A special screening of "Uchimura Produce" (TV Asahi), which is making a one-night comeback for the first time in about 19 years since the regular broadcast ended in 2005, was held nationwide on September 20th, and Fuka Ryo appeared at Ikebukuro Humax Cinemas (Toshima-ku, Tokyo). He expressed his gratitude to the host, Uchimura Teruyoshi.
The event was held to commemorate the 65th anniversary of TV Asahi's launch, "Celebrating! Uchimura Teruyoshi's 60th Birthday Festival, Uchimura Produce Revival SP!!", which will be broadcast from 10pm on September 28th. The event was titled "Celebrating 60th Birthday! Uchimura Produce Revival SP, Classics All at Once & Sneak Peek at the Latest Film, Fukagawa Will Be Coming Somewhere Screening", and it was not revealed which cinemas nationwide Fukagawa would be coming to.
Regarding his thoughts on the revival of "Uchi-P," Fukagawa spoke passionately and with deep emotion, "This is a personal matter, but I've been in the entertainment industry for 30 years, and at this point in time, my daily show on TOKYO MX (Barairo Dandy) is coming to an end... Just when I was being chased out of the port town where I had been living peacefully, Uchimura-san brought a breeze to my life, and it made me feel like I wanted to hoist my sails and head out to the open sea again." When laughter broke out from the audience, he retorted, "This is not the time to laugh (laughs)!" and added, "Uchimura-san is a big presence to me."
Fukagawa turned 50 in August, and on his birthday, he received a text message from Uchimura, saying, "My manager told me that you're turning 50 today. Do your best." The part about him hearing it from his manager is so typical of Ucchan, isn't it? I was so happy!" he said with a smile.
She also shared an episode from when she went drinking with Uchimura and the others during the filming of "Revival SP." "Uchimura was the happiest of all when we changed the drink from Cassis Orange to Japanese sake! He was like a great-nephew to me (laughs). I got carried away and drank too much, which put me off a bit (laughs)," she said with amusement.
