Chapter 1204: Being tsundere is fun for a moment, chasing the wife (husband) is a funeral pyre

The rainy season always gives people a feeling of being both damp and stuffy.

However, the crew on the set wouldn't feel this way... they were all focused on cooperating with Naoki Nagayama's orders~

"Lighting, dim it down a bit, roughly the feeling of two or three in the afternoon..."

"Props... why are you looking for such big pebbles, smaller! One hand can't even grab it!"

"Actors... Tomokazu-san, you are the main carry of this scene! Remember... emotional venting needs explosive power, but it must be restrained..."

Naoki Nagayama looked at the set arranged as a simple rental house, the actor in the middle was lying on the tatami pretending to be a corpse.

"Corpse father... remember not to open your eyes, don't laugh, don't breathe..."

The actor playing the corpse complained in his heart, if I don't breathe, wouldn't I really be dead!

"And the corpse must be stiff, the pebble you are clutching in your hand must make Tomokazu-san feel like he has to use all his strength to pry it open!"

"......"

You just rest assured, Tomokazu Miura won't be able to pry my hand open today unless he uses all his strength!

Naoki Nagayama finished explaining the scene loudly, and then returned to the director's seat, preparing to start filming.

Today is the final encoffining ceremony for the male lead in "Departures"; he is going to collect the remains of his father who abandoned the family since he was a child...

Male society in Japan emphasizes endurance, silence, and obedience to superiors, which over time has caused men to have repressed personalities, and they cannot handle relationships well within the family... Under such circumstances, the father-son bond can sometimes be very weak.

In terms of family relationships, the mother-son bond is actually better; at least there is a very clear consensus on how to be a good mother.

But children naturally crave affection, yet they encounter fathers who are always silent, so when they grow up, they will have a very twisted father-son relationship.

Just like Takeshi Kitano, who was clearly full of resentment towards his father, but in the end, still made a film reconciling with his father, Kikujiro.

The male lead of "Departures" is just like this; clearly feeling that there is no affection left, clearly the image of his father in his mind when he was a child has become blurred, but when he sees the remains being treated rudely, he still angrily drives his colleague out of the room...

He wants to use the knowledge he learned to tidy up his father's appearance for the last time~

"Cut!"

After Tomokazu Miura's performance, Naoki Nagayama immediately shouted cut.

"Tomokazu-san... no, still can't show that kind of tangled and excited emotion!"

"Your performance just now was too superficial... although there is that kind of exaggerated performance form, but here, what is needed is excitement under restraint..."

"One more take!"

When Naoki Nagayama said one more take, the crew members all knew that this shot needed to be polished!

One or two takes might not be enough, ten or eight takes wouldn't be too many...

The old employees of Tree Friend all knew that Naoki Nagayama's directing was sometimes fast, filming once and it was OK, but he was very serious about some details...

It was very normal for a scene to be filmed for a day or two~

Finally, after seven or eight performances, Naoki Nagayama was still somewhat dissatisfied:

"Tomokazu-san... when seeing the pebble in the father's hand, besides excitement, there is also a kind of joy and disbelief..."

"When handing the pebble to the wife, the emotion at this time is somewhat showing off, or rather, it is an urgent desire to confide... the content is 'my father still loves me' or 'the last thing my father thought of before he died was me'..."

Naoki Nagayama walked in front of Tomokazu Miura, combined with the footage of the original film, and analyzed the changes in his performance thoughts and mood for him.

And he even demonstrated it personally...

"So when handing it to Momoe-san, it's like entrusting a treasure..."

Naoki Nagayama handed that pebble to Momoe Yamaguchi, also covered it with her other hand, and finally patted it lightly...

"You can use light patting or holding and shaking to express the excited state of mind... Momoe-san's performance at this time should be somewhat confused... because this pebble belongs to the most important memory between the husband and his father... you don't know either..."

"So after tidying up the remains, there was the action of handing it back..."

