Taiyou no Uta Interview
(This is the interview that Atheon uploaded in the Media Thread.)

Question: What was your image of YUI before you met her?
Tsukamoto Takashi: An image of a musician. She used to play street live back in her hometown. I happen to play the guitar too, so I thought to myself, "Oh it's a girl who loves the guitar, who loves music."

Question: How was your experience acting together with Tsukamoto Takashi?
The first time I saw him act was the scene when I first met him. It was when I ran and bumped into him. He was very natural, and it made me understand how to act well. I have learnt much from him.

Question: It was said that you two rehearsed the bumping scene many times before the actual filming...
Tsukamoto Takashi: Yup, we practised a few times, right?
YUI: We actually rehearsed many times, in fact, more than what people would think is necessary. Even during the rehearsals, I had to keep pushing him many times. I feel bad about it. I'm sorry.
Tsukamoto Takashi: No, no, don't say that.

Question: Which was the most difficult scene?
YUI: The scene where I couldn't play my guitar anymore. I kept questioning myself whether the Kaoru that the audience imagined, and the Kaoru that I myself imagined would be the same, and I wasn't sure how I could further improve it and make the two images the same.
In the end, (I tried to act out the audience's image that) the image of Kaoru that I had disappeared. When the Kaoru in me disappeared, there was no way to act as her anymore. So I had difficulties grappling between the two images.

Question: What's your image of Koji?
Tsukamoto Takashi: As I'm turning 24 years old, I doubted my ability of being able to act and express well as a high school student, but I still tried my best till the end. I could understand Koji's feelings when he tried to do his best for someone that he loves.
In the end, I felt that I could get into the character's role and express his feelings.

Question: Did you listen to YUI's song before the filming?
Tsukamoto Takashi: No, I didn't. Actually, I did receive the CD from her. I thought that I should feel the song through YUI (Kaoru)'s actual singing. In a way, it was quite rude to her, but eventually she did sing for me.

Question: How do you write your songs?
YUI: I always start by making the melody first. This time too, before the filming, I received the script. And I read the script over and over again. I tried to transform the places around Kaoru, like Kamakura, the story and the world that revolves around Kaoru, into a melody and the musical chords.
As for the lyrics, I started writing them after we started filming.

Question: Please tell us about the theme of the story.
Tsukamoto Takashi: It's about the human behaviour. About how people behave in such a way when they want to do something for someone that they love. Recently, there have been many comments that question the ending. People have been disappointed and alarmed at the ending. I hope you would watch it as it is.

Question: Please give the audience a last message.
YUI: I hope it would become a movie that people would love to watch while eating caramel popcorns. And I hope you would watch together with your family, or people dear to you.

Someone is very free generous these days lol.

How to translate that fast omg.

^ True. He's very free now~ wahahha.

Wew~ already ??
Thanks a lot depyon !!

YAY!! Thank you, depyon!! :clap

depyon: Thanks for the translation. :clap

:la@ =P

Thank you depyon~ :clap

LOL! "I hope it would become a movie that people would love to watch while eating caramel popcorns." Ahaha, I was thinking about doing that just a few days ago. Movie marathon? :suki

@ the pushing part, lol!! XD XD XD

@animefreak, caramel popcorn? i could NEVA NEVA do that, its a sad movie, not comedy or action! T.T

Thx depyon! ^^
Nice interview :P

SO FAST~
Thanks!

waah haha OH YEAH XDDD tnxxx :clap

Thanks~
It's funny how she had to add "while eating caramel popcorns" :lol:

arigato depyon-san

Woah~ Thanks, depyon

Thanks depyon! As always you are one of the best contributors to make this a great forum.

YUI is so cute in this interview!!

I think it's a shame Tsukamoto didn't listen to YUI's music before the movie. I guess it's not his type of music. At least he admitted to it.

Ehhh? :what You've never eaten popcorn while watching a movie, besides for comedy or action?

Or maybe it's just me cause if I'm really into a movie I could like eating anything without caring what it is... it kinda becomes a robotic motion LOL!

haha, I wonder if YUI eats caramel popcorn while watching movies also~

LOL i dunno i guess caramel popcorn makes it more like a carnival..so it's perhaps eaten more for those more fun activities.... i mean most people eat the savory/salty types of popcorn in theatres ....or maybe that's just in Japan
i dont know haha...

thanks depyon..

Good job!!!

THANK YOU DEPYON-san!!!! :good

thank you depyon-san...

you've done a lot of translations already...

thanks

nice translated...
:good

i love YUI's interviews. She has the most intersting responses.
This movie is pretty old but its still good!

thanks depyon!! :good

Love it

Thx depyon-san!!!