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Singer Chiharu Matsuyama appeared live on his own FM NACK5 radio show on October 4 and revealed previously untold stories about screenwriter Sō Kuramoto, who died on September 18 at age 91. According to Matsuyama, the two were close, but had two major blowup fights in which Kuramoto screamed at him, “You idiot! Get out!” He wrapped up the story by saying, “Next time we meet, maybe we can make up in the afterlife.” On the forum thread, opinions split over how to read Kuramoto’s reasons for getting so angry and over Kuramoto’s character in general, while plenty of interest also went to the behind-the-scenes detail that Matsuyama had recommended Masashi Sada for the theme song of “From the Northern Country.”
Chiharu Matsuyama confesses to the falling-out after two huge “You idiot! Get out!” fights with Sō Kuramoto: “Next time we meet, maybe we can make up in the afterlife”
Singer Chiharu Matsuyama appeared live on the 4th on FM NACK5’s “Chiharu Matsuyama ON THE RADIO” (Sundays, 9 p.m.), which he hosts, and revealed previously untold stories about screenwriter Sō Kuramoto, who died on September 18 of multiple organ failure at age 91.
At the top of that day’s show, Matsuyama began, “Mr. Kuramoto passed away last week. He died on September 18 — he was a playwright, a screenwriter, a writer, you know. I’ve said this on the radio before, but Mr. Kuramoto and I were really close.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Hokkaido's history isn't even 200 years long to begin with
That's going back to the Showa era
So what's your actual point?
They're all buddy-buddy and self-congratulatory up to a point, then suddenly it's "what are you even saying" and they're fighting lol
"200 years of Hokkaido blood flows through me" or whatever lol
Also, dragging Ken Takakura's name in to justify himself is just awful
It's sweet that watching Kuramoto's work is enough to make you think he was a good person
People probably tell you you're narrow-minded, huh?
Sounds like a stifling way to live lol
No — Matsuyama turned down Kuramoto's request to sing the theme song himself and recommended Masashi Sada instead
I bet plenty of people in Furano didn't like him either.
Actually, did that school-like thing Kuramoto ran ever produce any real talent?
It's not like everything about it went smoothly.
Though even without great results, he might've just been raking in the tuition money
Though it worked out fine with Sada doing it
If it's true he recommended Masashi Sada, maybe he just figured Sada would write a better song than he could?
"200 years of Hokkaido! Get out!"
(Guess I'm done with this guy)
Isn't that basically how it went?
Would Ken-san (Ken Takakura) really say "thank you" like that?
Sounds like a bad case of exaggeration-itis
Background and Points of Discussion
Sō Kuramoto was a screenwriter known for works like “From the Northern Country,” and he based his career in Furano, the drama’s real-life setting. He is said to have had a long-standing friendship with Hokkaido-born Matsuyama. It’s worth noting that, for now, the details of the “You idiot! Get out!” blowup fights described on the show, as well as the account that Matsuyama turned down Kuramoto’s request to sing the theme song himself and recommended Masashi Sada instead, come solely from Matsuyama’s own recollection — no account from Kuramoto himself remains. On the forum thread, both harsh assessments of Kuramoto’s character and comments pointing out Matsuyama’s high self-regard appeared, with no consensus emerging on which side was in the right.
*This article is composed of excerpts and a summary from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Chiharu Matsuyama confesses to the falling-out after two huge “You idiot! Get out!” fights with Sō Kuramoto: “Maybe we can make up in the afterlife”.”
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