Besides explaining the scene to Tomokazu Miura, Naoki Nagayama was also analyzing the psychological activities for Momoe Yamaguchi... As for the actions on her hands, that was of course purely for the sake of the performance!

At this time, Naoki Nagayama was very focused... all his mind was on filming!

"Hai..." X2

Tomokazu Miura and Momoe Yamaguchi both nodded, indicating understanding.

"At the end, after shaving the beard..."

Naoki Nagayama's hand reached out to the face of the actor playing the corpse again, rubbing it constantly.

"This action of rubbing randomly is actually the male lead perceiving his father's appearance... and it slowly matched the blurred image in his memory!"

"......"

The actor playing the corpse who was being molested didn't dare to resist; after so many times in a row, his face was about to be pinched swollen!

"Hai!"

Tomokazu Miura nodded again.

Naoki Nagayama then prepared to continue filming, but before that, he looked at the corpse actor whose face he had just rubbed:

"Makeup artist, add some powder to this corpse, the face is ruddier than a living person!

Remember... you can't move at all when filming! If you ruin the filming, I will really make you a corpse~"

"......" There is no human rights for playing a corpse!!!

After the crew was busy preparing again, Naoki Nagayama finally shouted the "Action" command again.

This time...

Tomokazu Miura pried open the corpse's joined hands with force, and his eyes widened slightly after seeing the pebble.

In his mind, the memory of finding this pebble with his father when he was a child emerged, and that smiling face looking at him also slowly became clear...

The expression on Tomokazu Miura's face was like crying and laughing, holding this pebble and wanting to say something but seemingly unable to... then suppressing the excitement in his heart, he continued to collect his father's remains.

Until after shaving the beard, that face finally merged with the face in his memory, and a tear flowed down Tomokazu Miura's face; he finally recalled the memory of his father.

"This is father..."

Handing the pebble to Momoe Yamaguchi, as if it were a treasure, letting her hold it tightly...

"......"

"Cut!!"

Filming up to here, Naoki Nagayama shouted cut loudly.

"This take is very good... Tomokazu-san, recover for a bit, let's do one more take, to be safe..."

"......"

The actor playing the corpse was very helpless... he had been lying down for a long time... he wanted to go to the bathroom...

The filming progress had reached the end, and after a while, it would be wrapped up!

There were still some location shots left for "Departures," but because it was the rainy season, it was inconvenient to film location shots for the time being, so Naoki Nagayama gave the crew a holiday early.

Just right, he also had things to deal with.

Today was also the date of Akina's mother's surgery. After instructing Kiba Shizuka to let the crew wrap up, Naoki Nagayama hurried to drive to the hospital.

The private hospital in the drizzle was even more quiet, and there weren't many patients coming to the hospital.

Naoki Nagayama soon found Akina outside the operating room; of course, besides Akina, there were also her sisters...

"Akina."

Naoki Nagayama walked to Akina's side; she looked a bit worried, but she wasn't panicked.

Because this surgery was in the early stages, the doctor had already informed them before that the danger was not great and the success rate was high.

"Naoki-san...."

Akina saw her husband come over, and her expression eased a bit more.

"Akihime-san, Akiko-san... Akiho..."

Naoki Nagayama greeted the others respectively, but what was a bit strange was that the men of the Nakamori family didn't seem to have come.

"Akiho-nii sent us over and stayed for a while before leaving..."

Akina explained proactively.

"Akihiro-nii and... father both have to work..."

It's normal for men to have to work, but not even coming when the mother is having surgery seems a bit excessive... Naoki Nagayama, this son-in-law, even came over~

But Naoki Nagayama didn't say much at this time, but asked:

"How long has the surgery started?"

"More than an hour..."

"So long already..." Naoki Nagayama nodded and continued to comfort her, "Don't worry, the doctor already said it will be fine."

"Mm..."

Akina said mm, but the worry on her face was hard to eliminate.

"Hua-chan is being taken care of by Mrs. Mori; Naoki-san, I might have to stay here to accompany her tonight..."

