden inner strength."
Hashimoto: "My role Kasumi, there was a scene at the last part where she acted instinctively, this is precisely how a person who has escaped many things would take out her enthusiasm when she needs to do something (laughs). Although Maeda and Kasumi doesn't have the consciousness of their attraction towards the other, but in certain ways they could feel each other's similarities. They naturally possessed a special feeling for each other."
[Their Impression of each other was...!]
-- What’s your first impression of each other?
Kamiki: "The first time I met Hashimoto-san was during the reading session before the shooting, I was carefully reading the mood that we barely made eye contact."
Hashimoto: "That's right, that lead to me casually stereotyping Kamiki-kun."
Kamiki: "Ehh!! (laughs) "
Hashimoto: "But when we met again at the shooting site, he's always carried a gentle smile. It's a bit scary to see what will become of his gentle smile when he’s completely into his performance. But with just one meeting, I already know that he’s actually not a frightening person."
Kamiki: "we nearly didn't get to act together, even in that scene at the movie theater, although there was a careful exchange of dialogues, they didn't really speak that much. But that was why the sense of distance between Kasumi and Maeda was realistically performed, on the contrary, it was really good."
Hashimoto: "That day for an outdoor scene, Kamiki-kun saw my sleeping state in the car and said : 'Just now your sleeping state is shocking (laughs)' "
Kamiki: "Did I say something like that?"
Hashimoto: "You did. From then on I felt: Forget it! Anyway, it was already like that so there's no need to care about anything later on."
-- what kind of difficulties did you encounter during the filming?
Kamiki: "There are several appearance in the same scene, so we would film the same scene repeatedly. There were times I was confused 'Which Friday are we shooting now?'. The director doesn't allow us to see the monitor, that's why I also don't know the actual result of the shooting. To accommodate this mode of filming requires a lot of energy."
Hashimoto: "I feel that way too. After filming for some time, I thought that no matter which Friday it is, it is still a Friday anyway. And just like that my performance is mechanically repeated dozens of times. "
-- After watching the complete production of the film, what is your impression?
Kamiki: "Looking from a point of view of a school boy, I could sympathize with the exchanges between Ryuta and Kikuchi. But towards the complexity of the relationship between the girls, there's a struggle of not wanting to deviate from a certain position , I only realized that through the movie (laughs)."
Hashimoto: "In any group, such a person as Kasumi, Risa, and Sana exists. Even in a classroom, it is possible to have that kind of person, so I think the viewers will have the same feelings when they watch this. In the realistic view of the world, the unrealistic zombies were added, the final has a greater surprise. I deal with interpersonal relationships. For the sake of harmony and avoiding conflicts, it's enough as long as I am happy, so there were really a lot of sympathetic response."
Kamiki: "After initially watching, I was dumbfounded. When filming a scene, we cannot view the monitor after officially completing a scene. So after watching the complete film, I felt "So this is performed like this" with a strong impact. The sense of losing myself, contradicted, challenged, and asking myself 'is it okay to go on like this?' etc, those kind of feelings suddenly hit me. "
Hashimoto: "I didn't feel that much realization as Kamiki-kun, I'm among the kinds of people who feels strongly as they watch life on the sidelines. You'll only understand things are linked by watching from beginning to end, the final part gave off an incredible feeling."
Towards the manga version, they both feel amazed and moved.
Hashimoto: "There's this magazine that my mom really likes, so everyone reads it at home, there’s also a lot of manga."
Kamiki: "I’ve never read a shoujo manga, I heard the girls from my class reads them, I can imagine that its content must be something that makes one’s heart throb. A manga's plot has its ups and downs, For someone like me who lived through an ordinary high school life, I feel that being able to create and draw out the complications of the plot is really amazing."
Hashimoto: "I've always had this yearning towards the world of manga. (Ah...sigh) Such as " This guy is really handsome!" and the likes. "
Kamiki: "So, for me the manga version in itself is surprising. During reaserch, I wrote my own claim for the set up of the role. After reading the manga, I discovered that the encounter with Kasumi was unexpectedly very similar to the set up I wrote. This is originally my secret between the director and I (laughs). We even suspected whether the mangaka saw what I wrote on that piece of paper. Seeing that the manga has a different delicate feeling as the movie made me very happy. There's also the appearance of Kasumi in High School."
Hashimoto: "Very beautiful! Too cute! Takefumi is also too similar!! (laughs)"
Kamiki: "There are also images similar to the movie, the relationship between the characters, their feelings etc., were also more detailed and easier to understand, everyone please enjoy it like the movie!! "