[KineJapan] Yoshio in Aruitemo aruitemo

[Alexander Jacoby]

Thanks to those who answered, both to the group and privately! Taguchi
Tomoya's website has an instantly recognisable photograph, so yes, you are
right!

ALEX

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 at 07:31, Till Weingartner via KineJapan <
kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu> wrote:

> Dear Alex,
> I was able to ask director Hirose Nanako, who worked with Koreeda in the
> past. She says the actor playing Yoshiko is Taguchi Tomoya 田口智也.
> Best wishes,
> Till
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> *From:* KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of
> Alexander Jacoby via KineJapan <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Sent:* 02 October 2024 13:06
> *To:* Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum <kinejapan at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Cc:* Alexander Jacoby <alexanderjacoby at brookes.ac.uk>
> *Subject:* [KineJapan] Yoshio in Aruitemo aruitemo
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> Dear all,
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> Can anyone name the actor who plays Yoshio in Koreeda's Aruitemo aruitemo
> / Still Walking? It's a small but vital role - the boy who elder son Junpei
> saved at the cost of his own life. In the film, where he features in one
> scene around the halfway mark (starting 58 minutes in), he has become a
> lumpish and unprepossessing 25-year-old.
>
> No copy of the cast list I've found online in English or Japanese seems to
> include him. The minor cast members are listed but not associated with
> characters and none that I've Googled seem the right age. The end credits
> in the film list the actors only, not the character names. The matter is
> further complicated by the fact that one of the lead actors is also a
> Yoshio [Harada], making English-language Google searches ambiguous, and I
> haven't yet found a Japanese-language plot summary that mentions the
> character Yoshio by name so don't know what kanji are used for him!
>
> Any help gratefully received!
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> Best,
>
>
> ALEX JACOBY
> (Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Oxford Brookes University)
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