Thread by @Umechan01234

Masaki Okada mentioned about going to see Tori Matsuzaka's stage Call Boy in his interview for his upcoming stage "物語なき、この世界" (This world, without a story) working with the same director Daisuke Miura
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Q: Tori said he had "complicit relationship" with Dir. Miura which has similar nuance to what you described as "very deep relationship".

A: Yes, I guess so! I had the chance to see Call Boy, and at that time, my friend Tori showed an expression that he doesn't usually show. >>

A: I thought it wasn't the "Tori Matsuzaka I usually see," but the "Tori Matsuzaka under Miura's direction". To me, he looked very beautiful. Tori also said that when he receives a good direction and does a good performance, he changes unexpectedly from his private life.

A: Before covid, we often had dinner together, talking about work, performances etc. I really like him as an actor and as a friend. It was great to see the performance of him being gradually forced into a corner.

A: I'm wondering if I could do it myself this time, but when I told Tori, "My next project's with Dir. Miura!", he said "Oh, Fighting!".

Okada Masaki: I want to do this role with not too much preparation.
(T/N: He means that he trusts the director and wanna go far with his performance without being limited by entirely preparing ahead.)

Actually, I like Dir. Miura lol.
He has a particular way of torturing Tori till he became what he wanted.
(But it only worked with Tori so far tho.)

In Call Boy crank up video, Tori looked like "now I am free from this hell" 🤣

Okada... good luck being tortured hehe