They all pushed me!

Kitagawa Ryo can be said to be very experienced in this regard, and it feels like we can soon fast forward to the moment when the couple divorces and fights for the custody of Arimakana.

After all, everyone can see that Arima Kana is now evolving into a little cash cow.

Kana Arimaka is not a child from a single-parent family, but the proportion of her father in her life so far can be said to be negligible, which is almost the same as the title of the book "Tokyo Tower - My Mom and Occasionally My Dad" written by Masaya Nakayama.

If Magana's father was a competent father, he might have given Kana a better childhood.

But he chose to cheat.

In such a family, children are often like shells buried in the sand, always watching the direction of the wind and waves. Her gaze is neither majestic nor sad, but she just watches everything coldly and objectively.

So whether it was for her mother or her father, Arima Kana had never experienced such a thing as being held in someone's arms and having their love expressed so directly.

Just as director Hirokazu Edada said, Arimaka can perfectly portray the appearance of Yuri, who has just been taken in, is timid and even afraid to show love for fear of being hurt, but she can no longer easily portray the appearance of Rin, who is wrapped in love and changed.

After listening to all of Arima Kana's words, Beichuan Ryo closed his eyes and thought for a while, then he patted her head comfortingly:

"We'll talk about family matters later."

"Now I still have to perform well and satisfy the director so that I can pass this part."

"How about this, Kana, rehearse the scene with me first, and then get a feel for it."

After receiving Kana's affirmative answer, Beichuan Liang quickly got into the mood. He suddenly reached out and pulled Arima Kana into his arms, and read the lines in her ear:

"You know what? Rin's father and mother didn't beat or scold you because Rin was naughty."

At first, Arimakana didn't even realize that the practice had already begun, and she didn't pay attention to what Kitagawa Ryo said.

Unlike an ordinary hug, in order to show the relationship between the two, Hirokazu Koreeda designed the hug in this section to be the kind where he places the child between his legs, with his legs wrapped around her legs, and his hands around her neck and chest, interlocking them in a posture that is almost as if the two have become one.

"They said they did this because they loved you... they were all lying to you."

Kitagawa Ryo's voice was choked with sobs, and he was trying his best to imitate Ando Sakura's acting skills.

Unlike her stiff reaction just now, this time Arima Kana subconsciously turned her head back and almost instinctively reached out her hand to wipe away the tears from his eyes and that were flowing down his cheeks.

Beichuan Liang put her hand on his face. He saw her worry and tried hard to force a smile.

"If you really like Rin."

"It will just be like this now..."

Then, he retracted his arms, brought the child in his arms closer to him, and whispered in her ear:

"Hold forever."

"Not separated."

All the unpleasant things seemed to be washed away by Kitagawa Ryo's words. Arima Kana only felt herself falling into an unfathomable tranquility and gently closed her eyes.

Kitagawa Ryoya noticed this, but he did not speak to disturb Arima Kana. Instead, he continued to maintain this posture and let her rest here for a while.

He suddenly remembered a sentence he had written in the book Tokyo Tower that he had lent to Arima Kana:

The reason why children leave their parents is to find something other than the relationship between parents and children, to find other beautiful relationships, such as friends, lovers and couples. We leave home to find these beautiful and real relationships.

But this is actually just Nakayama Masaya's own idea.

Because he has a mother who is always there and a father who appears occasionally.

Beichuan Ryo hummed softly the lullaby he had learned specially, which he had used to lull Ruby to sleep.

Many children leave home, perhaps just to find another father or mother of their own.

Chapter 5: She Grasped the Future (1k)

When the filming of "Shoplifters" started, Ryo Kitagawa had openly expressed his love for the book "Tokyo Tower - Mom and Me, Sometimes Dad" written by Masaya Nakayama.

The reason is very simple. Kitagawa Ryo, who has won the list of "child stars whose mothers most want to be" for three consecutive years, has never had a mother who truly loved him in his two lives.

Just like Kana Arima, the "child star genius who can cry in ten seconds", no matter how much she cries, she can't make her parents notice her true thoughts.

Unlike Akane Kurokawa and Rumi Kitagawa, perhaps because he saw his own shadow in Kana Arima, or perhaps because he did not want his previous experience to be repeated in Kana, Kitagawa Ryo's attitude towards Kana was so close that even many people in the circle who were familiar with him were puzzled.

After all, the economic company that Kitagawa Ryo signed with is one of the leading giants in the entertainment industry. The company signs numerous artists of all sizes every day, but over the years, only Magana has enjoyed the treatment of being cared for and promoted by Kitagawa Ryo.

If it weren't for the fact that Magana's family relationships were quite clear, many people would probably doubt whether the two were related, which was worthy of Kitagawa Ryo's reminder.

