Mendoza attended the program virtually from Pola, Mindoro Oriental, where he is filming his latest project while Ishizaka and Nagase were physically present at the venue in the garden of Tokyo Midtown Hibiya.
Nagase, who has had experiences filming abroad, agreed with Mendoza. The actor crossed borders when he was younger, working on films in Southeast Asia as part of the Asian Beat Project in the 1990s, including Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Nagase also shared that he was able to watch Mendoza’s “Ma’ Rosa” in 2020, when the world went into lockdown as a result of the pandemic. The film, which won for lead actress Jaclyn Jose the best actress award at the prestigious 2016 Cannes International Film Festival in France, “provided salvation for me,” said Nagase.
“What most Filipino artists did was try to look for other stuff to do. For instance, we are into streaming content now. We are slowly starting to make films again. I think that even the TV shows that have stopped production are already resuming work.”
Yes true, very interesting ang mga Japs. One thing na napapansin ko sa kanila, ay ayaw nila mapahiya sa mga kausap.