Takashi Naito will appear on the July 18 episode of "Tetsuko's Room"

Actor Takashi Naito will appear on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) at 1:00 pm on July 18th. Naito, who joined the Bungakuza research institute at the age of 20, turned 70 this year.

As we get older, our bodies can no longer move as they used to, but at times like these, he tries to remember the words of actor Yoshio Harada, who passed away in 2011 at the age of 71. What words from Harada make Naito feel positive? Looking at footage of Harada's appearance on the show, we find a surprising commonality between the two.

He says he owes it all to his mother that he has reached 70 in good health. His mother made a big decision to give birth to him and is now 94 years old. He says he is glad that she is still in good health. He says that his father, who worked for NHK, had a major influence on him as an actor. His father passed away seven years ago while Naito was filming a drama. He says that the events of that time remain strong in his mind, and gave him the opportunity to think about what is important as a person. One thing his father stubbornly refused to talk about was the war. As a student who had been mobilized for military service, Naito thinks he likely had many thoughts about war.