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Actor Koji Yakusho admitted to “ego-searching” (googling himself) at the completion press event for his upcoming Netflix series “Was Anyone Talking About Me?” (streaming October 22), confessing “I just can’t help being curious.” The series reunites screenwriter Kankuro Kudo and producer Akira Isoyama, the team behind TBS’s “Extremely Inappropriate!”, with Yakusho playing a once-great actor who’s been completely forgotten by the public after the pandemic. On 5ch’s Entertainment/Sports News+ board, reactions skewed largely positive, though the thread also veered into tangents like “he surprisingly doesn’t have one signature role” and a generational debate over whether he even counts as handsome.
Koji Yakusho’s Surprising Confession: “I Do Ego-Search” — “I Just Can’t Help Being Curious”
Actor Koji Yakusho attended the completion press conference on the 9th for his starring Netflix series “Was Anyone Talking About Me?” (exclusive worldwide streaming from the 22nd).
The project is the latest collaboration from screenwriter Kankuro Kudo and producer Akira Isoyama, the pair behind TBS’s “Extremely Inappropriate!” In it, Yakusho plays Gen Takasegawa, a once-major actor who returns to Japan from abroad after the pandemic only to find he’s been completely forgotten by both the public and his own family.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
They might trash the content of his movies or dramas, but not him.
Yeah, he's been a great actor forever.
Though depending on the role, people do say he's "wasted" on some projects.
That's some impressively high ambition.
Celebrities who come to mind as known ego-searchers:
– Rino Sashihara
– Yuki Kashiwagi
– Various idol group members
– Yamane of Angirlz
– Zakoshi Show
These ones have openly admitted to it.
Who else is there?
That kind of role would fall flat if an ordinary top actor played it, but with someone as elite as Yakusho, the gap makes it funny.
Nice casting, I think.
He's definitely a good guy.
He apparently loses it if you get his name's intonation wrong. It's ya↑kusho↓, got it?
Knowing Yakusho might actually be reading this is oddly motivating.
Wait, his son is also in the public eye in the same industry? First I'm hearing of it.
It's not quite on the level of "Chernobyl," but it was well made.
Looking forward to this new one too.
"The Days" isn't exactly thrilling, but it's worth a watch.
If you search "Yoriko Doguchi oyster," a picture of Yakusho pops up right away, doesn't it.
Totally get it.
He's ridiculously cool.
Guess Hamada doesn't show up to events like this — maybe he figures a comedian would be out of place. (likely referring to Masatoshi Hamada of Downtown)
Fitting for a tsukkomi (comedy straight-man) — he knows how to read the room, so he's keeping a low profile. This is Yakusho's moment, after all.
He is good-looking though.
Did he actually get popular on the "handsome" ticket for his generation?
I'd say guys like Masakazu Tamura or Masao Kusakari were the real heartthrobs back then.
Maybe he's more like today's Kenichi Matsuyama type?
Handsome? He's just an old man.
Celebrities in general should really stop ego-searching though.
Yamane of Angirlz said on his radio show, "Back in the day I used to check 2ch all the time because I was curious how people saw me, but the comments were so brutal I eventually stopped looking."
Kind of strange.
Maybe "Rikuoh"?
It got overshadowed by "Hanzawa Naoki" and "Shitamachi Rocket," but it was good.
"Shall We Dance?"
The first thing that comes to mind is that period drama "Sanbiki ga Kiru!" — or maybe its sequel.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Koji Yakusho remains an active leading actor even now in his 60s, and his latest project reunites him with screenwriter Kankuro Kudo and producer Akira Isoyama, the team behind TBS’s “Extremely Inappropriate!” The premise itself — playing a once-major actor forgotten by the public after the pandemic — resonated with his own ego-search confession, which added to the buzz. The thread split mainly into two debates: one was the observation that he “surprisingly doesn’t have one standout signature role” (with multiple titles like “Rikuoh,” “Shall We Dance?,” and “Sanbiki ga Kiru!” mentioned, but no clear favorite), and the other was a generational divide over whether he counts as “handsome.” Neither point reads as malicious criticism of him personally — more just the natural spread of opinion that comes with a long career. On the subject of ego-searching, commenters also brought up other celebrities like Rino Sashihara and Yamane of Angirlz, with the overall reaction leaning positive.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Koji Yakusho’s Surprising Confession: “I Do Ego-Search” — “I Just Can’t Help Being Curious”.”
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