An Interview with Miura Haruma on Shukan Josei (Jprime) about “Onna Joshu Naotora”

An Interview with Miura Haruma on Shukan Josei (Jprime) about “Onna Joshu Naotora” (17/1/1)“Now that I’ve become an adult. It has been a while since the last timeI starred in a taiga drama. This time, I attended a horse riding club andlearned archery from the scratch to prepare for various scenes. Because I hadsuch a proper preparation period for this role, I could enter the scene withconfidence.”In taiga drama “Onna Joshu Naotora” starting from January 8th,Miura Haruma starred as Ii Naotora, the adult Kamenojo and the fiancé of thetitle character Naotora (Shibasaki Kou) since childhood. This marks his returnto taiga drama since child actor period.“That was when I was in 5th or 6th grade. I just felt Ireally have to give it to my best. Taiga staff at that time was all nicepeople. One of the member in thecostume crew at that time has now become the chief staff in this project. Hetold me “I used to pat on your head, lead you to the scene by your hand all thetime.” I was honestly glad I could return to taiga once again after growing up.”He wants to achieve even further development especially in acting.“The experience from acting in projects related to Japanese culture andhistory has become my ultimate strength. I was given a very good opportunityand was meticulously taught various things by gestural instructors at thescene. Step by step, it’s interesting. From now on no matter what kinds ofhistorical drama I’m going to do in the future, I’m sure that I could deliverit.As for my private life, I’m starting to become interested in Bushido.Things like dealing with others with compassion or how to live a private life…As a person, I’m still immature, but since I’m in this industry, I haveto and I will definitely pay respect to that kind of propriety. Sometimes, because people give me a great applause or other good comments, I may feel disconcerted. At those times, I don’t want to become arrogant but keep my feet on the ground.”Rival actors from the next generation born in the 90sBeside Miura, this taiga drama ispacked with young actors who are gaining much attention such as Yagira Yuya andSuda Masaki.“Yagira-san was my senior at high school. Ihad met him in person at school. It’s a shame that we did not share any scene together, but it’s elated to think that we engaged in the same project.Suda-kun used to play the role of my student in another work before.This time, his role is my son. When the time for his role comes, it’s my role that ends. If I got the chance, I’d like to tell him ‘Do your best’”.2017 will be a challenging year!This time, Miura played a mangrowing up to be strong in order to protect the Ii family. When he was askedhow to keep a lean body,“Before I engaged in thisproject, I got to play in a musical called Kinky Boots. Because it was the roleof a muscled drag queen, I simply kept myself that way. It was just righttiming.” (smile)Looking back on 2016, how was that a year to you?“It seems just a role of drag queen but it’s actually a result of all luck combined that I get to choose a projectthat I am passionate about and really want to do. That being said, I’m not sure that can be defined as a true challengefor myself or not. For 2017, I want to make it a challenging year.”Plot introduction for the 56th taiga drama “Onna Joshu Naotora” - “Naotora: The Lady Warlord” In 1544 in Totomi Province (the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture), a girl named Otowa, who later gets through the Warring States period with a brave male name of Naotora Ii, lives peacefully with her parents.  One day, she receives a marriage proposal with her childhood friend Kamenojo.  She hesitates at first but determines to support the Ii family as his wife.  In the meantime, Kamenojo’s father Naomitsu Ii is suspected of planning a rebellion by his master Yoshimoto Imagawa. (nhkworldpremium.com)If you’re not in Japan, you can still watch it on NHK World Premium (no English subtitle, though and you have to register with your local cable provider).As for me, I’ll probably wait for someone kind enough to sub it :DThe last taiga I watched from start to finish is Atsuhime, which was like 5 or 6 years ago. As much as I love Japanese history, following a taiga can be quite tiresome because of various reasons (it’s super long, few people want to sub it, or worse no sub at all, too many characters, bias character died, plot can be VERY draggy blah blah blah)But I’ll try to follow this one ^^ at least until Naochika-Haruma died, hopefully… -- source link

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