Japanese actor Koji Yakusho says his is a solitary craft

TOKYO (AP) --- His film roles range from police officer to serial killer, dashing characters to self-destructive losers, a samurai warrior to an ordinary "salaryman," as Japanese office workers are called. But through all his work in Japan and Hollywood, Koji Yakusho has found what he must do as an actor remains surprisingly the same. "It's lonely," he said recently. "You're before a camera, and you have to do something, and you can't make mistakes. "You can't ever totally become a character, but you must get as close to that person as possible, and that moment you feel you are him --- you make sure you don't lose that moment." Yakusho, who is being honored at the Tokyo Inte...

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