Yutaka Matsushige, director and star of the film „The Solitary Connoisseur,“ speaks throughout a press convention at a theater in Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap
Yutaka Matsushige, director and star of the Japanese film „The Solitary Connoisseur,“ mentioned the collection, which depicts the every day lifetime of discovering scrumptious meals, is extra fashionable in Korea than in Japan and expressed his hope that the movie model would function a bridge between the 2 nations.
„After I offered this film on the Busan Worldwide Movie Pageant final yr, I felt that younger Korean movie followers actually appreciated our work by way of the questions they requested me,“ Matsushige mentioned throughout a press convention in Seoul, Thursday.
„I consider that the 2 nations, as shut neighbors, should overcome future adversities collectively as a group of shared future. If this movie could make a small contribution to that, it’ll stay the best mission of my life.“
The movie model of the collection, which has many Korean followers, options Korean actor Yoo Jae-myung and makes use of Korean meals and Korean elements similar to „hwangtae“ (dried pollock) as key gadgets, growing familiarity for Korean viewers.
„Plainly younger folks in Korea like this work greater than in Japan. I might really feel that even when strolling within the streets of Korea,“ the director and actor mentioned.
Relating to why hwangtae is featured prominently on this film, the 62-year-old determined to deal with it as a result of he knew that though pollock is eaten in Japan and there are dishes utilizing its roe, it isn’t made into soup like in Korea.
“There’s a restaurant in Tokyo that sells ‚bugeoguk,‘ a Korean soup made with hwangtae. I had by no means tasted hwangtae broth earlier than, and it was unfamiliar to me, so I believed it could be good to make this fish the theme broth. I additionally visited Korea to style hwangtae broth,“ he mentioned.
Yutaka Matsushige performs Goro Inogashira, a dealer who likes to eat scrumptious meals, in „The Solitary Connoisseur.“ Courtesy of Media Fort
Matsushige mentioned that he thinks the movie will join with many individuals by way of the act of consuming.
„Everybody eats a number of instances a day to stay or for happiness. I feel that is why this collection, which is just about an outdated man consuming, is liked in lots of nations,“ he mentioned.
Matsushige is at present one of the crucial acquainted Japanese actors in Korea by way of showing in „The Solitary Connoisseur“ for over 10 years. He just lately gained recognition on the Netflix present „Okay-Foodie Meets J-Foodie,“ the place he travels with Korean singer Sung Si-kyung to seek out scrumptious meals in each nations.
He added that he wish to make a drama in Korea the place folks with their very own tales go to a restaurant and alter their temper by way of meals.
“The Solitary Connoisseur” will probably be launched in theaters on March 19.
