Japanese Entertainment: From special effects actor to action superstar

Chapter 234 Mixed-race people play foreigners

At this moment...a man named Furuya received an invitation from Gundam.

Furuya Akira? Of course not! It's Furuya Toru.

Gu Ming also doesn’t know about Gundam’s affairs. Now Gu Ming is busy doing three things.

Shoot cat's eyes, shoot knights, and find people.

A foreigner is needed. Gu Ming has been keeping an eye out for him. If he sees one, he can recommend him to Wan Gu.

Masazo Uehara has not returned yet. If it weren't for the occasional phone calls and letters, Gu Ming would have wondered if he had been sacrificed in Minamigami Village.

Akira Moritsugu was quite happy. Although the ratings in Japan were still not high and no one recognized him as the actor who played the male lead 'Kaguro' in Ksai, Akira Moritsugu was still quite happy.

Flowers blooming inside the wall are fragrant outside the wall, at least they are famous overseas.

"So this is all fate..."

Gu Ming sighed and casually adjusted the TV channel. Not only did he tell Wan Gujie to watch TV, but Gu Ming himself also watched TV regularly, including various works of this era.

Gu Ming had forgotten some of his works, but revisiting them brought him new insights. Besides, he didn't want to make his work too advanced.

As the old saying goes.

Being one step ahead is a genius, being ten steps ahead is a fool.

It’s something too advanced, and people today can’t understand it.

After casually adjusting a few channels, Gu Ming suddenly stopped at the TBS advertisement. He leaned forward slightly and looked at the figure that popped up on the TV channel.

"Hiss... this, seems like, could it be, could it be?"

Country brother!
The person singing and dancing on TV who came out from behind the cosmetics counter had a typical mixed-race face.

Gu Ming recognized it at a glance.

This kid.

Uh, this old man is 'Dan Shilang', but now he is not called Dan Shilang, but 'Murata Hideo'.

His stage name is not Danshilang, but Danjiro.

The pronunciation is the same, but the writing is different.

Tuan Shilang's life was somewhat unfortunate. For example, he never met his father, who was an American soldier...

Dan Silang, a Japanese-American, is tall and good-looking. His mixed-race appearance allows him to often play the role of a foreigner in Japanese works.

Of course, his most famous role in Zhou Country is the protagonist "Hideki Go" in "Return of Ultraman".

Counting it up, Tuan Shilang is also thirty years old.

Gu Ming looked at it for a while and already had an impression in his mind.

Dan Shilang is an advertising model for Shiseido and has endorsed several Shiseido products. However, he is not very famous in the circle. He once starred in a magical work, in which he was beaten by Captain Kobayashi Akira, and then he was offline.

In short, he is an actor with no acting skills or fame.

Fame in the advertising industry has not helped his acting career at all.

——People went there to buy Shiseido cosmetics, not because of him.

Gu Ming looked for a while and then stood up.

Of course, he couldn't go directly to Shiseido, but Gu Ming knew that there was someone who could contact Shiseido.

Jissoji Akio.

Akio Jissoji has filmed commercials for Shiseido more than once, and they have been screened on TBS many times.

Later, when Akio Jissoji left TBS, he also approached Shiseido for film investment.

For example, there is actually an advertisement for Shiseido in Ultraman...who would have thought of that?

The next day, while Maoyan had finished filming that day, Gu Ming grabbed Jissoji Akio.

"Why, do you want to go see a Noh play?"

"I don't want to watch Noh!" Gu Ming suddenly became excited.

"Mr. Jissoji, do you recognize the guy in that commercial? The one for the conditioner?"

Gu Ming also bought the finished product and showed the conditioner to Jissoji Akio.

Jissoji Akio squinted his eyes and looked for a long time before he gradually formed an impression.

"Oh, you mean that bastard!" Gu Ming hissed.

Bastard? That's such an ugly word!

I am a mixed-race person!
"Yes, that's the guy. Wangu is looking for an actor to play a foreigner. What do you think of him?"

Jissoji Akio spread his hands.

It’s actually okay. After all, he is a mixed-race person, so it’s no problem for him to play a foreigner.

"But as far as I know, this guy is probably no longer in Tokyo. Shiseido should still have his contact information, but it's probably going to be difficult to find him. He terminated his contract with Shiseido a few years ago and seems to be doing other things. It's probably not going to be possible to get him back to film."

Jissoji Akio didn't take it too seriously: "It's not difficult to find this person, but he's just a foreign extra, it's easy to find one, there are tons of them in Tokyo."

Gu Ming suddenly became serious.

“This person is different!”

Don't ask why it's different, it's just different.

Jissoji Akio couldn't understand why Gu Ming was so serious, but to him, it was just a piece of cake.

"I can ask someone to go to Shiseido and ask, but you have to promise me one thing."

For a moment, Jissoji Akio showed a strange expression, and his smiling face was particularly funny.

"Come with me to see a Noh play this weekend."

Gu Ming was shocked.

Brother Shi, don’t!

……

……

In the end, I went to watch a Noh play for a day.

Gu Ming suddenly felt that this thing was really suitable for use in horror movie elements.

Apart from anything else, in Noh theatre, the female masks in Noh masks look nothing like human beings at first glance!

Jissoji Akio was a trustworthy person. A few days later, he told Gu Ming that Dan Shilang had been found and was willing to come to Tokyo to meet him.

Tokyo, Saizeriya.

Akira Furuya met with Hideo Murata here.

Looking at Tuan Shilang in front of him, Gu Ming couldn't help but sigh.

This appearance is almost half as handsome as his.

Who would have thought that 30-year-old Tuan Shilang was only 22 years old eight years ago!

"Mr. Furutani." Tuan Shilang acted a little reserved. Even though he was a little older than Gu Ming, he still used honorifics.

Gu Ming asked him to sit down.

"You're welcome. Well, I happened to see your commercial on TV and I'm very interested in you. Has anyone asked you to shoot a project before?"

Tuan Shilang responded, "There are a few, but they are all villainous characters."

It is said that Dan Shilang later became an excellent actor. In Ultraman Return, he played a dark version of himself, and his performance was quite wonderful.

Gu Ming looked him up and down, and suddenly asked, "What is Murata-kun doing now?"

"Just doing some odd jobs."

Tuan Shilang was embarrassed to say that he suffered severe discrimination because he was mixed-race.

Japan is a complex country. While some people worship foreign things, they also look down on people of mixed race. When he was shooting a commercial for Shiseido, his pay was very low.

Gu Ming understood everything and knew everything he wanted to ask. After confirming that Tuan Shilang did not have an office now, he clapped his hands.

"Actually, I have an action actor agency. Sign me up. I have some roles that are suitable for you."

Tuan Shilang was shocked: "Mr. Furuya, please respect yourself! I don't make that kind of movie!"

Gu Ming rolled up his sleeves instantly.

This group is very bright.

I really need to beat him up.

(End of this chapter)