SixTONES’ Matsumura Hokuto Makes Acting Splash in ‘All the Long Nights’ Berlin Forum Title
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The route from idol group member to TV and film acting is a well-trodden one for multiple Japanese performers as they mature and attempt to broaden and extend their career.
Few, however, can have received the plaudits of SixTONES member Matsumura Hokuto, who flies in to the Berlin Film Festival for the international premiere of two handed drama feature “All the Long Nights.” Derived from a novel by Seo Maiko and directed by Miyake Sho, the narrative features a woman (portrayed by Kamishiraishi Mone) whose pre-menstrual tension is so intense that it changes her character and disrupts her career.
She is befriended by a younger, somewhat solitary man who, in turn, suffers from panic attacks. The film’s narrative describes their ever closer, but non-romantic, relationship as these two tender souls support each other through a stressful and clamorous world.
And the Berlin organizers’ normally dry catalog write-up called the performances simply “fantastic.” Variety caught up with Matsumura on the eve of his arrival in Berlin. Could you describe the character, Yamazoe, that you play in ‘All the Long Nights’? As a younger man, everything in his life was smooth and easy.
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