For Kitagawa Ryo himself, it is like a child who always longed for a certain food or toy but could not get it, so when he grew up and had an income, he bought many of them at once, as if spending in revenge. The emotion he invested in Arima Kana is probably this kind of emotion.

Seeing that Magana is able to perform her favorite shows without worries without being bothered by family factors, it feels like she has finally reconciled with her past self.

Just as Kitagawa Ryo was daydreaming and confirming these messed up emotions, Arima Kana, who was lying in his arms, seemed to have fallen asleep. Her body slowly tilted over, and her head rested on his thigh, as if she had found a suitable pillow.

Fortunately, since all the scenes for the role of "Guest No. 4" have been filmed, Hoshino Ai has no reason to come to the crew these two days. After noticing this, Kitagawa Ryo also breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, she is the kind of person who is jealous of a nine-year-old girl like Ruby. If she saw me like this, she would probably use this as an excuse to knock on my door again tonight.

In fact, Kitagawa Ryo didn't really think that Hoshino Ai cared about these things. He was probably just looking for an excuse to coax her. It has been like this since they met. Although the other person is older than him, most of the time it seems like the other way around.

Reaching out his hand to gently brush away the dust on Arima Kana's hair, Kitagawa Ryo made a gesture of silence to his main agent Mr. Izaki who was approaching, and pointed at Arima Kana in his arms, indicating that she had fallen asleep.

If parents quarrel recklessly all night long, the children caught in the middle will most likely also remain sleepless all night.

Then, Kitagawa Ryocai whispered something in the ear of Mr. Izaki who came closer cautiously. The other party nodded and left quietly again.

Through Kana's just narration, Kitagawa Ryo can basically judge that the Arima couple should be getting divorced. Based on his understanding of the Arima family and Arima Kana, if it really comes to that, Arima Kana will most likely, or even definitely, follow her mother.

After all, compared to his father's zombie-like education, his mother almost occupied Kana Arima's entire childhood life so far, but Ms. Arima's personality determined that she could not take on the responsibility of the role of father in Kana Arima's cognition.

Even if we call Ms. Arima's feelings and actions towards Kana love, there is still a lack of a protector in Kana Arima's growth process.

So most of the time, Arimakana could only watch her mother grovel and even shamelessly humble herself in front of her.

With a mother like this and a father who has basically no sense of existence and even has an extramarital affair, Kitagawa Ryo can probably imagine the insecurity that Amagana feels inside.

Perhaps it is because of this that the other person will develop such a calm, introverted, and even self-reliant character at this age.

Because my mother really seems to be out of tune with this industry, she can only use her own performance to beg to stay in this world as long as possible.

As for the reason she wanted to stay, although it was a wish instilled in her by her mother in the beginning, she eventually discovered that she really loved performing and loved this place.

Arima Kana unconsciously squeezed closer to the warmth in a half-asleep state, and her fingers unconsciously gently grasped and then wrapped around Kitagawa Ryo's hand.

In Tokyo Tower, which she had read last night and borrowed from Ryo Kitagawa, Masaya Nakayama once defined his father like this:

In my world, even if I don’t know what you are doing, I will feel at ease as long as you are by my side.

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Perhaps because she had rested for a long enough period of time with good quality, Arimakana's performance in the afternoon finally got back on track, and the shooting progress that had been stuck in the morning also began to move forward.

After the heartwarming fireworks display and seaside vacation, the story begins to enter the dull second half.

Rin began to participate in the theft activities of his father and son. At first, his son Xiangta thought it was nothing and even took the initiative to share his stealing skills. However, after being discovered by the owner of a grocery store, he gradually developed some other ideas.

Although the grocery store owner discovered the two children's stealing, he did not seem angry. Instead, he took the initiative to give them two popsicles and only said something meaningful to the older brother:

"Don't let your sister do this."

Then, there was the death of my grandmother.

When she was alive, grandma would regularly visit the family of her ex-husband's children under the pretext of paying homage to her ex-husband, that is, the home where Yusuke originally lived. Because Yusuke's father also believed that his father had indeed abandoned grandma, grandma could get 30,000 yen in consolation money from there every time.

She didn't use any of the money and left it all to other people in the family.

Because the remaining five people were either missing persons or illegal residents, after a brief discussion, they chose to bury their grandmother secretly in the small courtyard where they lived, and told their two children that if outsiders asked about it, they should say that there were only five people in their family.

This incident gave Yusuke and his son Shota a great shock. When they found out that Rin began to learn to steal on his own and was about to be discovered, Shota chose to self-destruct.

He overturned the shelf in front of the supermarket clerk, then fled with a bag of oranges. When he was chased to a dead end, he resolutely jumped off the overpass and fell directly into the hospital.

Shota's actions undoubtedly attracted the intervention of the police, and the remaining members of the thief family were exposed one after another. After discovering that Rin was the little girl who had been missing for almost a year, the other three people except Rin and Shota were put in the detention center on suspicion of child abduction.

