Today in Japan, the film âBride after Eight Years (hachinen goshino hanayome)â was released and stage greetings were held. In one of them, Takeru read a letter to Tao and she was moved to tears. Hereâs the translation of the letter:
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I still remember the scene very well. When we co-starred in the âRurouni Kenshinâ, watching your back dashing away from me like an athlete after you robbed me of my sword, I thought, âWhat an awesome girl has appeared!â
In those days, I searched âćć±ć€Șéłł(Tsuchiya Tao)â on the Internet and was shocked to see the long and unbelievably neat hand-written replies to the queries. I was also shocked by your long post on your blog that seemed to have taken hours to write. At that time you often played the lead in films for so-called independent cinemas. I watched those works one after another and what hit me in my mind began to change into a conviction.
With you, after four years, I was given a chance to live a life as a husband and wife in such a wonderful film like this. I really appreciate it.
But I have just one thing regretful. It happened mainly during the promotion of this film. You took every chance to say, âIâve been chasing behind youâ, âI really respect youâ, âIâm really grateful to Takeru senpaiâ, and so on. But I was never able to react successfully. Iâm really sorry.
Of course Iâm happy to hear you say so, but how I should say, itâs me that feel truly grateful to you. Not that it is anything new that you tell me such things. Youâve been telling me, âTakeru senpai is really great â, âTakeru senpai is one and only best actorâ, or something like that again and again since we first met till now, well, of course, during the shooting of this film, too. But Iâm not really like that at all. On the contrary, whenever you say so, I was able to get stronger. I was able to be confident of myself, who was given such words by you. I was able to inspire myself to continue to be your respectable senpai.
The energy you focused on me at the shooting site was my fuel and was everything for me to get into my role.
You also said, âHisashi-san that Takeru senpai plays is wonderful. If Takeru-senpaiâs Hisashi-san was nice, itâs because Mai was Taoâ. Itâs because Mai-san was Tao that I was convinced that my thought to Mai was real one as Hisashi-san. I was just standing there with the real thought in my mind. All I had to do was to hold the thoughts to Mai. Then my play became real, not false one, by just standing there, no matter what would happen during the actual shooting â- I seriously believed so. I was not afraid of anything. Thank you for putting fourth your whole energy, trusting me like this.
So please praise yourself as many times as you gave me words. Your role was really difficult to play, I think. You completed a hard job.
âOne and only best actress that is able to face life in the truest senseâ is my impression of you after completing this film.
The time when we lived a life together, the record of it, the film âBride after Eight Years (hachinen goshino hanayomeâ is my treasure. I hope it will be loved by numbers of people.
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