Chapter 687: Young Faces

After each Grammy, there will be a constant topic of conversation that will continue to ferment.

The topic of 2010 was the controversy caused by Taylor Swift, and the topic of 2011 was the widespread discussion of ArcadeFire.

Let's not talk about Arcade Fire's upset defeat of Eminem and winning the best album of the year, whether it once again shows the Grammys' bias against rap music.

For the Japanese media alone, THE SUN's outstanding performance at this Grammy was enough to make them ecstatic.

This year's Grammys continued their preference for mainstream commercial productions, and the staggering 3 million copies of "Need You No" helped Lady Antebellum win five of the six nominations, becoming a well-deserved big winner.

And Eminem, who lost his best album, also relied on the album's No. 1 selling album in the world "Recovery" to win a city in the rap field and won the rap album of the year award. Lady GaGa, who has many fans around the world, also won two awards for Best Female Singer in the Pop category and Best Album in the Pop category for her hit single "Bad Romance", becoming the first dance singer to win this award.

It is worth mentioning that Katy Perry, who received six nominations, received six nominations, although she received six nominations for the album "Teenager Dream", but in the end she received nothing.

Looking at the "fruit sister" with a lost face, Sakamoto Kiyoshi is also very sympathetic.

It seems that the "Fruit Sister" Katy Perry's Grammy trip has not changed much because of the appearance of Kiyoshi Sakamoto...

And that night, the most surprising thing for music fans around the world was that the top Asian band THE SUN, who appeared on the Grammy stage for the second time, turned out to be the new darling of this year's Grammys!

Of the seven nominations, three of them were won.

In addition to the most important New Artist of the Year, "Somebody That I Used to Kno" with Taylor won Best Pop Chorus, and "Radioactive", which sold more than 5 million copies, also won THE SUN Best Rock Band/Group.

It can be seen that the tradition of this Grammy has been broken to a certain extent.

Of course, THE SUN's award, in large part, is due to Sony Records' strong PR efforts.

In order to build momentum and help THE SUN win the best newcomer of the year, Sony paid nearly millions of dollars!

Who made Kiyoshi Sakamoto the majority shareholder of Sony, that is, the boss of Sony Records.

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Just when the whole of Japan was applauding THE SUN's Grammy award, Kiyoshi Sakamoto did not stay in the United States for too long and returned to Japan again.

Because, in a few days, an award ceremony that is even more important to him will open...

Feb. 18, 8 p.m.

Tokyo Shin-Takanawa Prince Hotel, International Pavilion.

A long red carpet, like a huge chasm, separates the seats on both sides.

Journalists from major news outlets and magazines, as well as lucky audiences, film-related workers, have long been sitting in their seats, waiting for the award ceremony to begin.

Almost everyone's eyes are focused on the end of the red carpet.

Tonight's protagonists are about to make their debut there.

"The 34th Japan Film Academy Awards Ceremony has officially begun, and we invite the award-winning guests to enter!"

With the host's order, Japan's most influential film awards ceremony, known as the "Japanese Oscar", kicked off!

The first to enter are the young people who won the Best Newcomer Award...

Every year, the newcomer award has some encouragement, either for the "newcomers" who have entered the film industry for less than three years, or for the newcomers who are just starting out.

The same is true this year, that is, there is a wonderful performance in the topic work "Confession" by the talented child star Aina Ashida, and there is also the hot Nakari Isa who has starred in many movies, and there are two pure "film newcomers" such as Reina Nengnian and Sugata Masaki, who rely on their performances in "Those Years" to gain public recognition.

Among them, Nengnian Reina, who played the heroine for the first time, can be described as unparalleled.

Nengnian Rena, who has won two Best Newcomer Awards at the Blue Ribbon and Film Xunbao Film Awards, is the most interesting one among the newcomers this time.

However, judging from the cute appearance she looked at when she walked the red carpet, even if she was very active and cheerful in private, she was still very nervous to enjoy such a big scene at the film school...

However, the "soda" Sugata Masaki, who made his debut for the first time, was wearing a black suit and looked very calm. Especially when walking on the red carpet, while walking, he waved to the audience on both sides, which was quite a general, and it was unimaginable that this was a young man who was only 18 years old.

Under the introduction of the host, the candidates of the award-winning departments all walked on the red carpet one after another, receiving applause and cheers from the scene.

Interestingly, due to the special system of the film academy awards, when you are nominated for the department, you have to walk the red carpet with the nominated candidates.

Therefore, in addition to winning the Best Newcomer Award, Nengnian Rena and Sugata Masaki, who were also nominated for the Best Actress Award and Best Male Assistant, also enjoyed the special treatment of partnering with different actors and walking the red carpet twice...

This made Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who was waiting in the background, also raise the corners of his mouth, clench his hands into fists, and cheer the two of them on.

However, Sakamoto Kiyoshi, who has won a number of nominations, is also loved by this special treatment...

"Next, it's the Best Actor Award!"

With the screams of the female audience at the scene, Sakamoto straightened the corners of his suit and walked on the red carpet with the rivals competing for the best actor.

Among the five candidates for Best Actor, except for the award-winning "Wicked", his wife Mu Satoshi, and "Those Years" Sakamoto Kiyoshi are relatively young, the other three are all seniors born in the 50s and 60s.

Walking with these seniors, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's excessively young face attracted the attention of everyone present.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was born in the 90s, actually competed for the same award with the seniors such as Xiaofutei Tsurubashi, Toyokawa Etsuji, and Ti Shinichi.

This is also one of the highlights of tonight's film school awards.

In the next "Best Supervision" and "Best Work" appearances, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was shortlisted for "Those Years", was once again surrounded by four well-known directors, Tetsuya Nakajima (confession), Lee Sang-il (villain), Yoji Yamada (younger brother), and Takashi Miike (Thirteen Assassins). . .

This made the heroine of "Confession", Sister Takako Matsu, who served as the host, also joked on stage: "Sakamoto-san should be the person who walked the red carpet the most times tonight... ”