Actress Yasuko Matsuyuki appeared on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) on March 2nd. She spoke about her son's recent situation.
My son is now 25 years old. From an early age, I took him to see various plays and he showed an interest in stage design. He became interested in plays and enrolled in a seminar at the Faculty of Letters at university to study world plays.
When Matsuyuki appeared in Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible," her son, who was a high school student at the time, came to see the play. "It's about witch trials, and it's a very hard story, but I couldn't handle the injustice of the story, and when I came to the dressing room, I was shaking and crying," she said. Her son was so impressed by Miller's literature that he even included it in his university graduation thesis, and "after graduating from university, I decided to become an actor." He is currently working as an actor, "mainly on stage," and is "still in training."
She has a "friend-like" relationship with her son. He gives her flowers and letters on Mother's Day. Even now, they often go to the theater together, and having dinner together afterward is "the most fun time." Regarding theater, "He's also an actor, so we criticize each other."
Before becoming pregnant, she obtained a motorcycle license with no restrictions and rode a 1450cc Harley-Davidson for about a year. Her friends at the time were saying, "Let's get a license," and "It'd be nice to go on a women-only tour," which was what got her started. She went to Hakone because she wanted to go to a hot spring on her Harley. She recalled visiting Hakone during cherry blossom season, saying, "As we rounded the corners, cherry blossom petals fell and we rode through them." "I think I was around 26 then. I had a child soon after, so I got rid of my Harley pretty quickly," she revealed.
She likes traveling alone, and whenever she has free time between filming, she likes to go out. She said she often visits shrines, and revealed that her favorite shrine is Motoise Konojinja, located near Amanohashidate in northern Kyoto. "Since I'm on location, I go to pay my respects to the local gods before starting filming," she said. She eats local food, takes a dip in a hot spring, and "spends time relaxing."
