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Hagetaka author Mayama Jin
Nov. 20th, 2014 10:16 pmWhile googling in search of more info on Hagetaka, I came across this interesting article on Mayama Jin, the author of the books that the Hagetaka drama is based on.
Apparently he always wanted to be a novelist, but worked as a newspaper reporter first because "it was the shortest route to gaining research skills and a network of contacts, as well as developing the ability to write easily understandable prose." From the way he's described in the article, he sounds like he was very hardworking, driven, and determined as a reporter, and would speak out when he believed something was wrong, even if that meant clashing with his bosses. Which also perfectly describes the character of Mishima Yuka (played by Kuriyama Chiaki), the young reporter in Hagetaka. Although he doesn't explicitly say so, it seems to me that Mayama may have put a lot of his own personality into Yuka, although of course he doesn't have her motivation of being driven by her father's suicide, for which she blames Washizu and the bank he used to work for.
Mayama sounds like quite an interesting person, and his novels sound interesting too. Unfortunately, none of them have been translated into English, so I'll have to settle for just watching the drama.
Apparently he always wanted to be a novelist, but worked as a newspaper reporter first because "it was the shortest route to gaining research skills and a network of contacts, as well as developing the ability to write easily understandable prose." From the way he's described in the article, he sounds like he was very hardworking, driven, and determined as a reporter, and would speak out when he believed something was wrong, even if that meant clashing with his bosses. Which also perfectly describes the character of Mishima Yuka (played by Kuriyama Chiaki), the young reporter in Hagetaka. Although he doesn't explicitly say so, it seems to me that Mayama may have put a lot of his own personality into Yuka, although of course he doesn't have her motivation of being driven by her father's suicide, for which she blames Washizu and the bank he used to work for.
Mayama sounds like quite an interesting person, and his novels sound interesting too. Unfortunately, none of them have been translated into English, so I'll have to settle for just watching the drama.
