Korean Entertainment: Perfect Cheating Life

The script of "Mother" is simple, but the two screenwriters who wrote it are not simple.

[35-year-old Nao Suzuhara was wandering alone in the north, where she met a seven-year-old girl named Reinan Michiki.

Lian Nan's eccentricity and scars on her body attracted the attention of Nao and the school. They realized that the little girl was being abused by her mother. After several twists and turns, Nao decided to "abduct" Lian Nan as a mother. 】

The director is Shunji Iwai, and the screenplay is written by Yuji Sakamoto and Makoto Naganuma.

It is said that they originally wanted to film this script into a TV series, but after being introduced by Kim Min-soo's acquaintance, they accidentally got in touch with Four Stars and decided to test the waters by making a movie with this script first.

The simple plot means that this low-budget art film does not require much funding.

The actress they had originally planned to play the role of Nao Suzuhara was Yasuko Matsuyuki, whose TV series "The Sand Vessel" is currently being aired in Japan.

However, they were very hesitant when choosing the role of Michiki Reinan.

Although Michiki Reinan is seven years old in the plot, he is a malnourished child in the setting and needs to be played by a child younger than seven years old.

The two of them had screened a group of child stars before, and even if they met Kim Min-soo for investment, it did not mean that they agreed to give such an important soul role to the investor's child.

Kim Min-soo took Kim So-min to Neon for the audition.

After several main creators saw Kim So Min, they were attracted by her appearance.

They looked at each other and reached a consensus.

So Min is absolutely an angel-like cute child who perfectly meets everyone's beautiful imagination of a daughter - in terms of appearance alone, they will never find anyone better than Kim So Min.

However, the film had to be shot in the island country, and they believed that Kim So-min's nationality, acting skills, and language were all problems.

What they didn't expect was that Kim So-min was a genius among geniuses.

She has always been a perfectionist.

SM company only offers a few language courses: Chinese, Korean, English, and Japanese.

She has already mastered several other languages ​​very skillfully.

The few months she spent in the company were certainly not wasted. She raised her Japanese proficiency to level three, and her speech was no different from that of ordinary children in Japan.

She practiced her acting skills every day and raised her level to level four.

For a child of her age, this level of acting skills is more than enough, even better than many adults.

“Somin-chan, please smile while crying.”

Sakamoto Yuji hesitated for a moment, then said in Japanese, "Please say 'Please kidnap me, Mom.'"

Kim So-min is an expert at pretending to be aggrieved, and when she cries, she looks like a tearful pear blossom.

She reacted quickly, blinked her eyes, her long eyelashes drooped, her eyes turned slightly red, and crystal tears immediately flowed down her cheeks.

The arc of her rosy and small mouth corners formed a perfect smile. This smile was very sweet, and it looked even sadder when paired with her tearful eyes. It was cold and stubborn, and carried a sense of fragility and breakability.

Just this one expression immediately made the hearts of the adults present tighten.

The look she cast towards Sakamoto Yuji was pleading and full of trust.

Then, in a trembling, choking voice, she said, "Please kidnap me, Mom."

He spoke clear Japanese without any accent or hesitation.

——That's it! How could Suzuhara Nao reject such a Michiki Reinan?

Yuji Sakamoto and Makoto Naganuma were impressed by her acting skills and immediately decided on her.

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Even Kim Min-soo didn't expect things to go so well.

He had a complicated expression and after thinking for a long time, he finally concluded that his daughter was a genius.

She learned Japanese in just a few months and her acting skills are so proficient - isn't it a bit of a waste of talent to let her enter the entertainment industry?

This thought flashed through his mind and quickly disappeared.

He had too many things to deal with in his own company, so he had to go back early, leaving the nanny and assistant to take care of Kim So Min in the island country.

Kim Min-soo: "I'm sorry, my little princess, but Daddy has to go back to work."

Kim So Min hugged him and said, "It's okay, Dad. Dad is so handsome when he is busy working hard."

She had just signed the contract and said to him happily, "I will soon be like my father because I will be busy with work. Somin will also become very handsome."

He laughed, "Yes, my princess is the best."

Kim Min-soo said goodbye to her and returned to the peninsula overnight on a private plane.

Kim So Min informed her friends at school that she was going to film a movie, and passed the news to her trainee brothers. She then continued to read books and watch movies to upgrade her Japanese and acting skills.

On her fifth day on the island, the crew assembled at an extremely fast pace.

The film's director is Shunji Iwai, and the official start time of filming has finally been confirmed.

