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(Mihac, Los Angeles)
When I came here for the first time, I was interested in Mihac.
Mihac, Los Angeles!
The number of people visiting Los Angeles is increasing every year.
I feel like I've been here the most this time.
It's been about five months.
I've always wanted to come and go when I grow up.
For the first time, it was twenty years ago when Johnny was a junior high school student.
And now...
I used to always run down this street called Las Cienegas Boulevard.
I bought some drumsticks at this instrument store.
Los Angeles is a place where people take pictures.
I've been there by car before, but it's lonely to go sightseeing alone.
He rents a car and holds the steering wheel himself.
He was here for two months in May of this year.
Two months?!
Yes.
The weather is really nice.
It's Los Angeles!
There are so many surf spots.
It suits you.
It does!
It's a place where I can reset myself.
This is my "another sky," Los Angeles!
Our guest for tonight is Tomohisa Yamashita.
Thank you for having me.
When was the first picture you took?
I was 12 or 13 years old.
It was my first time in America.
Your first time in America. How was it?
It was shocking.
There was an English-speaking group in Johnny's Jr.
And I ordered a cool cup of coffee.
Even though I was a kid.
Yes, yes, yes.
Iced coffee.
I thought, "This is cool."
I wanted to speak English someday.
That was your first time.
Yes.
How many times have you been to L.A. in 20 years?
I've been there a lot.
About five times last year.
Five times?!
Yes.
In one year?!
Yes, in one year.
What?!
That's too much!
As long as I have time.
Do you go there alone?
Yes, alone.
When you have someone you want to go see...
Yes, yes, yes.
You naturally go there.
I see. You have friends and acquaintances waiting for you.
Do you go to L.A. to meet people?
That's right.
I meet a lot of people and listen to a lot of stories.
In Hollywood's Laurel Canyon...
He heads for a small hill.
To meet someone.
I've never seen such vivid pink before.
Wow!
It's beautiful.
Amazing.
There was a producer who helped me with music recording.
We worked together at his house.
Wow!
This place is amazing.
To the studio of the producer who once took care of him...
He's doing something like that just because he's different from everyone else!
He's a music producer.
He's an impressive member.
Adam is a music producer who is active in the world's first line.
The view from his studio...
...was also wonderful.
This is awesome!
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- Yes, definitely. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sometimes, a long relationship is born out of it.
- This is awesome! - This is awesome!
This is fun in the mountains.
A daily life in Los Angeles.
In my limited time, I spend a lot of time with people I meet.
You know a lot of people.
I have more friends now.
My friends call me up and...
The next place he visited is...
a place where he introduced his friends.
- Hi. - Hello.
- It's been a long time. - Good to see you.
- Good to see you again. - You too.
She's my acting teacher.
- You're an acting fan? - Yes, she trained me.
It's Will Smith.
Jennifer Lopez learned from him.
This is the Hollywood style acting class.
Maybe your character is hungover. You know a hungover?
Yes.
Because you're never going to be hungover on set. You're going to be professional.
You're going to bring it, you know, because right after that you'll film a love scene or hungover, you know.
So sometimes it's, you know, that the light hurts your eyes.
So you just make a little adjustment in terms of don't look at the light as much.
If you're stomach is queasy, right, you get that saliva in your mouth and you don't want to swallow it, you know.
You just kind of let it...
Yes.
Go down slowly.
So just explore those sort of things.
So you don't want to be thinking about it in the scene.
It's part of your preparation, right?
And then you'll do the rest of the scene.
The great thing is everything you do in life works for you.
Everybody... They're being great actors right now. They just don't know they're acting.
You guys are all believable as yourselves.
That's the essence of what acting is.
She's so cool, this teacher.
When we started, I was like, "Where are my hands?"
I see.
Yeah.
It was really fun.
It was really fun to do it like this.
Ayumi, what do you do?
I've been to lessons, but they didn't suit me back then.
Now I watch a lot of movies and see how they're doing it.
They're doing it differently.
But I still want to do lessons.
They can learn not only acting.
I'm going to apply for English pronunciation.
Even Americans will have a hard time.
For example, this class.
This is an embarrassing lesson.
