[News] The Family Game - comments from Sho and the programming staff
The love affair between Arashi and Fuji TV goes on with the announcement of Sho's new drama! Here's a snippet of Sho's comments and a subbed trailer of the original movie which it's based on.
Fuji TV changes the history of the Wednesday 10pm slot! From the “variety at 10”, we’re switching to “Wed-10”. [T/N: This is a common abbreviation for dramas on a certain day and timeslot, like the Getsu-ku, literally, Monday at 9pm]
The commemorative first drama will be “The Family Game”, starring Arashi’s Sakurai Sho. The unprecedented family tutor portrayed by Sakurai will stir up a storm within the Japanese education system!
Sakurai Sho’s comment:
Personally, I am indebted to my family tutors during middle school and high school.
I feel a great sense of gratitude to those teachers to this very day.
Just the two of us.
I still can’t forget that special tension, and unique sense of trust.
I was thinking, “It’d be nice if I could reflect my memories of that time in this drama.”
With the help of the drama, the staff, my co-stars, I’m really excited to show a side of myself that people have yet to see.
“The Family Game”.
Contrary to its name, it might sting a little when you watch it together with your family.
I felt that it’d be nice if it were a drama which did that.
I ask for your favor from here on.
Fuji TV programming department - Mizuno Ayako
Why Sakurai Sho-san was appointed as the protagonist
Currently, Sakurai Sho-san is a highly popular idol and actor who also acts as a newscaster; he’s an impeccable person who’s talented, and leaves a favorable impression. On the other hand, the protagonist in “The Family Game”, Yoshimoto: you have no idea what’s going on in his mind, he’s a queer and creepy family tutor, a person who is unheard of. At times, he can be violent. Of course, Yoshimoto doesn’t carry out these unprecedented actions for no reason; he does reveal the lesson which he is trying to teach through his actions. However, Yoshimoto is a character that’s a complete reversal of the image Sakurai-san has. A Sakurai-san that no one has yet to see and a family tutor which is unheard of. I think that’s a rather interesting combination. I simply wish to see that materialized.
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