The other sisters all had families to take care of, and their homes were all in Kiyose, so they could probably only come to visit during the day. Akiho wasn't married, but the flower shop business also needed to be taken care of.

Counting it up, Akina had a relatively small burden, and she had no work for these two days, so she could come over to take care of her.

Naoki Nagayama nodded:

"Daijobu... I'll go back to accompany Hua-chan tonight... Just right, it's also time to learn to sleep in separate beds..."

The conditions of the private hospital were very good; there were lounges outside the operating room for family members to accompany. Naoki Nagayama chatted with Akina's sisters in the lounge for a while before coming out to buy some toiletries for Akina.

When Naoki Nagayama returned, Chieko-san's surgery had finally ended. Chieko, who had inhaled anesthesia, was lying on the hospital bed somewhat confused, and several daughters kept talking to her, not letting her sleep...

A doctor on the side was observing various physiological indicators and explained the success of the surgery to Akina.

Because they used the cutting-edge laparoscopic surgery, Chieko-san didn't have a large incision like traditional laparotomy, but she was still pale and extremely weak.

"Mother is old, even with such surgery, it hurts the body a lot..."

Akina looked at her mother, who was vaguely answering her eldest sister's questions, and felt somewhat emotional.

"I hope that after this time, there won't be any big problems..."

"Just keep up with the annual physical examination."

Naoki Nagayama comforted her.

"With the development of medical science and technology, most physical diseases can be cured."

Rich people are most concerned about their own health, and Naoki Nagayama also wanted to invest more in medical resources, just like a certain rich man surnamed Liu, who specifically set up several floors in the hospital as a treatment center specifically for his own use...

He chatted with Chieko Nakamori for a few words, but at this time she was just talking nonsense, perhaps even without memory.

After Naoki Nagayama stayed in the ward for a while, he said goodbye to Akina and went home.

Avoiding the evening rush hour, he returned to Mountain Cherry Garden.

After opening the door, the first to welcome him was naturally Eitaro; the big white dog could always distinguish its owner's car.

"Yoshi, Eitaro is really a good dog..."

While stroking the dog's head and walking into the room, he suddenly heard little Xia Hua's crying, and the sound of Mrs. Mori gently coaxing her.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

Naoki Nagayama hurried over and saw the little one crying sadly in Mrs. Mori's arms.

"She cried once when she didn't see Akina at noon..."

Mrs. Mori shook her head.

"She didn't see Mom after waking up in the afternoon, so she started crying again..."

Seeing Naoki Nagayama return, little Xia Hua didn't stop crying; even when Naoki Nagayama held her in his arms, the little one was still crying non-stop...

However, she didn't resist her father's embrace, and this time it seemed like she was vaguely calling for Dad while crying...

"Ah... she misses Mom! But Mom can't come back tonight... Mom has to go accompany Mom's mom..."

Listening to Naoki Nagayama's repetitive words, Mrs. Mori shook her head:

"Naoki-san, little Xia Hua doesn't understand..."

"Mm... but I still have to say it..."

Naoki Nagayama sat on the sofa, holding little Xia Hua and starting to take off his coat.

"I heard that if a child cries, it's because of a lack of security... I know a little trick, I don't know if it works..."

Little Xia Hua sat on his lap, arms open, hugging Naoki Nagayama's stomach and crying non-stop, while Naoki Nagayama took off his coat at this time and draped it over the little one, even covering half of her head.

Then he used his arms to clamp the two sides of the coat, applying a little force, wrapping little Xia Hua up like a swaddle... Naoki Nagayama hugged the little one, his hand gently patting her back~

This method was very effective; before long, little Xia Hua's crying subsided, turning into sobbing.

"It's actually really effective!"

Mrs. Mori was surprised.

"Where did Naoki-san learn this?!"

"Heard it..." Can he say he saw it in a short video?!

"This can give a child a sense of security... let her mood calm down..."

Naoki Nagayama looked at his daughter's little face through a small gap.

"After a while, she can be let out to play..."

Of course, this method requires the closest person to be effective; the first choice is Mom, followed by Dad who is always together...

