The project is being planned by the TBS TV Series production team. There is one Korean on the planning team. She is producer Cha Hyun-ji, the only foreign employee at the Japanese terrestrial broadcasting station TBS.
Producer Cha Hyun-ji is a PD from the second batch of CJ ENM Official recruits, and has worked on "SHOW ME THE MONEY" and "M
He has directed shows such as "COUNTDOWN" and "MAMA". He quit his job to study in Japan because he wanted to learn something new.
"I came here because I wanted to do something new. The terrestrial broadcasting has lost its influence, and the environment for consuming variety shows has changed dramatically. I wanted to do a TV series, but it was easy to switch and relocate.
That was not the case. At that time, I went to Keio University and majored in media art (interaction design) at the Graduate School of Media Design."
Producer Cha will graduate from graduate school and join TBS in November 2022 as a producer in the TV Series Production Department of the Content Production Bureau.
He is a Japanese scriptwriter and director of TV series. When he came to Japan, he couldn't speak a word of Japanese, but now he can communicate in Japanese.
"The main producer of 'Eye Love You' was Keisuke Nakajima. TBS is a Tuesday drama.
I was making Ma as a romantic TV series, but this time I wanted to try something new. It was like an international romance, an international couple.
I joined PDfrom and joined the "Eye Love You" team." After it was decided that the male and female protagonists would be a Japanese-Korean couple, Producer Cha said,
He conceived the episodes together with various production staff, including Kisa Miura, who remade "She Was Pretty," and started working on the script while creating the relationship between the characters Yuri Motomiya and Yoon Teo.
The most important question was who to cast as the male lead. "It may be a risk for the production team, but they are prepared to teach one-on-one even if they cannot speak Japanese, and they have created a new popular actor in Japan.
I wanted to cast a fresh character. There were several candidates, but fortunately Chae Jong Hyeop was willing to try it. I thought it was a good opportunity, even though the management office was difficult.
However, there were many difficulties in the process of preparing for the role. Producer Cha Hyun-ji had a one-on-one meeting with Chae Jong Hyeop, who does not know Japanese.
I taught them. When we were apart, we taught them online. When I asked him if he had become closer to me, he replied, "I think we developed a bond of friendship."
"Chae Jong Hyeop was strong-willed, but I struggled because I didn't understand Japanese. He was playing a student who had just come to Japan.
It's okay if I speak haltingly, but it was a big adventure for me to act without knowing any Japanese. Fortunately, Chae Jong Hyeop has lived in Thailand and South Africa.
"There was a sense of language. No matter how much support we give, we may not be able to handle it all. Chae Jong Hyeop really worked hard."
Producer Cha Hyun-ji took a risk, but Chae Jong Hyeop made it a reality.
・Junghyup's halting Japanese sounded cute, just like how foreigners would sound when they spoke halting Korean, and there were many comments on social media about how "Hyeop-sama's" Japanese was very funny.
There was a post that said, "He has improved a lot and has gained a lot of fans. When I first got the hang of it, I memorized the recordings that Japanese actors sent me.
So I learned the lines in Japanese, but after a while I had to create my own character, so I said I would try it myself.
"If I remember the food, I have no choice but to imitate it, so I acted my own way," said producer Cha Hyun-ji, who also focused on Korean food culture in this TV series.
"Food is an important part of this TV series. We call people who eat together 'sikku' (members). 'Have you eaten?' is a greeting, but Japanese people say to me, 'Mr. Cha,
"I asked him, 'Why did you want to eat rice?' I made Theo do that and make rice, and included Soondubu and Labokki. I put a lot of effort into the food."
It was also part of the plan to have no subtitles when Yoon Tae Oh was talking to himself in Korean. This was a device to stimulate curiosity and make the viewers watch the drama with a glass-like feeling.
The drama will be subtitled on TVER, a joint production platform between five Japanese broadcasting companies, and Theo's words will be subtitled in Japanese on Netflix, which will be released in a week.
The thorough planning and Chae Jong Hyeop's excellent acting created the "Hyeop-sama" syndrome. Chae Jong Hyeop became a "hot" person in Japan.
My life has changed. Chae Jong Hyeop's Instagram followers have increased from about 1 million to about 2.2 million.
The film is mostly in Japanese. After the filming wrapped, Theo posted a photo of the actors on his Instagram, which has received over 4,000 comments such as "Good morning Hyeop."
"I felt this while doing fan events, but the core of Hyup-sama's fans are Japanese women in their 30s and 40s. In Japanese pop culture, men don't often express their love for someone.
No. Chae Jong Hyeop often tells Yuri that he likes her and that she is cute. Japanese women often express Tae-oh in a fantastic and gentle way, so I think that Tae-oh and the actor
Producer Cha Hyun-ji said, "Chae Jong Hyeop is a man of good manners, a big dog, a man with a pretty smile, and a good-looking guy.
I think there is a big height difference between you and Mi-san. That aspect seems to be what makes Japanese women excited."
Producer Cha Hyun-ji said that the Japanese producers, writers, and actors she worked with had good results despite their difficulties.
I didn't forget to thank her for showing good manners. "Fumi Nikaido, who plays the heroine, is a veteran actress with 15 years of experience, having debuted as a child actress.
He is one year younger than Tae-oh. Also from a child actor, Nakagawa Taishi, who plays Hanaoka, is a young actor at 25 years old. The scene where he loses rock-paper-scissors to Theo brought me to tears. Nakagawa-san also has a lot of fans this time.
Producer Cha Hyun-ji said, "'Eye Love You' is a clean TV series without villains, and it has a lot of plot twists that require you to use your head.
"It's not a high-class art TV series, it's a TV series that you can watch casually after work, come home, have a beer and watch casually.
I made this TV series with the simple hope that if it could make people laugh, and if it could evoke a certain aura when they watched it, then it would be a success. I'm grateful that my hopes were conveyed."
By chunchun 2024/04/07 13:00 KST
