Actor Kiichi Nakai will appear on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi), which will be broadcast at 1:00 p.m. on February 4th.
Kuroyanagi says he has had many encounters with senior actors who have had a major impact on his acting career. One of them is Takakura Ken. Here are some words from Takakura that brought him to tears. Another is Tsugawa Masahiko. Kuroyanagi laughs out loud at the struggles he faced before appearing in Tsugawa's film "Nezu no Ban." One person he will never forget is Ogata Ken, who showed him how to live as an actor until the very end. He talks about memories of their co-starring in the drama that became his final work.
He has been an actor for 45 years, making his film debut in 1981 while still a university student. His first appearance on the show was at the age of 19, when he was debating whether to become an actor or not. Two years later, during his fourth year at university, he appeared on the show and declared that he would "make it as an actor." Footage from that time is shown. The last thing he promised Kuroyanagi was to be at a pool in 10 years' time...?
