「僕シリーズ3部作」全てにおいて、この人の演技が光っていました。作品ごとに全く違う役柄でしたが、そのいずれにおいても大杉連さんの演技には、視聴者の胸を打つものがありました。今作「僕の生きる道」における大杉連さんの役は、秀雄（草彅剛）の妻となるみどり（矢田亜希子）の父であり、彼らが勤務する私立高校の理事長、秋本隆行です。
This actor’s performance was terrifically outstanding in each series of ‘Boku series trilogy’. Ren Osugi played totally different roles in each series and he performed each role so impressively that viewers were deeply moved. In this series ‘Boku no Ikiru Michi’ , he played Takayuki Akimoto, the father of Midori who becomes Hideo’s wife, and Takayuki is also the director of the private high school where Hideo and Midori are working at.
数年前に妻を亡くして以来、みどりと2人ぐらしの隆行は、みどりの将来はもちろん、学園の将来をも託せる男に、みどりを嫁がせたいと願っています。職員の中でひとまず目をつけているのは、容姿端麗で生徒にも人気のある久保勝（谷原章介）です。なんとか2人を娶せようと、食事の場を設定したりするのですが、みどりはあまり乗り気ではないのでした。そのうちに、みどりが秀雄のことを男性として意識し始めているのに気付いた隆行は、秀雄の言動にも注目するようになります。秀雄の人間性に、隆行自身が感銘を受けたこともあり、2人を温かく見守り、結婚が決まったときには心からの喜びを見せるのでした。
Takayuki lost his wife, since then he has lived alone with Midori. He wants Midori to marry someone who will make her a good husband and also succeed to Takayuki’s post. He finds Masaru Kubo promising as Midori’s husband because he is a good-looking guy and quite popular with students. He manages to give them an opportunity to have dinner together, but Midori doesn’t seem to be interested in him so much. Presently Takayuki notices that Midori becomes aware of Hideo’s charm as a guy, so he begins to focus his attention on Hideo’s words and actions. He ends up being impressed by Hideo’s personality, so he watches lovingly over them, he shows his obvious pleasure when they announce their engagement.
いつか どちらかが先に旅立つ日が来ると思います
しかし、秀雄の余命が1年と知った隆行は動揺します。みどりの将来を考えるとどうしても賛成できず、2人の結婚に反対してしまいます。それでも結局は、自分たちの意思を通そうとする2人を認めざるを得なくなり、式の当日、教会へと姿を現すのでした。
However, he is shaken when he knows Hideo has only a year to live. He is so worried about Midori’s future that he can’t agree to their marriage, and he opposes the marriage with anger. Even so, he finally consents to their marriage because of their enthusiasm so he ends up appearing in the church on the day when they hold their wedding ceremony.
病気なの もう治らないの
どうして 死ぬとわかってる男と結婚するんだ！
わが娘の将来を思う親としての気持ちと、教育者として、娘の勇気ある選択を誇りに思う気持ちとの間で揺れ動く隆行の気持ちが、大杉連さんの演技を通じて、痛いほど伝わってきました。亡き妻の形見を手に、教会に姿を現す隆行の慈愛に満ちた表情に、恥ずかしいぐらい泣きました。こんな素晴らしい役者さんが、2年前に66歳という年齢で亡くなられたことが残念でなりません。
I became acutely aware of how much Takayuki wavered between two feelings, the one is the feeling as a parent who worries about his daughter’s future, and the other is the feeling as an educator who should be proud of his daughter’s brave decision. I cried embarrassingly a lot when I saw Takayuki with an affectionate expression on his face appearing in the church with his wife’s keepsake in his hand. I’m really sorry that such a great actor passed away two years ago, and he was still 66 years old at that time.
次回は、秀雄の主治医であり、よき理解者である医師、金田勉三を演じた小日向文世さんの魅力について振り返ってみたいと思います。
Next time, I’d like to consider the charm of Fumiyo Kohinata who played Benzo Kaneda, the doctor in charge of Hideo and Benzo understands Hideo well.
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