I was born about 10 years after the war, and amidst high economic growth, I never overlooked the goodness of my own country, enjoyed Western musical entertainment, and lived a happy youth. . I worked so hard, played so hard, and lived my life so chaotically that I even forgot how to sleep. Now that I think about it, I realize how brazen and shameless I was. Meanwhile, in 1999, a big turning point came for me. That happened when I visited Chiran, Kagoshima, and happened to visit the Special Attack Peace Memorial Hall, where I received a silent message from the spirits of the dead. There are many pictures of smiling faces and many beautifully written suicide notes. When I saw this, I woke up from a long sleep, like the main character in the movie The Matrix, with tears flowing endlessly, as if a dam had been broken.
``I wonder what I've been doing, flying with my shoulders and arrogantly presenting myself to the media...''
I was astonished at my own stupidity and weakness, and I felt so ashamed that I wanted to go underground. And I thought. ``I have to convey this truth to young people who are blind...'' So I wrote ``Flowing Clouds = Contrails'' to atone for my sins.
It was Masato Higashi (then broadcasting manager at FM Kagoshima) who asked him to supervise the script that was originally written as a radio drama, but it wasn't just a coincidence. I found out that Azuma-san's brother and my uncle had died on the same day on the bridge of the battleship Haguro! . When I saw the photo of the two of them together, I was speechless. How likely is a coincidence like this to occur? At that moment, I felt a command from heaven.
Also, my great-great-grandfather was a Shinto priest who came to Tokyo following Emperor Meiji's visit to Edo, and was the first chief priest of Kanda Myojin Shrine. During the turbulent period of the Meiji Restoration, he was one of the people who, along with Tomomi Iwakura and Takayoshi Kido, promoted Shinto to become the state religion (State Shinto). It is no coincidence that this work is currently being supported by Professor Tsuneyasu Takeda, who is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Meiji, and every day I feel ``thank you'' and every event makes my spine grow. .
The work ``Flowing Clouds'', which is now in its 14th year, is alive with the radiance of life and the cry of the soul, and has grown into a work with its own unique will.
I feel like the work itself is starting to have ambitions and choose the people involved. Eventually, he may be able to put aside me, his birth parent, and move on for the sake of his homeland. It's sad, but if this work can be the key to reviving the blood of the Yamato people and awakening the spirit of the proud Japanese people, then as the author, I couldn't be happier. That is what makes it worth choosing entertainment as a career and living a life. However, if possible, I would like to live with this work for as long as I live, and I would like to play a role in further polishing it and making it shine, so that it will be useful for Japan 100 or 200 years from now. , we have renewed our determination.
``I wonder what I've been doing, flying with my shoulders and arrogantly presenting myself to the media...''
I was astonished at my own stupidity and weakness, and I felt so ashamed that I wanted to go underground. And I thought. ``I have to convey this truth to young people who are blind...'' So I wrote ``Flowing Clouds = Contrails'' to atone for my sins.
It was Masato Higashi (then broadcasting manager at FM Kagoshima) who asked him to supervise the script that was originally written as a radio drama, but it wasn't just a coincidence. I found out that Azuma-san's brother and my uncle had died on the same day on the bridge of the battleship Haguro! . When I saw the photo of the two of them together, I was speechless. How likely is a coincidence like this to occur? At that moment, I felt a command from heaven.
Also, my great-great-grandfather was a Shinto priest who came to Tokyo following Emperor Meiji's visit to Edo, and was the first chief priest of Kanda Myojin Shrine. During the turbulent period of the Meiji Restoration, he was one of the people who, along with Tomomi Iwakura and Takayoshi Kido, promoted Shinto to become the state religion (State Shinto). It is no coincidence that this work is currently being supported by Professor Tsuneyasu Takeda, who is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Meiji, and every day I feel ``thank you'' and every event makes my spine grow. .
The work ``Flowing Clouds'', which is now in its 14th year, is alive with the radiance of life and the cry of the soul, and has grown into a work with its own unique will.
I feel like the work itself is starting to have ambitions and choose the people involved. Eventually, he may be able to put aside me, his birth parent, and move on for the sake of his homeland. It's sad, but if this work can be the key to reviving the blood of the Yamato people and awakening the spirit of the proud Japanese people, then as the author, I couldn't be happier. That is what makes it worth choosing entertainment as a career and living a life. However, if possible, I would like to live with this work for as long as I live, and I would like to play a role in further polishing it and making it shine, so that it will be useful for Japan 100 or 200 years from now. , we have renewed our determination.