Nonsan 75 Years after the war To various "Suzusan" here and there August 12 14:57

It is actor Nonsan.
He played the voice of the protagonist, Suzu in the animated movie "In the corner of this world" that depicts everyday life during the war.

NHK is running a "# Around Suzu-san" campaign that collects and introduces episodes of people like "Suzu-san," who lived hard every day even during the war, from all over the country.

We asked Non, who was in charge of the narration of the animation, on the program broadcast on 13th of this month, "# Around and around Suzu-Please tell me your war" about your thoughts on war.

Playing "Suzu-san"

The animated movie "In the corner of this world" released in 2016 is a story about the daily lives of the protagonist, Tin and his family, who never forgets the brightness even in a tough life, set in Hiroshima and Kure during the war.

He said that he felt war like a story of a different world until he played "Suzu-san".

According to the daily meals, fashion, and romantic memories in the movie, he began to feel closer to war.

Non-san:
I learned that war was really something that I learned in class and touched on in movies and dramas, but I thought it was a story of a different world. There were a lot of episodes that I could relate to and felt more and more real, or "It's the reality that happened in Japan where the same people as us lived. Don't look away." I can think of it.''

Sense of sharing memory

It seems that he was also touched by the various experiences that he received from all over the country in the campaign of "# Around Suzu".

Non-san: It
was a meal that was easy to imagine at that time, even among those who live today, so I was able to really feel the heartbeat of the people who lived in that era. Even though I wasn't there, I felt like I was meeting "Suzu-san" all over the country, and I felt like I was sharing my memory."

From "Ama-chan" to "Suzu-san"

In 2013, Non-san played the heroine in NHK's continuous TV novel "Ama-chan" and drew attention.

A heroine who aims to become a female maid set in a small rural town in the northeastern part of Kitasanriku, after becoming frustrated and struggling, becomes a local idol. Encouraged the people of.

Mr. Non says that he is still supporting the disaster-stricken area seven years after the broadcast. In order to pass on the war and the earthquake to the next generation, it is important not only to be scared and miserable, but also to know what kind of life the people living there lived and take it as their own. So I think.

Non-san:
I think that if you can talk with a story that stimulates the five senses, you can capture the war together with the emotions you have.

The part that overlaps with the present times

There is an episode that Nonsan was very memorable in the narration of this program.

Bon Odori performed in Tokyo in the autumn of 1945, just after the end of the war. The woman who taught us the episode ended the war at the age of 16.

He lost his father in a war and lived a narrow life with his aunt.

It is said that he was able to forget the reality only during the Bon Odori danced by a stranger while he was having a hard time eating what he had eaten that day.

Non-san's line:
"I knew that tomorrow would continue the same day, but I was eager to believe that there is hope someday somewhere."

Non-san
"I can't do what I like, I can't even fall in love. I have to connect my days. When I was stuck, I think that the time I could devote myself to dancing really helped me." Gene: It's a hope for the future, if you can make yourself feel happy, smile, feel bright, and be free once, tomorrow will be visible. What?”

“I knew that tomorrow would continue to be the same day, but I was keen to believe that there is hope someday somewhere,” he said.

Non-san seems to have seemed to overlap with the current situation of losing the everyday life that had been taken for granted by the new coronavirus.

Non-san
: I think that with the new coronavirus, many people are living their lives to the fullest, and I am spending every day without knowing what will happen tomorrow or what will happen in the future, but this episode When I touched, I felt like I could look forward even in a difficult situation, and that I also had to have a positive and bright feeling and live with hope. Maybe, but I felt the same in terms of feelings.''

Summer where you can't meet in corona Let's connect the memories of familiar "Suzu-san"

In the 75 years since the end of the war, I think that many people have lost the opportunity to directly listen to the stories of those who are returning home due to the influence of the new coronavirus and those who have experienced the war.

It is in such an era that Mr. Non feels that it is important to collect and expand the voices of "Suzu-san," who young people are familiar with.

Non-san
: I think that most people do not have many opportunities to hear about the experiences of war around themselves, but I will tell them as my memory fades, I will keep connecting so that I will not forget it I would like to continue to connect the memories of "Suzu-san" here and there, and those who would like to participate in the future should take a step forward and have a nice episode. I would be happy if you could share it with me. I would like to share it with you."