Seeing that little Xia Hua had stopped crying, Mrs. Mori also breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the time:

"Naoki-san came back so early today, you haven't eaten yet, right?"

"Mm..."

"Then I'll go prepare it immediately..."

"Arigato~"

After eating dinner while taking care of little Xia Hua, Naoki Nagayama stayed in the living room with the little one until nearly 9 o'clock.

Generally speaking, the little one would be sleepy at this time, but today perhaps she slept too long in the afternoon, and she was still very energetic now, making a fuss about not wanting to go to sleep, and if Naoki Nagayama didn't move, she would pout her mouth and want to cry...

Naoki Nagayama was exhausted from jumping up and down, and finally had to take out the ultimate weapon... the TV!

Watching TV has an incomparable attraction for children from 1 year old to 15 years old.

After turning on the TV, sure enough, Xia Hua's attention was placed on the TV, eyes wide open staring at the colorful screen, regardless of whether she understood it or not.

"Come come come... on this day, at this time slot... just right to watch 'Long Vacation'!"

Naoki Nagayama tuned the TV to Fuji TV and started watching the latest episode of "Long Vacation" playing in the golden time slot!

This TV series had already attracted numerous urban men and women in Japan. When the latest episode was playing, housewives and teenagers were all waiting in front of the screen, and even employees were unwilling to accompany their superiors to "have a drink"...

Everyone was thinking about going home quickly to watch the latest episode of the plot, wanting to see if the handsome male lead Sena and the mature female lead Nanami could get together~

Currently, "Long Vacation" had already reached the middle stage. Besides the male and female leads, more complex emotional lines were also exposed...

When the female lead Nanami met her new boyfriend Tetsuya Sugisaki, the male lead Sena met his white moonlight from school days... Ozawa Ryoko played by Momoko Kikuchi.

It's hard for a man to forget the white moonlight in his heart... Sena, played by Masaharu Fukuyama, thus started pursuing his former junior~

Just like that, complex emotional lines started to intersect!

Several people loved each other in this four-cornered love, fulfilled each other, and tortured each other...

"Complex love... why do Japanese people like this kind of multi-cornered love..."

After watching the plot on TV, Naoki Nagayama couldn't help but complain... although this TV series was also written by him...

"It's like they can't live without falling in love... can't they just focus on their careers?!"

Speaking of this, he thought of a TV series from a certain big country in his memory, no matter what the subject of the TV series was, such as family, Xianxia, case solving, suspense, tomb raiding...

In short, they must fall in love; if they don't fall in love, they can't film it!

And there must be misunderstandings, there must be abusive love, there must be terminal illnesses, there must be no explanation and no notification, there must be pregnancy after breaking up, there must be single-handedly raising the child, there must be "being tsundere is fun for a moment, chasing the wife (husband) is a funeral pyre"...

And in the end, it must be a happy reunion!!

In the end, American dramas strike the soul, Korean dramas strike the soul, Japanese dramas strike the flesh, domestic dramas strike the intelligence...

"I will film some pure workplace dramas in the future!"

Naoki Nagayama silently made up his mind, tilted his head to look at little Xia Hua, who was ignorant, and just happened to meet his daughter's eyes.

"Hua-chan... you can't suffer the bitterness of love in the future... do you know?"

"Men are all idiots, our Hua-chan shouldn't be cheated of her feelings by these guys..."

"Ah..."

Little Xia Hua didn't understand, but stretched her hand out, and gave face by calling out,

"Dad..."

"Good, then let's high-five as a promise!"

Naoki Nagayama happily reached out and touched his daughter's little hand.

"Hua-chan won't fall in love when she grows up! Won't get married!"

"Ah... ah ah..."

Little Xia Hua seemed to feel that something was wrong and started to hum anxiously.

"Haha, it's useless to regret now~"

Naoki Nagayama saw that the time was about right, picked up little Xia Hua, and walked upstairs.

"Hua-chan, let's go, go wash up clean, and sleep!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1205 =====