[Vancouver no Asahi stage greeting 12/20 14:00] Tidbits
I was super lucky to the extent that I still can't believe it happened, and hit one of the two first day screenings of [Vancouver no Asahi] with the stage greeting. I could only apply once with my name cuz I simply don't have that many friends in this country to ask them to use their money to apply for me XD
Anyway I miraciously hit with that one & only application, got 2 tickets, invited my constant partner in crime ♥ and we attented on 12/20 14:00~
Below are the tidbits. Please forgive any mistakes. And of course I'm only mentioning the parts that Kame was involved in.
Place: TOHO Cinemas Nichigeki screen 2 (666 seats)
Time: Dec 20th, 14:00~ 14:30(ish)
Cast attending: Tsumabuki Satoshi, Kamenashi Kazuya, Ishii Yuya Director, Kamiji Yusuke and others...
♪ The host (don't remember his name) appeared first on stage, talked a bit about the movie not being a simple sports movie about baseball, but about a true touching historical story. Then he invitied the cast in after calling their names one by one. Starting with Tsumabuki then Kame, followed by the rest.
♪ During the opening words from the cast, Kamiji-san said that Tsumabuki's parents were attending the first stage greeting, while on the current one, Kame's parents, and one of his relatives were attending. And there Kame told him while laughing "You don't have to mention that!". Then Kamiji says "Also his grandfather is attending" & Kame answered "No he isn't!". Then Kameji finished with "So please focus on Kame today". ( <-- yes he said "Kame" XD )
♪ After the opening words, the host said that there weren't any press this time so they can feel free to talk about anything. And he asked them to talk about their TV appearances promoting the movie, instead of talking about the movie itself.
♪ He asked if any of them like those kind of promoting TV appearances, and they all answered they didn't except for Kamji-san.
♪ When host turned to Kame asking if he appeared on VS arashi, he asked him how it was being surrounded by other "J"s (<--- host referring to Johnny's as "J"), Kame commented on that lightly saying that being a "J" competing with other "J"'s senpai-s was strange as it's something that rarely happens.
♪ Then Tsumabuki mentioned how Kame perfectly hit all his kicks on the rehearsal of the final game, while he -Tsumabuki- didn't hit on rehearsal but he hit the final kick on the show. Then Kame mentioned that he didn't even hit once during recording the show. And he followed that saying that he passed the last kick to the captain (referring to Tsumabuki), and Tsumabuki said "Thanks". Then the host asked Kame "Do you have performance anxiety?" and Kame answers "No, I don't think so. I do believe I don't".
♪ After hearing the cast's comments about TV promotions, the host turns to Kamiji again, asking him to give some tips to the actors about how to perform on variety shows, and Kamiji said "Guts" and said that now he wants Kame to say some words to his parents (or he said that Kame wants to say something to his parents? this part of my memory is vague...)
/ Kame looking cutely embarrassed / audience cheering him on saying "ganbare"!
♪ Kame's words to his parents: "Thank you for coming today and for your continued support. I was given this opportunity to take part of a great movie, and I'd be glad if you held some pride of your son. And please continue to give me your support." ( <--- there might be some parts lost in translation... sorry...)
♪ They ended the event by throwing white rubber balls with the imprinting "Asahi" in red, to the audience, and few lucky people caught them. The host told Kame to aim for his parents, then after they throw, Kame said that his mother caught one ^^
(cast leaving & waving to the audience, host ending the event, movie starts~)
I hope this helped giving some sort of an image of the event! Thank for reading :)