Beloved Japanese Actor Toshiyuki Nishida Leaves Behind a Legacy, While Takuya Kimura Faces Backlash for Shocking Gaffe

News of veteran Japanese actor Toshiyuki Nishida passing away at home at the age of 76 was reported on October 17, leaving many fans extremely sad. However, the “King of Japanese Dramas” Takuya Mototsu, who has collaborated with Nishida many times, recently made a mistake while mourning the other and was criticized by netizens.

Toshiyuki Nishida, a Japanese national treasure actor, was found dead in his home in Tokyo on October 17 at the age of 76. The sudden news of his death shocked Japanese society, including Kimura, who had collaborated with Nishida since 1998. Takuya.

Kimura Takuya talked about the news of his senior’s death on a radio program on the 27th of this month: “Thank you very much for bringing everyone countless smiles. I hope you can listen to your favorite music after crossing the other end of the rainbow bridge. , while enjoying your favorite wine.”

Unexpectedly, this statement was criticized by a large number of netizens as a gaffe and disrespectful to the deceased. The reason is that the expression “crossing the rainbow bridge” is usually used when a pet dies. As a top Japanese superstar, he was criticized for having “no basic common sense” and “too few books”.

It is reported that Kimura Takuya and Nishida Toshiyuki shared the stage for the first time in the unit drama “Oda Nobunaga Takes the World: The Idiot” in 1998. He played Oda Nobunaga, and Nishida Toshiyuki played Saito Dozo, Nobunaga’s father-in-law. Later, the two He also collaborated with the movie “Space Battleship Yamato”, the Japanese drama “The Gorgeous Family”, “Memories of Home”, etc. What impressed Kimura Takuya deeply was that at the filming set of “The Gorgeous Family”, he saw Toshiyuki Nishida playing jazz on the radio while He memorized lines while listening to music, and would occasionally copy and write them. He asked if he always memorized lines in this way. Toshiyuki Nishida laughed and said, “Because it’s very comfortable.”