The first one to reveal the whole truth was Yusuke.

When the police explained to him in detail that his grandmother would go to his parents' home every few months to extort money, he fell into a long-unseen silence.

For Yusuke, who left that home, he chose to live with his grandmother after experiencing the love of his elders from her. Then he gained family affection, and then developed the desire to be loved and to love, and met Guest No. 4.

He was almost beginning to believe the conversation he had had with his father, and was almost beginning to feel that their family was not held together by sex or money.

"So... Grandma took me in for money?"

Yusuke, who had no idea that his grandmother had never used a penny of the money, said this to himself in a state of grief and despair, and then told the police that the missing grandmother was buried underground in that courtyard.

When shooting these three interrogation room scenes, Hirokazu Koreeda specifically requested close-ups of large faces, and the performances of Ryo Kitagawa and Masaya Nakayama exceeded his expectations.

However, what surprised everyone the most was the last scene of the mother played by Sakura Ando.

After learning that Rin had been sent back to her original family, her mother Nobuyo expressed extreme distrust, but the police officer simply blocked her with one sentence, "Children all need their mothers."

She also warned Nobuyo not to abduct other people's children just because she was infertile.

Standing outside the venue, Kana Arima once again heard the lines belonging to Nobuyo that she had heard when she came here for the audition two months ago.

"That's just my mother's wishful thinking."

"If you give birth to a child, does that mean you are definitely a mother?"

The police officer calmly retorted:

"But if you can't have children, you definitely can't be a mother."

Then the police officer immediately asked back:

"What do those two kids usually call you? Mom? Mother?"

So many years have passed, and Nobuyo originally thought that she no longer cared about this formal title. She had long felt that compared to those so-called mothers, she had given the two children more practical maternal love, not just with words and money, but also with the length of time and the warmth of her body.

But the moment the other party asked this question, she realized that in her heart, she still cared about it, and she realized that all her thoughts were self-deception.

She has always longed to be regarded as a mother and called mother.

At this moment, Nobuyo finally cruelly woke herself up. The huge and unprecedented sorrow and pain engulfed her. She wiped her face and smoothed her hair with her hands again and again in vain, but the tears still flowed quietly and continuously.

"What is it called..."

At the end, Nobuyo murmured this to end this shot.

After this performance, all the crew members, including Hirokazu Koreeda and Ryo Kitagawa, stood up and applauded Ando Sakura sincerely. Masaya Nakayama even shook his head and lamented that just for this scene, it was enough for him to participate in the movie.

There is no doubt that although Kitagawa Ryo and Nakayama Masaya before her both gave acting skills worthy of best actor, when director Hirokazu Edada designed this plot, he had already given the highest and biggest emotional point of the whole play to the role of mother Nobuyo, and with the help of Ando Sakura's brilliant stroke, the effect of one plus one being greater than two was finally presented.

Amidst everyone's applause, Arima Kana looked thoughtful, with a look of struggle and relief in her eyes.

Beichuan Liang, who had been paying attention to Arimaka, naturally saw her expression. After a brief hesitation, he walked over, squatted down, and whispered:

“For the last shot, I will present it with my current mood.”

"Ah."

Arima Kana pursed her lips and nodded in agreement.

After Ando Sakura's performance ended, the filming continued.

Xiangta was sent to a childcare facility by the police, where he received a normal education like a normal child and returned to normal social life.

Lin was sent back home, and reporters who were concerned about the child who had been abducted for nearly a year swarmed into her house and blocked her door.

Rin's parents, who were well-dressed, kindly reported Rin's recent situation to them and to the people who were concerned about the matter.

"She slept soundly last night after eating her favorite omelette rice that I made for her."

Her biological mother didn't even know Rin's likes and dislikes better than those people from the thief family, the so-called kidnappers, and she didn't know that her favorite food was just simple cooked gluten.

After a brief period of heat, Lin's house became deserted again.

The husband still abuses his wife, and the wife still transfers her resentment to her daughter.

The last shot of the whole film is the little girl standing alone on the balcony where she was picked up by the thief family. She is humming the nursery rhymes taught to her by her grandmother and playing games with herself.

Then, Kana Arima, whose hair had grown longer again, lay on the balcony with her hands propped up.

It seemed as if he had seen something, or as if he was waiting for something.

The story ends here.

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The celebration banquet after the completion of "Shoplifters" was so large that it almost booked out the two-story banquet hall of a certain restaurant.

However, those were prepared for the crew members and logistics staff. After the main creative team of the entire film gave a speech, they drove to another barbecue restaurant that had been booked in advance and sat around a long table in a lively atmosphere.

"cheers!"

Director Hirokazu Koreeda showed rare happiness today. After the filming of the entire movie was completed, he developed a strong confidence, a confidence that this film will definitely help him win the championship and also sell well at the box office.