“Great Absence”: Fuji Tatsuya’s Award-Winning Performances a Way to Avoid Losing Himself

Fuji Tatsuya. (© 2023 Hanai Tomoko)

Takashi (Moriyama Mirai) is reunited with his father Yōji (Fuji Tatsuya) after a long absence. Next to Takashi is his wife, Yuki (Maki Yōko) (© 2023 Creatps)

Takashi takes a journey into his father’s past through the notes, letters, and photographs left at his father’s home. (© 2023 Creatps)

Naomi, Yōji’s second wife, is played by Hara Hideko. This is the first time Fuji and Hara have acted together in almost 40 years, since their first film together, P. P. Rider (1983). (© 2023 Creatps)

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Takashi is played by Moriyama Mirai, positioned as an actor with experience including NHK’s famous taiga dramas. (© 2023 Creatps)

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Fuji Tatsuya. (© Hanai Tomoko)