[Voice of Hope April 26, 2024](Comprehensive report by our reporter Wang Yue) In an interview with Japanese media “News-Post Seven” on April 22, Inoue Tomoko said that when she was working in the mainland entertainment industry, she was shocked by the various “reliance on relationships” culture. She revealed that instead of obtaining job opportunities through agencies, mainland celebrities rely more on their own connections to obtain roles. It has become normal to give “expensive gifts” to directors, and competition among actresses is particularly fierce.
44-year-old Tomoko Inoue, although she was born and raised in Japan, had already made her debut in the Japanese entertainment industry before going to China and was signed by a well-known Japanese entertainment company, becoming the first Japanese artist to join a large Chinese entertainment company. Why did she choose to leave everything in Japan and go to China? Inoue said that it was an accident that he entered the mainland entertainment industry.
Inoue said, “Although I appeared in the TV series “Will It Be Sunny Tomorrow” starring Arisa Kangetsu in Japan, and worked in other movies, commercials, etc., I still had the uneasiness of not being able to see the future. So I In 2005, I ended all my work and decided to go to Shanghai to study the language.”
One day, my language school teacher happened to be a friend of a magazine editor. He asked me: “I need to find a model for tomorrow’s photo shoot. Do you want to try it?” At first, I thought it was appropriate to find someone casually like this. It was very casual like street photography, so I put on my own makeup and went to the scene. But after I went there, I discovered that there were specialized makeup artists on site. They removed all my previous makeup and put it on again.
Inoue also mentioned that one time she attended a dinner with the boss of an entertainment company. An actress who was sitting next to the boss but had no agency contract said to the boss in a provocative tone, “I am free tonight.” She avoided suspicion and arranged for others to sit in the middle to prevent the actress from approaching. Unexpectedly, the actress actually got under the round table, stuck her head between the boss’s legs and asked, “Shall we go?” Inoue Tomoko was dumbfounded on the spot and felt the terrible competition in the workplace.
Inoue admitted that she had received unspoken requests from directors and producers many times, but she never agreed. “Once while driving, I resolutely refused the unspoken requests and was left in the dark snow with no one around. middle”. Another experience that impressed her deeply happened after filming “Desert Wolf”.
Inoue was having dinner with the producer of “Desert Wolf”, who said in her ear: “If you come to my hotel, I will give you a better role next time.” Although Inoue was hesitant at the time, In order to gain a foothold in the mainland entertainment industry, she persuaded herself to go to the appointment. She later discovered that the producers had arranged for four other actresses to stay at the same hotel.
When Inoue recalled the scene, she described that when she walked into the room and saw the producer smiling playfully and saying, “You’re here,” she was immediately shaken, so she excused herself to the bathroom. But when she plucked up the courage and returned to the living room again, she found that the producer had stripped naked except for a pair of red underwear with golden bells. She immediately exclaimed: “I really can’t do this!” and snatched it from the room. Go out the door.
Inoue said: I’m really glad that I didn’t do anything stupid at the time. The unspoken rules of mainland entertainment industry scare me.
Editor in charge: Lin Li
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