You have played very mysterious characters, such as Akechi Kogoro and Joe Satake of Sommelier. You are now filming the movie "Hypnosis". What kind of character are you playing for this movie? Are you playing a beautiful young guy again? Please write about "Hypnosis"! (From F.K. 23 years old.)

The peak for the plum blossoms is gone and it is still too early for the blossoming of cherry blossoms. People who are suffering from pollen allergy are passing by quickly. I was in the movie studio which was not aware of the seasonal changes. The studio, which shot off the sun light, has the authentic smell of well used equipment's and dusts. Repeated calls for the takes, the tensed breaths of the stuff and the heats of the actors create the space for the realistic scene. Or, which is real and which is unreal? I think about this because of the movie which I am filming now.

"Hypnosis" is, according to Mr. Ochiai, the director and the scriptwriter, psycho simulation fiction. It is not just a scary holler movie but it is focused on the human subconscious and weakness. The script makes me wonder if this kind of story might happen in the real world. (It will be very scary if it really happens.) My role is a psychotherapist who is a hypnosis specialist. I am struggling with the scripts which uses the special terminology like "Multiple Personality Disorder". It sounds like a real pain to film this movie. However, it is a total opposite. First of all, Ms. Kanno, who I have been working with since last year's "Sommelier", is very serious about acting. She is very inspiring. Her great ability to create the momentum and to concentrate acting makes me to call her "the great actress" secretly.

Another great existence is Mr. Ochiai, the director. He is a scientific thinker. His cool thinking reminds me of Joe Satake in "Sommelier". If someone said something funny, he will ask "Was that joke? Yeah, it was the joke." He analyzes the joke very objectively. Or, even when the filming continued to 7 am next morning, he kept his usual himself and explained to me the next scene like "Inagaki san, the next cut will be..." without changing his tone of speech. He does not sleep or eat at all. He apparently believes that his brain will be stimulated by dopamine by not sleeping and eating.

Since the director values the reality, he does not use the "Ready, Go!" method for the each take. Rather, the filming starts without us knowing it. He has a superb ability to observe. He is focusing on the delicate facial expression and gives me very detailed directions. (You may not believe this but) I am very happy to very detailed directions. It is lot easier for me to act based on these directions because in the acting world, I am a row material... of course I am a "thinking material".

I enjoy the filming which goes on to the next morning. I may be the biggest patient who is under the director's hypnosis. I enjoy the filming which gives me the opportunity to discover myself who I never knew before.