We're doing this alone.
But I don't do it alone.
There are "void" sounds.
I use "mmmm" and "zzzz" sounds.
When you talk, you don't say "it could mean".
I would rather you have the courage to make the sound absolutely, fully.
We go again.
Otherwise...
Don't even...
It's hard not to look at those Yamapis, you two.
You say "zzz" all the time.
Right.
- Her. Hers. - Her! That's right! It was her!
- And birds! - Yeah.
Yes, yes, yes! You know?
And so that might be of interest to people who don't know that that's what actors do.
Much work you put in that they never see.
Yeah. So I'm so happy now.
- My friends... When I see my friends in Japan... - Yes.
- Who speak in English... - Yes.
- They compliment me. - Yes.
- So I realized all... - Yeah.
I said, you know, from Susan.
Here's what we would do... Here's what we would do...
When we first met, right?
We'd shake the shoulders... Right?
And let 'em loose. Let 'em really, really go.
I mean, we went all the way down. Remember? We went...
Down here and just went...
The teacher was pleased...
- That she'd grown since five months ago... - She's good!
And that she'd been working hard on her own...
- You're such a good... - Ah, I see.
Who did... Who did this to you?
She wasn't just a friend...
She was a teacher...
Someone she wanted to meet in Los Angeles...
Wow, Bappi, you're amazing!
Because you're serious!
Seriousness is tough!
Even in a show...
When we met once a week, I think I was a little more free...
But that seriousness has returned...
It's been a while since we met, and I'm very happy.
But really, the movie you saw the other day...
The movie was really a hit, wasn't it?
It was a hit, wasn't it?
I'm really grateful for that.
You're being told you can't miss a drama or a movie...
You're being told you can't miss it...
No, no, it's not like that...
We've been facing each other for 10 years...
The cast doesn't get together, does it?
That's right...
That drama, everyone...
It's similar to dramas...
At that time, we go out for a meal...
But usually, when the drama ends, everyone gets busy...
And we don't have time...
The cast and crew get together...
We don't go out, but call us!
Why don't you call us?!
That's right!
I'm sorry, thank you!
Thank you very much!
Even at a meal...
We could see his seriousness...
We came to a high-class Japanese restaurant...
Nobu's first shop...
Do you know Nobu?
You can find it all over the world, right?
That's right!
You couldn't find it in Japan, right?
You can find it in Japan, too!
Thank you for waiting!
Have you eaten here before?
I'm Matsuhisa's mother...
Nice to meet you!
I was wondering if you had a mischievous side...
But you're usually polite and fun...
I was surprised, too!
Please try it!
Thank you!
This is so good!
Mmm, it looks so good!
I'm getting hungry.
I feel like I'm going on a special day.
Last year, I celebrated my birthday there.
Wow!
It's so well done!
Isn't it gorgeous?
Thank you!
Thank you for the meal!
Wow, it smells so good!
It was so good!
Wow, it looks so good!
I wanted to eat something like this!
There's so much oil on it.
Huh?
Where's the alcohol?
Um...
I like skiing, but...
I'm still on tour at the moment.
I use up a lot of energy, so I try not to drink too much.
You're on tour at the moment?
That's right.
This is hard work!
I have a day off in the middle of the week.
And I'm leaving for Kyoto tomorrow.
That's not a day off!
If you think you need it now,
no matter how busy you are,
you'll have plenty of time for yourself.
If it's for a friend you respect,
it's even better!
Hey!
Hey, Jaden!
What's up, man?
What's up, Michael?
What is a Hollywood star's "friend"?
- What's up? What's the vibe? - Thank you.
- How are you? - I'm good, thank you.
- Thank you so much. - I'm so glad you're back out here, man.
- Yes, I'm so excited now. Thank you so much. - That's so much fun. I hope the flight and everything was good.
♪ What you call an icon living ♪
Jaden Smith.
The most influential teenager of the magazine era.
Not Will Smith's son, but the movie world.
He draws a lot of attention as a person who supports the music industry.
- I guess I'm a best kid. - It's passionate to participate in each other's works.
- Oh, yeah. Dude, thank you again for making the "ghost" music video, bro. - No, no, no.
