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Continuous one-shot column. Captive of “ ” / Part 1 Akito Inui Captive of “Ekimae”

連続読み切りコラム。『  』の虜/第1回 戌井昭人『駅前』の虜

Prisoner in front of the station


Even though I'm obsessed with the station, I don't necessarily wander around the station.
Having said that, I like wandering around the station.
There's something irresistible about wandering around an unfamiliar station shopping district.
However, ``Ekimae'' here is a comedy movie called the Ekimae series. 24 works were created between 1958 and 1969.
I was born in 1971, and all of my works are from before I was born.
So I haven't been able to watch it in real time, and I haven't been able to see all the works, so to be exact, I'm hooked and a work in progress.
Still, anyway, the Ekimae series is a frighteningly entertaining movie, starring Hisaya Morishige, Junzaburo Ban, Franky Sakai, Norihei Miki, etc.
What happened to the great actors of the Showa era, such as Chikage Awashima and Nobuko Otoha? I'm doing something so stupid.
The first work in the series was called Ekimae Ryokan, which was based on a novel by Masuji Ibuse.
When I was in high school, I saw a re-screening of the film in Asakusa, and since it's based on the original story, it's a lot less ridiculous.
However, the works after that are already a mess.
``Comedy'' began to be added to the beginning of the title, and the works began to be created in a way that gave them an incomprehensible power-up and a tendency to go out of control.
``Comedy Ekimae Danchi'', ``Comedy Ekimae Bento'', ``Comedy Ekimae University'', ``Comedy Ekimae 100 Years'', if you add comedy and Ekimae, there is no problem.
For the past 20 years, since watching Ekimae Ryokan, I have been watching the Ekimae series on video, DVD, and at movie theaters where they are showing reruns.
Therefore, I am in a relaxed state of being captivated for a long time.
A true addict tends to get hooked quickly, but I think it's good to have something more relaxed like this.
In the Ekimae series (I haven't watched them all, sorry), I recommend ``Comedy Ekimae Financial''.
Junzaburo Ban and Nobuko Otoha are the best, a stingy money-lending couple who are always counting their money, stewing the peaches and leftovers they've picked up and eating them, and almost eating the crown of beer.
Norihei Miki is the best, and Hisaya Morishige's banquet performance is also the best, but there's no end to it, and it would be a spoiler, so I'll stop here.
Everyone, please watch it.

Akito Inui
Born in Tokyo in 1971.
Writer. I write scripts and perform in the performance group Tetsuwari Albatrossket.
He has published novels, and won the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Award in 2014 for ``Suppon Shinju'' (Shinchosha, 2013).
Other works include “Hi” (Shinchosha, 2012), “Pinsoro” (Kodansha, 2011), “Masui Soup” (Shinchosha, 2009), “Actor Takuji Kameoka” (FOIL), “Shochikubai” (Little More), etc. There are works by