WOTOPI -Utopi I don't want to be trapped in an easy -to -understand frame ... why I chose Manrika Ito as a boy

The short film "Breathe", starring Nogizaka46 and actor Manriya Ito, was released on September 18.Singer -songwriter karin.This work was produced according to his song.The starring Ito is challenging the role of a boy.

Aki, the protagonist who transferred from Tokyo to a rural school after the divorce of his parents.She suffers from her own identity, saying "nothing" and lives in her school to breathe.Meanwhile, I will regain my bright self by encountering Kiita, a popular person at the school where I transfer.However, Aki, who felt the waste between Kiita's "specialness" and "nothing", tries to lock it on his shell again, but there is a secret in Aki ...In response to the popularity of the work, the number of public theaters since October has continued to increase.

In the second part, I heard a message in this work by the director, Eda Yuka (27).

Director Yuka Eda

"It's not like an idol" I was attracted to Manryuka Ito

——In the first part, we asked about the roots of Mr. Shi's work.Next, please let us know how to make a new work, "Breathe".

Yuka Eda (hereinafter referred to as Branch): At first, karin.It started with an offer from the side that "I want you to make something using this song."It was the first time to make a short movie and MV, and it was the first time to think about both together.It was originally decided that the starring was Marika Ito, so it was a challenge while thinking about what role I could play.

——The starring Ito was originally decided.Mr. Ito was a fresh role as a boy, but how did he make a script?

Emba: Actually, I wanted to take a picture of Mr. Ito, and I got an offer.She was quite different from the image I drew without permission when she looked at the SNS she was doing away from the idol.I don't put a cute photo, put up a blurred image that makes my face invisible, and make my hair very shortcuts.I felt that it was not unconscious but that it was Mr. Ito's intention, so I thought this person was interesting.With Mr. Ito, I thought that I could express what I was wondering until now, so I played the role of a boy.

Tomorrow, you may notice your new side

——What did you wonder?

Emba: I often make a story between women and men, so I often ask, "Are they in a romantic relationship?"Surely, if you look at this work, you may want to know whether Aki is a man, or if she is a woman dressed as a man, or if she has a romantic feeling in Kiita.Hmm.It's not strange to want to know something.But why are you interested in it, and do you want to hear the sexual orientation and gender awareness of the story more than the content of the story?There was such a question, and I wanted to know how people who saw this question would catch.

In particular, in the present era, I feel that the tendency to decide on other people is strong by giving the identity name."I am the heterosexual, and that person is gay."And it is finally understood by the surroundings, and "self" is established.But I don't know that tomorrow.Maybe tomorrow, there is a shocking encounter and you may notice your new side.How about predicting it without permission, forcing yourself or others to be pushed into the determined frame?With that in mind, I made such a cast.

——It can be connected to the keyword “I don't understand” in the work.

Branch: Well, I don't think you have to know, and I don't know, so I think you should walk.The only thing I can't forgive or not understand is that I also strangle my head.I think it's difficult to understand 100 % of myself forever.

I practiced a lot and started wearing "normal" clothes

——There is a scene where Aki asks, "Can I be normal?"It was a very impressive scene, but please let me know if there is anything in that scene.

Branch: When I entered elementary school, I was surprised to touch "common sense".I was impatient because I thought that even a trivial thing would float if everyone could not do it.That's why I practiced a lot and started wearing clothes named "normal".Then you will be blown away and relieved.

At first, everyone has a naked time, and I think they wear clothes to protect themselves, while being angry, hurt or hurt by someone.I think it's time to struggle how to wear clothes named "normal" when you are a teenager, and this clothes are cool.

When I write a script, I try to avoid "normal" and common sense as much as possible, but when I have a meeting on the site, I can't do "normal".In a hurry, I play a decent person, but I think there are too few "normal" patterns in the world.So some people feel cramped or can't wear.

People have human hell

——The other character, Kiita, is a popular person, but there is also a hidden dark side.

Branch: In this era, especially due to the development of SNS, spotlights tend to hit only for people's surface.I don't show the back side because I am also aware of the post.And I think it's easy to believe only on the table.

But I think that person has that person's hell.In front of everyone, even if it is bright, if you go home, there are very dark situations, and I think there are many people.It's easier to sympathize with nice things and fun, and it's difficult to sympathize with painful and painful things.Even though I didn't know each other's pain, I wanted to draw the part that I tried to know, so I decided that kind of setting.

—— I remembered the “Girl Encounter” released in 2018.

Branches: Well, I think it's a theme that I have in common with what I make.It looks very nice from me, but I want to draw such a part as an invisible suffering for that person.

It's not a "grass next to it", but it's often time to look only on the surface, and I reflect on it every time, but I repeat it.So, it overlaps with what I am careful about when making a work, but I don't know or know, so I think it is necessary to walk without deciding.

■ Movie information title: "Like breathing" Release date: Nationwide published in order Director: Yuka Emi: Appearance: Mitsuraka Ito, Akira Onodera

(Listman: Toto Shiratomo)