- I know you finished the tour, right? - Yeah, yeah, I just finished the tour, so that was really fun.
I've just been hanging out, you know? I've been trying to work on my next album.
- This picture is amazing. This picture of you two is amazing. - Yeah.
- Jaden, could you tell us how you guys met? - We met in Japan, right? Or did we meet here?
- No, we met here. - Yes, first time.
- You met here first time in Westbrook. - Yes.
- He's the nicest person ever. - Oh, no, no, man.
- You were with me the whole time. - Thank you so much.
You were with me the whole time I was in Japan. You helped me find people to be in the videos.
You were in the videos. You were there at like one o'clock in the morning when we were still shooting.
- Thank you so much. - You're just even crazier than that.
So, Tomo is definitely one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life. One hundred percent, bro.
It was not Jaden, but other people who visited this agency and met for the first time.
How does the top of the entertainment agency, which is headed by Will Smith, view the fun under the mountains?
I've imagined the family for 18 years, and a lot of what we do here with the entire Smith family is that, you know, and when we met Tomo, we saw that immediately with him, is that how he can kind of cross over in between different platforms, between acting and music and stuff like that.
Tomo absolutely has a high potential.
How is it? I'm happy!
I'm happy, too.
Say it!
I want to meet a lot of people.
That's what I've been thinking about since I was in my late 20s.
Until then...
Even if we meet again, I think we're wonderful people, and I feel again that we're supported by people.
In the end, I felt like everything about people is connected to that.
I didn't think I could convey my feelings properly when I was young.
In the past, I used to put up more barriers, like I couldn't convey my feelings, or people couldn't believe me.
Especially since you're an idol, there are people like that.
Since I was a kid, there's been that kind of environment.
Certainly, there are adults like that, and there are various types of adults.
But now...
Then you know that you can't do it before you get hurt.
But now I'm more open-minded.
I can really feel that there are people out there who love you.
It feels good.
The reason why he was able to open up his closed heart was his life abroad.
He got on board alone and faced his true feelings.
That's why he and his friends have a strong bond.
It was just a smooth flow of creative energy there.
You have to thank me.
Everybody's happy.
Thank you so much for saying that.
I will definitely say you're welcome.
People can change.
I've experienced it myself.
Even if you're not good at it, you can use your own words and your own feelings.
I've been able to convey my feelings.
It's going to take me more than 30 years.
It was really hard to convey my feelings in English.
After putting in a lot of effort, I was finally able to convey it.
I've learned something.
What's important isn't vocabulary.
Face each other.
Sincerely love each other.
It's too crazy.
As he visited LA, he became more open-minded in Japan.
It's the best picture, isn't it?
Now, where will you go from now on?
I think I'm nothing.
I don't know what I'm doing in the future.
It's not everything that I appear in public.
He can't be trapped only in entertainment activities.
I've always wanted to see a new side of me.
I see.
There's a lot of good things about Japan that you notice when you go to America.
It doesn't have to be an actor or a singer.
When I hear stories of various people and think it's interesting, I want to try it.
I want to be a person who can deliver a good message.
He can't be tied down in the country where he works.
I think it's important to be able to draw the future with my own hands like this.
Are you serious?
For the first time in LA, it's the 20th anniversary this year.
Hi, I'd like an iced coffee, please.
Black or white?
Black.
Yamashita said...
Recently, I've finally been able to acknowledge myself.
Thank you for a good day.
It's because I've been able to feel the love of people I've met.
That's so natural.
And...
Because I've been able to drink delicious coffee.
She's talking a lot.
Objectively speaking, I was like, "Oh, I asked for it."
It's so natural.
It's amazing.
I also have a dream of going to Hollywood someday.
Your ultimate goal is Hollywood.
I have the courage to start from scratch.
This is the last question.
What does LA mean to you, Tomohisa Yamashita?
It's like...
It resets me.
It reminds me of my first motivation.
That's nice.
In the future, you may go to LA.
Your LA friends may come to Japan.
That's right.
When young Hollywood actresses come to Japan, please contact them.
Thank you for today.
Thank you.
Tonight's guest was Tomohisa Yamashita.
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