Debut as a child star!

Kanto, Gunma Prefecture, Akina Mountains.

Akina Mountain is naturally the famous Akina Mountain, but Seiya did not come here to race today.

There is no AE86 or tofu shop here. After all, this world is not about catching shrimps, but about the children I push.

It turns out that the talented child star has Maganai's way, which is quite wild.

A few days ago, Seiya told Kana that he had thought it through and wanted to try becoming an artist.

Arima Kana acted like a spoiled child to her mother and asked her to communicate with the director. Eventually, more than ten days later, she secured a minor role for Seiya.

Because Seiya said he didn't want any remuneration and just wanted to gain some experience, and because of the face of the talented child star Kana, the director finally reluctantly agreed.

Seiya is just a child now, and even if he plays a role in the crew, he needs to be accompanied by a guardian.

Originally, Yuko should have been the guardian, but as she had been busy with her manuscripts recently and had no time, she asked Kana's mother for help.

“Seiya, I asked the director for you before, you don’t have many scenes this time.

All you have to do is hold the bamboo sword, look determined, and then swing the sword wildly in front of you.

You have to act well, this is an opportunity Kana finally begged for you, if you hold Kana back, I won't let you act anymore."

A burgundy-haired loli in a white dress and a beret on her head stood in front of Seiya with her hands on her hips, and at the same time, she did not forget to teach Seiya her performance experience in the manner of a "senior".

"Okay, all units can get ready and start filming the next scene right away.

Kana-chan, and the kid over there, your name is Seiya-kun, right? It's your turn to play."

Following the director's order, the crew members began to get busy quickly.

Seiya was quickly dressed in kendo clothes and a bamboo sword was stuffed into his hand.

"Hey, didn't I tell you before that the bamboo sword should be small and hollow?

This child is only about five years old. How can he wield this bamboo sword that is almost as long as his height? "

The movie that Seiya and his team are shooting this time is a love movie called "I'll Protect You from Now on".

The general content of the plot is that the heroine runs away from home because she is dissatisfied with the arranged marriage arranged by her family and meets her true love.

This time, Kana plays the heroine as a child. She ran away from home and accidentally entered the mountains. She was attacked by a wild wolf and met a boy who lived with his grandfather in the mountains.

Because she is the heroine in her childhood, Kana has many plots and scenes in this movie.

However, this is the only shot of the kendo boy played by Seiya in the entire movie.

Because it is a low-budget movie, there are no shots of him after he, as the second male lead, falls off the cliff after fighting with the wolf.

When his character appeared again, he was already a handsome guy many years later.

According to the script, Seiya only needed to hold the bamboo sword, manage his facial expressions a little, then rush towards the wolf recklessly, swing the sword a few times, and the scene would be over.

For a new actor, the acting skills required are not very high.

In addition, Seiya's appearance was also quite outstanding, so the director at the time agreed to Seiya's request for a cameo appearance.

"The bamboo sword? As far as debuts go, it's surprisingly suitable for me."

The director was still scolding the props team for not being careful and was thinking of directly processing it in post-production to remove Seiya's sword-swinging action, but he unexpectedly discovered that Seiya on the other side had already grasped the solid bamboo sword he had prepared before with both hands.

And looking at the posture it made, it seemed quite realistic, so I was stunned for a moment.

"Seiya-kun, can you lift this bamboo sword?"

Seeing that Seiya was holding the knife in a good posture, the director's eyes lit up and he asked.

"It's okay. Although I'm not mature, I have taken kendo lessons."

Hearing that Seiya had been exposed to kendo, the director was even happier, and then asked, "So can you swing this bamboo sword?"

“Hoo! Hoo! Hoo———!”

Seiya did not answer the other party's question, but simply held the bamboo sword, which was almost as tall as him, in both hands and swung it in the air.

"Great! I originally gave you this role just for Arima's sake.

But now it seems that no one is more suitable for this role than you."

Looking at Seiya swinging the sword, the director showed a look of satisfaction and praised him generously.

For young children, we cannot be too harsh on their acting skills. After all, there are not many talented child stars like Maganai.

The kendo skills that Seiya has shown so far are a perfect match for this role. As for his other acting skills, they are no longer important.

After all the preparations were completed, the actors naturally took their positions.

In addition to the two young actors, Seiya and Kana, another actor soon appeared on the scene.

Because it is a low-budget movie, it is not possible to have overly realistic special effects. With the current level of technology, it is not impossible to use a computer to directly synthesize a lifelike wolf. The budget is simply not enough.

So in order to complete the performance, a police dog that looked like a wild wolf was quickly brought out by the staff.

"Kana-chan, you don't have to be too scared. This dog is a well-trained police dog. It's just been made up to look like a wolf.

Our staff outside will command the police dog to pounce on you, and all you have to do, Seiya-kun, is to swing the wooden sword in your hand to repel it. "

Despite the director's assurances, Kana was still frightened when she saw the police dog disguised as a wild wolf appear on the scene.

This is not a strange thing. After all, they are only five or six years old, and the police dogs acting as wild wolves on the opposite side are almost as tall as them even on all fours.

For a child, such a huge creature flying towards him would make him scared. Even a normal child would be lucky if he didn't cry on the spot.

"Seiya-kun, don't be afraid. Just imagine it as a big dog flying towards you."

Before the filming officially started, the director did not forget to remind Seiya again.

Because in this scene, Kana is a girl who ran away from home, so it is normal for her to be afraid when encountering a wild wolf.

Seiya, who was able to protect Kana, could not show a timid expression when facing the wild wolf. However, this was not an easy task for a child.

Previously, the director had thought of switching shots to skip Seiya's expression and give a close-up of the wolf or just shoot Seiya's back.

But the swordsmanship that Seiya just displayed made him feel that Seiya was a talented person, and it would be a pity if he didn't show up in the movie.