In the new movie ‘TAJOMARU', Oguri Shun becomes Tajomaru, a leader of a group of thieves. His costars talked about a less known side of Oguri.
In the film the group of 4 robbers loot and pillage during the day, then enjoy partying at night. But a similar gathering had been going on right after the filming sessions.
The members talked fondly about the nightly ‘banquet', where they drank themselves silly.
“At first we were just enjoying a few drinks! But we eventually began to realize that the drinking could go on for ages until someone collapses…from then on it became a battle over who should go over the brink.”
All the members said that Oguri had been the head honcho of this merry mayhem.
“[Oguri] Shun will go around telling each of us to drink more. But when someone suggests Shun to drink, he'll say he already had enough (laugh). In the end, instead of the five of us drinking together, it clearly become a ‘fight' of four versus one.”
Apparently Oguri continued to be Tajomaru not just on but off the screen as well.
“Us for and the thieves are essentially the same.
Why did the burglars fight alongside Tajomaru to the death?
It's because when drinking with Tajomaru you have such a great time! It's the same with Shun. It's fun to drink with him.
That's why he is the leader in the film, and also why he leads us even when we're not filming!”
Maybe the comradeship between the thieves was so convincing because the cast members had been real life drinking buddies.
After hearing the costars' story, you might be able to watch the movie from a wholly different perspective. During the scenes where Tajomaru and the thieves are drinking, you can almost smell the faint whiff of sake in the air.
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