I woke up unusually early. My assignment will not start till afternoon. It was not because of the rising temperature of mid summer, but for some reasons, I woke up with the sun rising. I can hear birds chirping which I usually don't hear. My bedroom supposed to be "No Cats entering". However, the wild one sneaked in. (Translator's note: Goro never revealed the names of his two cats.) She is sleeping peacefully on the white stretch T-shirt, which I took off last night, as a bed. Normally, the owner of a cat will leave the cat sleeping peacefully alone without making any noise. But, I turned the volume of my stereo to the max, then¡K.
The T-shirt I am talking about is the original T-shirt of my designer friend. It is very unusual design. It has the vertical line of black buttons on the right chest and a marking that is similar to the chef's uniform. I was wearing this yesterday all day and I got complements form four people. This is my favorite T-shirt now. But, I became able to go out wearing T-shirts only very recently. In my teens, I had inferiority complex (?) about being skinny and I wore a long sleeves even under the mid summer sky¡K I can tell you this now.
Today, too, I go to "Kinshicho Studio" which used to be a factory for SEIKO. The studio set is so well constructed that it looks like a real junior highschool classroom. In the studio set made from plywood, I stand up in front of 30 students who were waiting for me. I am playing the brand new junior high teacher Akira Bessho in "Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari"(The world's strange stories) which will be aired coming fall. This is my first role as a teacher in my just started life as an actor.
I can see the faces of each student very well from the front. When I was a student, I wanted to sit as far as possible from a teacher in order to avoid the teacher's eyes. But, it was a big mistake. Farther the position, better the view from the teacher. Then, since there are many objects to compare, the personality of each student can be seen very well from the front. Some kids have long acting carrier and know how to survive in the world of adults¡KThese kind of kids will say "Junior highschool study will not help the carrier in entertainment business, don't you think so?" and try to see how I react. Some of them are like "Wow! He is a real SMAP!" and watching me like as if I am appearing in the TV. Or, some of them were casting very doubtful eyes on me. ( May be, Am I misunderstanding them?) However, all of them are so cute. I can't believe how the children of this generation can get totally raged to hurt someone.
More than anything else, "me in junior high school" was resurrected. I was not able to enjoy my junior high school life because of my many inferiority complexes. In the circle of the students in the studio, I was able to add one vivid picture into my empty junior high school album.