It was also on this day that Kim So-min met Yasuko Matsuyuki, who played Nao Suzuhara, and Machiko Ono, who played Hitomi Michiki, under the watchful eyes of many crew members.

Sakamoto Yuji said to her kindly: "Shomin-chan, these two are your 'mothers' in the crew."

Yasuko Matsuyuki is a beautiful woman with a special temperament, exuding natural feminine charm like an orchid in a valley.

Machiko Ono is relatively young and her status is not that big among all the actors. She is just a minor actor. When she arrived, she first bowed to everyone.

Yasuko Matsuyuki smiles gently, and the years have endowed her with a calm and mature charm.

She squatted down and said to Kim So-min in a low voice, "Hello, So-min-chan."

"Hello, Songxue-senpai."

Kim So-min bowed to her following Japanese etiquette.

Before she could bend down, Matsuyuki Yasuko stopped her.

She particularly likes Kim So Min: "So Min-chan is so cute - let's spend the next few days together happily."

"Ok!"

Kim So-min gave a big smile.

The formation process of this crew may seem sloppy, but in fact it was carefully selected by the director, and each crew member has their own talents.

Among the many actors, in addition to Yasuko Matsuyuki, there are also senior actors with great acting skills such as Yuko Tanaka.

During the short few days of testing the machine, Kim So-min learned more new skills.

The profession of actor requires not only acting skills, but also lines, movement, acting skills, micro-expressions and other elements are indispensable.

The lines and positioning were things that Kim So-min had never encountered before.

It’s just that, because she is so young, everyone is very tolerant towards her.

The director assigned her an on-site teacher to guide her. In addition, Kim So-min can also ask senior actors for advice at any time.

And she lived up to everyone's expectations. She grew at an extremely astonishing rate in the past few days. When she was in front of the camera, her skills were even improving, and all the scenes were particularly easy.

When Kim So-min's school winter vacation officially began, the crew of the movie "Mother" officially started filming.

There was no public press conference for the launch of the film. The producers and director only issued two announcements, which could barely be considered marketing.

There are five major film production companies in the island country, and they have already chosen Shochiku as the production company in advance.

Once the film is completed, Shochiku will naturally arrange the subsequent marketing of the film for them.

The first half of "Mother" is about the daily life of Michiki Reinan, and the actors only need to show Michiki Reinan's innocence and pitifulness.

This was a piece of cake for Kim So-min and not challenging at all.

The drama was filmed on and off for several months, and everyone in the crew had an overwhelming fondness for her.

It is really rare to find a beautiful child star who has such good acting skills and is well-behaved and obedient.

However, Kim So Min's smooth sailing changed when the filming was approaching completion.

The important point of this movie is the relationship between "Michiki Renan" and his mother "Suzuhara Nao", which is the highlight of the movie.

However, before acting in the movie, Kim So Min had only met her mother through video.

Pei Xin had irreconcilable conflicts with Kim Min-soo's mother. After giving birth to Kim So-min, she left the peninsula and went to the United States and never returned.

During the filming, Song Xuetaizi, who acted opposite Kim So Min, was a senior veteran in the industry and was very kind to her, like a mother.

However, Kim So-min didn't know what the relationship between a normal child and his mother was like.

She is sitting in the house with the phone in her hand. In this scene, she should cry and say, "I want to see my mother. Please kidnap me once."

This is the most exciting scene in the play.

But she couldn't say these words, and she couldn't even cry.

"CUT!"

When she encountered a scene jam, no one blamed her. Instead, everyone comforted her and said she was doing a good job.

In fact, the fact that Kim So Min has been able to hold on until now without being stuck in the role is already considered a miracle by everyone.

Kim So-min had never encountered such a situation before. She did everything well and was not used to the feeling of powerlessness of "not being able to do it".

Matsuyuki Yasuko gently touched her head and comforted her, "Somin-chan did a great job!"

"What is mother's love..."

Kim So-min asked in confusion, "Isn't it just like on computers and mobile phones, where you can just ask what to eat and what to play every day?"

Even if you send countless text messages, you can't bring your hearts closer.

She drooped her long eyelashes and looked up at Matsuyuki Yasuko again. Her blank expression made her look like a poor abandoned puppy.

Yasuko Matsuyuki was stunned. She had not yet come out of the play. In an instant, the figures of the two children in and out of the play seemed to overlap.

She subconsciously hugged Kim So-min as if it were in the script: "It's okay, So-min-chan."

"I want to be your mother."